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- 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... - Palau (8171 bytes)
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26: | '''President'''
32: ...sp;- Total (Year)<br> - [[Population density|Density]] - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
1: ...th of [[Nauru]] and [[Kiribati]], east of the [[Federated States of Micronesia]] and south of the U.S....
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23: | '''President''' - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
12: ...d in [[1667]] by [[Robert Hooke]], while [[Horace de Saussure]] completed this list of the most import...
14: ... was also the first American to keep accurate and detailed records of weather conditions on a daily ba...
16: ...s was understood. Early in the 20th century this deflecting force was named after [[Gaspard-Gustave C...
18: ...lowed exchange of weather information with unprecedented speed.
20: ... [[front (meteorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries between air masses. - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
6: ...rom the equatorial region toward the higher latitudes.
9: ...ation]] from water vapor condensing at high altitudes. Because of this, a tropical cyclone can be thou...
11: The ingredients for a tropical cyclone include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical...
13: ...water, which provides the atmospheric moisture needed. The evaporation of this moisture is driven by t...
16: ...ons, tropical storms and a third group whose name depends on the region. - Flood (7770 bytes)
1: ...er", the word is applied to the inflow of the [[tide]], as opposed to the outflow or "ebb".
2: ... history is treated badly as [[Deluge (mythology)|Deluge in mythology]].
5: ...]fall does occur, it can sometimes result in a sudden flood of water filling dry streambeds known as a...
7: ...e rich farmlands and can result in their eventual depletion. The annual cycle of flood and farming was...
10: ...ntries, such as [[Bangladesh]], due to their extended periods of [[rainfall]]. - Atmospheric pressure (6841 bytes)
6: ...ospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude.
7: ... air would weigh about 100 [[kilonewton]]s. See [[density of air]].
10: ...tmosphere''" (1 ''[[Atmosphere (unit)|atm]]'') is defined as 101.325 [[kilopascal]]s (kPa).
13: ...?F (20?C), air density = 0.075 lb/ft³, altitude = sea level, and relative humidity = 0%. In the a...
16: ...e reduced to sea level by an appropriate altitude dependant formula. Ships at sea and low-lying weathe... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Gerald Ford
4: | order=38th President
7: | preceded=[[Richard Nixon]]
8: | succeeded=[[Jimmy Carter]]
11: | dead=alive - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: ...s [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] –...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]]...
26: *[[Harold Alden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1890]] – [[196...
27: *[[Hannes Alfv鮝] ([[Sweden]], [[1908]] – [[1995]]) - Severe weather (844 bytes)
4: Examples include:
8: * [[thunderstorm]]
17: * [[derecho]]
20: Phenomena caused by severe weather include:
23: * [[landslide]], [[mudslide]] - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...its greatest east-west width at about 5�N latitude, where it stretches approximately [[1 E7 m|19,800...
9: ...sunami]]s, caused by underwater earthquakes, have devastated many islands and wiped out whole towns.
15: ...enches lie adjacent to the outer margins of the wide western Pacific continental shelf.
17: ...ast Pacific Rise]], which is a part of the worldwide mid-oceanic ridge. About 3000 km (1800 miles) acr...
18: ...e]]. Pelagic sediments derived from seawater include pelagic red clays and the skeletal remains of sea... - Wind (17871 bytes)
6: ...s and are essentially unpredictable, such as dust devils and microbursts.
16: ...ion patterns]]. These include the [[Trade wind|Trade Winds]], the Westerlies, the Polar Easterlies, an...
20: ...r "track," and thus the phrase "the wind blows trade," that is to say, on track.
22: .... At about 30°N/S latitude, the air cools and descends. It then begins its journey back to the equ...
24: ...he Trades feed into the Westerlies, and thus provide a continuous zone of wind for ships travelling be...
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