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    Counting the Chiperoni
    Counting the Chiperoni
    Counting the Chiperoni
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    Counting the Chiperoni

    By Adèle Ogiér Jones

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    Chiperoni: term for a kind of fog, drizzle rain, experienced in the Shire Highlands of southern Malawi during the cold, dry season; name derived from Mount Chiperone, an isolated mountain peak at the southern extremity of East African mountain ranges, covered with montane forests and surrounded by deciduous woodlands.

    ‘The sinuous rh

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateMay 31, 2019
    ISBN9781760417420
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