"In the local usage, the lower course [i.e. the Nara] is also given the name Hakra. The local people were probably aware of the continuity of the entire line of valleys and that a single river flowed here once upon a time."
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Herbert Wilhelmy
Herbert Wilhelmy (February 4, 1910 - February 1, 2003) was a German geographer. Wilhelmy has made significant impact in the area of Latin American regional geography, with a focus on climatic geomorphology and, especially, morphogenetic urban geography.
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