GEOGRAPHIC DATA ON THE LOWER VOLGA REGION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 27
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: September 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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riots thou `~~r~t
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uddod to additional ro t do rn by _ mth- rc iorio, it d tt1 ro tiva c1ry oos
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t1oa1oti tho nap. 1b i turths dividod, in . corir~ totioti ~rih t c z do g
ohowth f moro oo-np1o di tributioti off' p oipi tp tLTh, into nt1~o ' of
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of O t~ itox y boin oit~. ttor c n tho vmtodi ido od t1n ok tnd Lrio1 t
on ono riido and jh hiat end on tho ot1w z. To the mnth :h tho ro tors
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t:Lon off' a of tar' ox ~.ats ox npiitudo o o 1 t G" ~ ~ o boat
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It avLdnt from this how ready th`oxent mad be the oondittonc
with rc at to 1tin off' the show for diffordr~t to xi o oprin j and
how;rdat thocc Ui'oronaoo y bd in the orost in oantxnvt to ?thc stop.
D si docxcaoo in tho toroot ray bo roator than tha docxottso n tho oteppe
From 1 to L tills and thong oL' oouroo' tho ditoronco in the timo o total
,oapr arafoe of aovas^ boconco nsiczi ioant N? ?rom 2 to 5 Sys. Tho
inczaco in water for tho oxost axoa ie ~o groat' that ono shou1d cipaak
itio~t oiro~- n ps ctly whon roi'arrin to the retaining by the i orosI of i
w cu ?a. Liao .othu itiid, ai to thu oo i idorab1y large acc u1atton
at d p i tha run~oi oL water from ioocod ohould bo oapocia11y big,
and thy x'tuoipt +oi' thdao ~rtoro by the rivax for tho 1at b 2w da, has
relat:.ive;l' ino nirioant i~ppaob on bho anoral it r~ tude of the rtvex ow
c ha:~c
Xn tho irit oatd c1iZforeno, t ,ortu~ t-elys oonIp1ote1y aludns us
unctCr the proaont oofditione latif to the' pxob1ern oi' nc~c ~-m~r u in
abeei~Vations. Thoy aro too s rna1i :nc1 dlsconnocted in view off' the xcat
dircrenco iri the sottt up o~ xods~ and i`or this roacan onto should tai.
oidar the data pro entad a a ?ixsb ostit-Iate with respect to a fiii 1
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