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1076:Anza trough
937:Shear zones
716:Bikku Bitti
498:Pat Clayton
462:Exploration
401: /
341:petroglyphs
321:pastoralism
314:prehistoric
97: /
72:Coordinates
1521:Categories
1481:Mount Mabu
1466:Anti-Atlas
1457:Inselbergs
1179:Chad Basin
751:Al Uweinat
573:2021-05-24
546:References
389:24°54′16″E
386:21°52′29″N
110:Dimensions
1562:Cyrenaica
1501:Zuma Rock
1496:Wase Rock
415:intrusive
371:Geography
353:ostriches
337:sandstone
131:Geography
62:Elevation
1194:El Djouf
641:Archived
476:(son of
439:plateaus
422:diameter
357:gazelles
349:giraffes
317:rock art
310:tripoint
307:Sudanese
299:Egyptian
995:Orogens
879:shields
875:Cratons
775:Commons
746:Tibesti
530:Sources
418:granite
256:Country
85:25°01′E
82:21°55′N
1542:Sahara
1169:Aoukar
824:Plates
741:Nafusa
731:Arkanu
721:Sherif
711:Acacus
623:, 2004
444:cairns
431:Guelta
365:UNESCO
303:Libyan
284:Arabic
115:Length
1063:Rifts
726:Haruj
700:Libya
426:wadis
345:lions
268:Sudan
264:Libya
260:Egypt
123:Width
877:and
361:cows
278:or
36:or
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554:^
480:,
359:,
355:,
351:,
347:,
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266:,
262:,
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803:t
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684:e
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