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Gis Mapping of Landscape and Disasters of Sado Island, Japan
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
سال: 1953
ISSN: 0022-135X,1884-0884
DOI: 10.5026/jgeography.61.126