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- List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and...
3: ... for some explanation of the difference between these.
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:''...
34: *[[Lesotho]] - [[Maseru]]
50: *[[Saint Helena]] - [[Jamestown]] (United Kingdom) - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...y usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
4: ...[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...l other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measur...
10: ...r a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ... if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Huds...
3: .... At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way t...
5: ...pany that there was no point funding further voyages.
7: ...ape Cod]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] ex...
9: ...laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - Arctic fox (3697 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''A. lagopus'''''}}
15: ...e suggested placing them in the [[genus]] ''[[Vulpes]]'', they have long been considered the sole memb...
17: ==Description==
18: ... are dull brown, remaining whitish underneath. Foxes of the blue scheme are light gray in the winter, ...
20: ...ogram|kg]]. Thus, they are about the size of a domestic [[cat]]. - Reindeer (6508 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''tarandus'''''}}
17: ... distributed throughout a number of northern locales. Reindeer are found throughout [[Scandinavia]] (...
19: [[Domestication|Domesticated]] deer are mostly found in Northern [[Scan...
22: ...d [[birch]]es, as well as [[sedge]]s and [[grass]]es. They can also eat [[vole]]s (lat. ''clethrionomy...
29: ... habitat and their winter habitat. Their wide hooves help the animal move through snow and tundra; the... - Bowhead Whales (5651 bytes)
2: ... image = [[image:Bowheads42.jpg|250px|Bowhead Whales]] | caption =}}
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''B. mysticetus'''''}}
19: ==Description==
20: ...hs of up to 20 meters; females are larger than males. The [[blubber]] layer of the bowhead whale is t...
23: ...below the water surface for as long as forty minutes in a single dive, they are not thought to be deep... - Narwhals (5962 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''M. monoceros'''''}}
15: ...h of [[latitude]] 70°N. It is one of two species of [[whale]] in the ''Monodontidae'' [[family (bi...
17: ... [[Old Norse]] words for 'corpse' and 'whale' to describe the mottled white and grey colouring of the ...
19: ==Physical description==
23: ...-5m) and weigh up to ten kilograms. One in 500 males has two tusks. - White-Beaked Dolphins (2967 bytes)
3: ...roup of White-beaked Dolphin surfacing, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland]]| caption =}}
13: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''L. albirostris'''''}}
18: ...populated in the eastern North Atlantic than the west.
20: ...[[Humpback Whale]]s as well as other dolphin species.
22: == References == - List of countries (20527 bytes)
1: ...stitution]], [[police]], [[military]], [[tax]] rules, and [[population]], who are one another's ''coun...
3: ...s [[citizenship]]. There are currently 192 countries recognized by the [[United Nations]].
5: ...some of them considering themselves as nation states.
7: ...ountry in everyday speech. Ireland is also sometimes called a country, even though it consists of one ...
11: ... to matters pertaining to what are strictly ''states'', as in ''national capital'', ''international la... - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of countries by highest point''' above [[sea level]].
4: |1=||[[Nepal]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
6: |1=||[[People's Republic of China]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
32: |15||[[United States]]||[[Mount McKinley]]||6,194m
58: |28||[[Indonesia]]||[[Carstensz Pyramid]] (Puncak Jaya)||5,030m - Arctic Ocean (7316 bytes)
2: ...rnational Hydrographic Organization|IHO]] recognizes it as an ocean, [[oceanography|oceanographers]] m...
7: ...ptev Sea]], [[White Sea]] and other tributary bodies of water. It is connected to the Pacific Ocean b...
9: ...er [[ocean ridge]], the [[Lomonosov ridge]], divides the Arctic Ocean into two basins: the [[Eurasian ...
12: ... Pacific coast of North America and Europe overflies it.
14: ...extremes of eastern and western Russia; floating research stations operated by the US and Russia; maxi... - North Pole (13759 bytes)
1: ...e geographic meaning of "North Pole." For the cities, see [[North Pole, Alaska]] and [[North Pole, New...
3: ... Pole. [[Earth]]'s Pole, however it is defined, lies in the [[Arctic Ocean]].
5: ==Defining North Poles in astronomy==
6:
8: ...decided upon by the direction that their field lines emerge or enter the planet's crust. If they enter... - Monarchy (11801 bytes)
1: ...lso use the terms "democracy," "republic," and "presidency.") -->
3: ...he people and institutions that make up the royal establishment, or to the [[realm]] in which the mona...
4: ...a historical [[dynasty]] or bloodline. In some cases the royal family may claim to hold authority by v...
6: ...ivision over the apparently contradictory principles.
9: ...onarchies began with the monarch as the local representative and temporary embodiment of the deity: ki...
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