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 | | The climate is continental, with hot summers and cold winters, the latter modified by incursions of warm air from the Black Sea. |
 | | These minerals are the basis of large-scale heavy industry in the oblast's four large citiesDnipropetrovsk city (the oblast headquarters), Kryvyy Rih, Dniprodzerzhynsk, and Nikopolwhich engage in iron and steel production and in a wide range of heavy engineering. |
 | | Agriculture is also important in the oblast, especially the cultivation of winter wheat, corn (maize), spring barley, sunflowers, fodder crops, and melons. |
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