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Over two seasons, palynologist D. Kaniewski of the Center for Archaeological Sciences continued his analysis of the pollen and other material obtained from cores extracted in 2005 in the intramontane basin of Bereket, on the southwestern edge of the territory of Sagalassos.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Palynological Survey Report 1 2003
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The Rocky-Mountain system of ridges and intramontane plateaus.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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Not until we enter the _cañon_ of the Cache-la-Poudre, a hundred miles from Denver by the road, can we consider ourselves fairly out of the Plains, and in the fifth great region of the continent, the Rocky-Mountain system of ridges and intramontane plateaus.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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In reaching the head of the Cache-la-Poudre we have familiarized ourselves with the ridges of the system; we are now to learn what is meant by the intramontane plateaus.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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The eastern intramontane valley, broad and fertile but unsuited to the staple crops, gave homes to thousands of small farmers, while the Nashville basin drew planters of both tobacco and cotton, and the counties along the western and southern borders of the state made cotton their one staple.
American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Ulrich Bonnell Phillips 1905
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Hills, valleys, rivers and forests so diversify this intramontane expanse as to make it lovely and restful to the eye beyond the power of my pen to portray.
Asheville--the Ideal Autumn and Winter Resort City U.S. 1900
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