Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?(2013) Geographical Feature Region (a) Abyssinian Plateau : Arabia (b) AtlasMountains : North-Western Africa (c) Guiana Highlands: South-Western Africa (d) OkavangoBasin : Patagonia

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