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1879
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Research Article| January 01 1879

DRAINING AND IMPROVING 1,500,000 ACRES OF DESERT LAND.

G WILSON
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-0477
Print ISSN: 1753-7843
© Thomas Telford and ICE
1879
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1879) 55 (1879): 234–240.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1879.22387

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Keywords: DRAINAGE, IMPROVEMENT, LAND, DESERTS, SAND, CULTIVATION, FORESTS, WATER, DEVELOPMENT, GASCOGNE, BAY OF BISCAY, BORDEAUX, LANDES, GIRONDE, FRANCE, EUROPE
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