Two geographical types of pluvials are therefore to be distinguished: those of middle latitudes, which coincide with glaciations (North Africa, western United States, Iran, etc.) and those of low latitudes which, on the contrary, fall within the interglacial periods (Tricart, 1956, 167, translation).
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