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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
13: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]]) - Geography (8541 bytes)
1: [[Image:Environment_09.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...φειν'' ("to write," as in "to describe").
11: ...dun maintained the Greek and Roman techniques and developed new ones.
13: ...s]] revived a desire for both accurate geographic detail, and more solid theoretical foundations. This...
15: ...]], as well as [[economics]], [[sociology]] and [[demographics]]. - Flora (plants) (3124 bytes)
1: ... located in a field near Juneau Alaska.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipAr...
3: ...im of allowing identification. Some classic and modern floras are listed below.
4: ...0.jpg|thumb|right|Flower Illustration. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
5: ...xonomy)|biota]]. In relation to all the flora and fauna of a region, it is collectively referred to as [[...
9: ...in ''fossil flora''. Lastly, floras may be subdivided by special environments: - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...an]] is important to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inlan...
11: ...eer''. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''Akdeniz'', "the white sea".
17: ...whereas the Black Sea is generally not. The man-made [[Suez Canal]] in the south-east connects the Med...
19: [[Tide]]s are very limited in the Mediterreanean as a re... - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ...]. The idea of continental drift did not become widely accepted as [[theory]] until the [[1950s]] in E...
5: ...tectonics]]''' for information on current ideas underlying concepts of continental drift.
11: == Evidence for continental drift ==
14: ...ca]], and [[Antarctica]]. There is also living evidence - the same animals being found on two continen...
16: ...hich inspired [[Alfred Wegener]] to study what he defined as continental drift. - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...iker's Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article ...
7: ...l planet]]s, and the only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The p...
9: ... a variant puts the cross atop the circle ([[Unicode]]: ⊕ or ♁).
14: ... diameter of approximately 12,742 km. The maximum deviations from this are the highest point on Earth ...
17: ... other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[silicon|siliceous]] solid [[Crus... - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
16: area_magnitude=1_E12|
24: population_density = 2|
25: population_density_rank = —| - Europe (23835 bytes)
4: ...ains]] and the [[Caspian Sea]] (for more detailed description see [[Geography of Europe]]).
6: When considered a continent, Europe is the world's second smal...
11: ...and Greece and by [[500 BC]] its meaning was extended to lands to the north.
13: ... west. Likewise, [[Asia]] is also thought to have derived from the Akkadian word ''asu'', which means ...
18: ...es in [[Ireland]] and elsewhere carefully safeguarded and compiled knowledge accumulated previously. T... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...o]] is an independent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...the leadership of [[Frederik Willem de Klerk|F.W. de Klerk]] who started to dismantle it in [[1990]] a...
5: ...loped of the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the countr...
9: ...]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Sesotho language|Southern Sotho]], [[Nor...
11: ...lations are not as such that they require nationwide recognition. - Indonesia (12958 bytes)
12: ...]]: Unity in Diversity) <br> [[ideology|National ideology]]: [[Pancasila Indonesia]]|
17: government_type= Democratic [[republic]] |
18: ...r_titles = [[List of Presidents of Indonesia|President]] |
19: leader_names = [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] |
21: area_magnitude = 1_E10 | - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ... [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Isla...
5: ...After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...ocial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...ver among some other tribes. {{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 9, "A...
17: ...atin Right]] in [[73|73 AD]].{{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 135, ... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
16: government_type = Democratic [[republic]] |
17: ...er_titles = [[List of Presidents of Slovenia|President]]<br>[[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Ministe...
18: leader_names = [[Janez Drnovsek|Janez Drnovšek]]<b...
20: area_magnitude = 1_E10 |
28: population_density = 96 | - Biome (5008 bytes)
1: [[Image:Desert red rock2.jpg|thumb|Description]] In [[ecology]], a '''biome''' is a maj...
3: ...e and soil partly depend on [[latitude]], [[altitude]] and slope.
5: ...flora, [[fauna]] and [[soil]]s, but can often be identified by the climax flora type, vertical stratif...
7: Biomes may be divided into:
14: == Latitude Classification == - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 13<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 42.75 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 50<sup>th</sup> |
26: Longitude = 154?40'W to 162?W |
27: Latitude = 18?55'N to 29?N | - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
23: DensityRank = 35<sup>th</sup> |
24: 2000Density = 19.4 |
25: AdmittanceOrder = 46<sup>th</sup> |
28: Latitude = 33?35'N to 37?N |
29: Longitude = 94?29'W to 103?W | - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
3: ...humb|250px|San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest church structure in the US. The [[adobe]] walls...
5: ...metres (6,996 feet), compared with 1655.4 m for [[Denver, Colorado]].
6: ...ge:NewMexico_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
7: ...8, new and rebuilt buildings, especially those in designated historic districts, must exhibit a Spanis...
9: ...tural attractions have drawn an influx of new residents with an above average income and educational l... - Cretaceous (7391 bytes)
1: ...period (65.5 mya). The end of the Cretaceous also defines the boundary between the [[Mesozoic]] and [[...
6: ...he extensive beds of chalk ([[calcium carbonate]] deposited by the shells of marine [[invertebrate]]s)...
10: ...visions. The [[faunal stage]]s from youngest to oldest are:
57: ... and then started to recede, leaving thick marine deposits sandwiched between [[coal]] beds.
59: ...that is now India, massive lava beds called the [[Deccan Traps]] were laid down in the very late Creta... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ... on Stratigraphy]], and uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Survey]].
3: ...tinction event|extinction event]] that marked the demise of the [[dinosaur]]s and of many marine [[spe...
7: ... there are far more recognized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...phy to reconcile this conflicting terminology and define universal horizons that can be used around th...
13: ...eroded, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same time in ... - Anthropology (23191 bytes)
1: ...ecome increasingly the subject of controversy and debate, with anthropological methods now being commo...
3: ...nited States]], anthropology is traditionally divided into four fields:
5: ... among the social group being studied for an extended period of time;
7: ...sed within a living or past group as mediums of understanding its cultural values.
14: ...ibutes to understanding how it fits into other academic disciplines.
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