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... Batoka Gorge of the Zambesi , the , G. W. Lamplugh , F.R.S. , III Batsmen , Great , their Methods at a Glance , G. W. Beldam and C. B. Fry , 82 Baudran ( G. ) , Analysis of Tubercle Bacilli , 504 Bauer ( E. ) , Benzyl and Phenyl ...
... Batoka Gorge of the Zambesi , the , G. W. Lamplugh , F.R.S. , III Batsmen , Great , their Methods at a Glance , G. W. Beldam and C. B. Fry , 82 Baudran ( G. ) , Analysis of Tubercle Bacilli , 504 Bauer ( E. ) , Benzyl and Phenyl ...
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... BATOKA GORGE OF THE ZAMBESI.1 WHEN I undertook to examine the geological structure of the country around the Victoria Falls on behalf of the council of the British Association , it appeared to me that there were two essential matters on ...
... BATOKA GORGE OF THE ZAMBESI.1 WHEN I undertook to examine the geological structure of the country around the Victoria Falls on behalf of the council of the British Association , it appeared to me that there were two essential matters on ...
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... Batoka Gorge ( as it is proposed to name this cañon of the Zambesi ) itself ceases 6 or 8 miles above Wankie's , giving place to an open valley with a broad shallow river sprinkled with islets . 66 On ferrying in a native dug - out ...
... Batoka Gorge ( as it is proposed to name this cañon of the Zambesi ) itself ceases 6 or 8 miles above Wankie's , giving place to an open valley with a broad shallow river sprinkled with islets . 66 On ferrying in a native dug - out ...
Page 113
... Batoka Gorge and in the beds of the tributaries in many places . The sudden and acute bends that are so peculiarly characteristic of the Zambesi below the Falls are in this way readily explicable . A broad ancient river - flat , with ...
... Batoka Gorge and in the beds of the tributaries in many places . The sudden and acute bends that are so peculiarly characteristic of the Zambesi below the Falls are in this way readily explicable . A broad ancient river - flat , with ...
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... gorge so far back into the plateau . Mr. Molyneux has rightly laid stress on the behaviour of the tributaries as proof of the erosive origin of the Batoka Gorge . Above the Falls the tributaries have so nearly reached their base - level ...
... gorge so far back into the plateau . Mr. Molyneux has rightly laid stress on the behaviour of the tributaries as proof of the erosive origin of the Batoka Gorge . Above the Falls the tributaries have so nearly reached their base - level ...
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