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While Indigenous groups have lived in the region for thousands of years, the river was largely introduced to the Western world when geographer John Wesley Powell ran his famed descent in 1869, shortly before becoming the first person to document rowing the Grand Canyon.—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025 Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is a Chadian environmental activist and geographer.—Aniebiet Ntui, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Mark Monmonier, a Syracuse University professor of geography, said the Mercator projection is obsolete and geographers have long advised people to not use it as a world map.—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025 During the program, Norm Moline, a historical geographer with experience in historic preservation, will recount the history of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and its designation in 1984 as the nation’s first National Heritage Area.—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for geographer
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