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Peculiar features of Azerbaijan geological and geomorphological development, its orographic plan and distribution of heights, and contemporary geomorphological processes have predetermined nearly all relief types at the Republic territory.
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Alizadeh, A.A., Guliyev, I.S., Kadirov, F.A., Eppelbaum, L.V. (2016). Geomorphology. In: Geosciences of Azerbaijan. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27395-2_2
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