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The Rufiji Basin Tanganyika. Fao report to the government of Tanganyika on the preliminary reconnaissance survey of the Rufiji Basin

Volume II: Hydrology and water resources. Part I: Computation and analyses

Year of publication 1960

Author J. Otnes;Land and Water Division

Product type Project

Category Programme / project report

Edition 1

Language English

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