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(Encyclopedia) Great Artesian Basin, c.670,000 sq mi (1,735,300 sq km), between the Eastern Highlands and the Western Plateau, E central Australia, extending S from the Gulf of Carpentaria,…
Angurvadel (stream of anguish). (See Sword.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FritzFrithiof A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…
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