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analysis: a History

As a formal concept, the method has variously been


ascribed to Alhazen, René Descartes (Discourse on the
Method), and Galileo Galilei.

The Nile has two major tributaries – the White Nile, which
begins at Jinja, Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile.
A map of the Nile c. 1911, a time when its entire primary course ran through British occupations,
condominiums, colonies, and protectorates[17]
The Penultimate Glacial Period (PGP) is the glacial period
that occurred before the Last Glacial Period.

The Wisconsin glacial episode was the last major advance


of continental glaciers in the North American Laurentide
ice sheet.

Map showing the extent of the glaciated area in Venezuelan Andes during the Mérida glaciation

The Wisconsin Glacial Episode, also called the Wisconsin


glaciation, was the most recent glacial period of the
North American ice sheet complex.
Maximum glaciation of the northern hemisphere (black) during the Quaternary climatic cycles

With the assistance of several very broad glacial lakes, it


released floods through the gorge of the Upper
Mississippi River, which in turn was formed during an
earlier glacial period.

Steep-sided valleys in the seabed of the continental


slope are referred to as submarine canyons.

The End.

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