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Figure 19.33. Casamance River salinities as a function of distance (in km) upstream from the mouth
(Pages, CRODT, Dakar, Senegal). The ordinate is in parts per thousand (ppt). Seawater salinity (35 ppt) is
shown as a horizontal line. 1 October 1968; 2 July 1969; 3 May 1984; 4 September 1984. (After Farmer
and Wigley, 1985); in Mainguet, 1991, Fig. 44).
Figure 19.34. Experimental plot for the study of water erosion. Four years after its set-up, more
vegetation was found inside than outside the plot, which became affected by overgrazing by sheep and
goats. Mishor Adumin, Judean Desert, Israel.
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