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JUNIOR WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Editors
Karen Ellicott and Susan Bevan Gall

Associate Editors
Robert J. Groelsema, Ph.D., Jeneen Hobby, Ph.D., Maura Malone, and Rosalie Wieder

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Steven Ollay

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Cynthia Baldwin

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Evi Seoud

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Junior worldmark encyclopedia of physical geography / Karen Ellicott and Susan Bevan Gall, editors.

v. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: v. 1. Afghanistan to Comoros -- v. 2. Congo, Democratic Republic of the to India -- v. 3. Indonesia to Mongolia -- v. 4. Morocco to Slovakia -- v. 5. Slovenia to Zimbabwe.

ISBN 0-7876-6265-8 (set: hardcover) -- ISBN 0-7876-6266-6 (v. 1) --ISBN 0-7876-6267-4 (v. 2) -- ISBN 0-7876-6268-2 (v. 3) -- ISBN 0-7876-6269-0 (v. 4) -- ISBN 0-7876-6633-5 (v. 5)

1. Physical geography--Encyclopedias, Juvenile. [1. Physical geography--Encyclopedias.] I. Ellicott, Karen. II. Gall, Susan B.

GB58.J86 2003
910'.02'03--dc21

2003009019

Printed in the United States of America
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