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- Spiderwort (2097 bytes)
14: ...und individually or in clumps in wooded areas and fields. The [[leaf|leaves]] are long, thin and blad...
18: The first species described, Virginia Spiderwort ''T. vi...
20: ...nd at a few sites in southern [[Saskatchewan]], [[Manitoba]] and [[Alberta]]; it is however more common furt... - Maple (3638 bytes)
14: ...er'' in the Order [[Sapindales]], variously classified in a family of their own [[Aceraceae]], or (tog...
17: ...er triflorum'', have [[trifoliate]] leaves. The [[Manitoba Maple]] (''Acer negundo'') has pinnately compound...
19: ...in flower can be striking. They have five sepals, five petals about 1-6 mm long, twelve stamens about ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - North Dakota (14827 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
44: ...French-Canadian]] trader [[La Vé²¥ndrye]] was the first documented non-[[Native American]] explorer of...
46: ...Europeans. However, the native tribes were in sufficient contact that by the time of [[Lewis and Clar...
52: ...skyrocketing petroleum prices made development profitable, driving state population to a peak near 800...
72: ...da|Canadian]] Provinces of [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Manitoba]], on the west by [[Montana]], on the south by [[... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = None |
39: ...on known as the [[Upper Midwest]]. The most significant [[metropolitan area]] is known as the [[Minne...
51: According to local tradition, the first [[Europe]]an visitors were [[Sweden|Swedish]] ...
54: ... the [[Louisiana Purchase]], although the exact definition of that land was not assessed for many year...
59: ...os]] which have been said to be among the most profitable in the country. The earliest [[Europe]]an e... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - Fog (4764 bytes)
7: ...as a [[warm front]] passes over an area with significant [[snowpack]].
17: ...ntains above. It is essentially radiation fog confined by local [[topography]], and can last for seve...
19: [[Image:Icefog2.jpg|thumb|Ice fog in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]] condenses on a -40°C [[January]] d... - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
15: The '''polar bear''' (scientific [[Latin]] name ''Ursus maritimus''), also known ...
18: ...an]]s. Neither does the hair have [[Optical fiber|fibre-optic]] properties, a commonly perpetuated [[u...
22: ...[rodent]]s. As a pure carnivore predating upon [[fish]]-eating carnivores, the polar bear ingests lar...
28: ...ature commonly depicted in [[cartoon]]s and other fictional depictions of polar bears, including a 199...
41: ...s from the polar bear migration near [[Churchill, Manitoba|Churchill]], Canada. Online during October and No... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
3: ...of dentistry. In most countries, to become a qualified dentist, one needs several years of training in...
13: ...t upon satisfying certain local (U.S. "Board Certified") registry requirements.
15: ... dentists to call themselves specialists in these fields. The specialist titles are registrable title...
17: ...rensic dentist is primarily documentation and verification of identity.
35: ...ists]] who fled the [[American Revolution]]. The first recorded dentist in Canada was a Mr. Hume who ... - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: ...]] capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces.
8: ...a stoppage of play the home team is permitted the final change. When players are substituted during pl...
17: [[image:hockeyfight.JPG|thumb|Fights often occur near the goal because players wan...
19: ...ockey has two to four ''[[Official (ice hockey)|official]]s'' on the ice charged with enforcing the ru...
21: ...y. Five-minute ''major penalties'' are called for fighting, boarding, and other violent infractions. ... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...er including second language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communi...
27: ...f the entire Gallic region for both mercantile, official and educational reasons, yet it should be rem...
60: ...owing a period of unification, regulation and purification, the French of the 17th to the 18th centuri...
62: ...f foreign words and expressions. Some recent modifications include the change from ''software'' to ''...
66: ..., the future of specific "regional" accents is difficult to predict. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
18: ...iving beings, vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between members of va...
20: ...o continue the family tradition of holding high office in Gujarat. Unhappy at Samaldas College, he le...
25: ...t he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], ...
29: ... first class to third class while travelling on a first class ticket. Later, travelling by stagecoach...
31: ...ers convinced him to remain in Durban to continue fighting against the injustices levied against India... - Caesium (11026 bytes)
42: | [[Electron configuration]]
85: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
149: ...[francium]]. Caesium is the least abundant of the five non-radioactive alkali metals. (Technically, [...
154: ...he [[second]], on the properties of caesium. SI defines the [[second]] as 9,192,631,770 cycles of the ...
157: ...ike other group 1 elements, caesium has a great affinity for [[oxygen]] and is used as a "[[getter]]" ... - Rubidium (10211 bytes)
43: | [[Electron configuration]]
67: | 55.76 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
86: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
196: ...icle]]s (but [[caesium]] and [[xenon]] are more efficient for this purpose). Other potential or curren...
201: ... crystal]]. This property could be useful in thin film [[battery (electricity)|batteries]] and in othe... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
48: ... Mountain or Yellowstone elk (''C. e. nelsoni''), Manitoba elk (''C. e. manatobensis''), Olympic or Roosevel...
55: Red Deer first appear in fossil records around [[13 million y...
65: ...rriam's elk) through hunting and increased desertification. A population of Merriam's elk existed in t...
67: ...nhabited most of North America when the Europeans first arrived.
75: ...nd cows 200-250 kg (450-550 lbs). Bulls may stand five feet at the shoulder, with legs three feet long... - American Bison (6740 bytes)
18: ...sexes have short, curved horns, which they use in fighting for status within the herd and defense. Bis...
35: * Herds often took shelter in the artificial cuts formed by the grade of the track winding...
37: ...ers such as the [[Dust Bowl]] and continuing significant population loss over the last 60 years.
42: The bison is a symbol of [[Manitoba]], the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], the [[U...
47: * [http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/ Buffalo Field Campaign] - Brown Bear (9756 bytes)
19: ... are large and round with a [[concave]] facial profile. In spite of their size, they can run at speeds...
22: ...rth America; the subspecies ''U. arctos middendorffi'' (Kodiak bear) includes bears on the Alaskan isl...
24: ...ates, with 32,500, and Canada with 21,750. Ninety-five percent of the population in the United States ...
30: [[sprout]]s; [[fungus|fungi]]; and [[fish]], [[insect]]s and small [[mammal]]s. Contrary ...
41: ...angered species. Though the problem is most significant with regard to Grizzlies, these issues affect... - Wind power (27669 bytes)
24: ...f about 30% for propeller-type turbines. Actual efficiencies range from 10% to 20% for propeller-type ...
32: ... energy in a year as approximately 350 kW of fuel-fired generation.
36: ...ations. Meterological wind data is not usually sufficient for accurate siting of a large wind power pr...
40: ...e direction of the prevailing wind, to minimize efficiency loss. The "wind park effect" loss can be a...
42: ...uring the cold snap. For example, the St. Leon, [[Manitoba]] project has a total rating of 99 MW and is esti... - Arctic Ocean (7316 bytes)
1: {{Five_Oceans}}
2: ...th polar]] region, is the smallest of the world's five [[ocean]]s, and the shallowest. Even though [[...
7: ...tary bodies of water. It is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the [[Bering Strait]] and to the Atlant...
12: ...portant as the shortest air route between the Pacific coast of North America and Europe overflies it.
14: ... southern Chukchi Sea (northern access to the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait); strategic location... - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ...e northern areas of [[Ontario]], [[Quebec]] and [[Manitoba]] and the southeastern area of [[Nunavut]]. A sma...
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