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- 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...
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ntry has been free of violent political conflict. Figueres also abolished the [[military]] and today, ...
20: | '''[[Official language]]'''
21: | [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (Official), ([[English language|English]] and indigenou...
61: ...fined to include the [[Isthmo-Colombian]] area, defined by the presence of groups that spoke [[Chibcha...
71: ...t:</i> fishermen set sail near Quepos, on the Pacific coast.]]Costa Rica (Spanish for "Rich Coast"), a... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...n January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of...
17: ...the medieval European strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Mor...
25: ...April 21st that year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a.
42: ...ds to watch the firework display. As of 2001, the fireworks have been launched from boats, to further ...
63: ... onto the hillsides where sturdy buildings are difficult to build, and accidents, mainly from heavy ra... - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...tory characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war ...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
22: ...empire. Three are with the Man and Yi barbarians. Five are in ''Zhongguo''." - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
28: ...e larger growing species, such as ''I. germanica, fiorenhina, pallida, variegata, amoena, flavescens, ...
30: ...in, covering of half-decayed leaves or fresh coco-fibre refuse. To this set belong ''milifolia'', ''j...
41: ...hich in probing the [[perianth]] for nectar, will first come in contact of perianth, three with the st...
44: .... Like some older sources, the influential classification by G. I. Rodionenko removed some groups (pa...
56: ...ked flowers. Between 30 and 60 species are classified in this section, depending on the authority. C... - Snowdrop (3046 bytes)
14: ...biology)|family]] [[Amaryllidaceae]] that are the first bulbs to bloom in spring. - Raspberry (2847 bytes)
17: ...in forest clearings or fields, particularly where fire or wood-cutting has produced open space for col...
19: ..."- bearing plants, which also bear a few fruit on first-year canes in the autumn, as well as the summe...
42: [[fi:Vadelma]] - Lilac (2336 bytes)
23: ...e or more years, before the new growth matures sufficiently to start flowering. Unpruned lilacs flower... - Respiratory system (5107 bytes)
33: ...as it flows through pulmonary capillary bed . The fine capillaries also trap blood clots that have for...
49: ...blem. The small depth of diffusion respiration sufficient to support the metabolism of an average huma... - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
16: ... is also excreted through the lungs, due to humidification of inspired air by the lung tissues.
18: Molecules with a high affinity for hemoglobin, such as [[carbon monoxide]], ...
20: ...tain about 300 million alveoli, each wrapped in a fine mesh of capillaries. The lungs are constantly e...
39: For efficient gas exchange, the ratio of alveolar [[ventil...
54: *'''[[Cystic fibrosis]]''' is more a genetic condition caused by ... - Uterus (2272 bytes)
- Bone (11388 bytes)
6: ...ssentially brittle, it does have a degree of significant [[elastic|elasticity]] contributed by its org...
11: ... strength. In contrast lamellar bone has parallel fibres and is much stronger. Woven bone is often rep...
13: ...ical of compact bone. In children, the bones are filled with red marrow, which is gradually replaced ...
15: ''Short bones'' (e.g. finger bones) have a similar structure to long bones...
29: ...s]]. These processes occur in tandem at site-specific locations and are known as [[bone turnover]], or... - Basal ganglia (4800 bytes)
2: ...learning functions. However, there is no single definitive function that can be assigned to the [[mamm...
4: The five individual nuclei that comprise the [[primate]]...
25: ..., from there to the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and finally to the basal ganglia output nuclei (GPi and ...
38: ...smitter can lead to serious motor and cognitive deficits (for example, see [[Parkinson's disease]]).
56: The first [[anatomical]] identification of distinct subcortical structures was publ... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
67: ...ṣr''', the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and official name for Egypt, is of [[Semitic]] origin, and...
69: ...t of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]] by King [...
75: ...ne]] [[1953]] with Gen. [[Mohamed Naguib]] as the first President of the Republic. After Naguib resign...
82: ... the resignation of Dr. [[Atef Ebeid]] from his office. - Glaciology (3787 bytes)
3: ...]] brings in an extraterrestrial component to the field.
15: ...glaciation'', accumulations or "rivers of ice" confined to valleys; and ''continental glaciation'', un... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...t notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Ring of Fire]]").
10: ...he Pacific Plate's [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Ring of Fire]] being most active and famous. These boundarie...
12: ...lie below sea level (for example the entire [[Pacific Plate]], which carries no continent), while the ...
26: ...tes move relative to each other such that the Pacific plate is moving [[north]] with respect to North ...
29: ...g this resource and is expected to be the world's first [[hydrogen economy]] within twenty years. - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article and you...
7: ...he only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the...
17: ...ore gives rise to a weak [[magnetosphere|magnetic field]] due to the convection of its electrically co...
19: New material constantly finds its way to the surface through volcanoes and c...
68: ... lead and uranium, are either too rare to be significant or tend to bind to lighter elements and thus ... - Mountain (4538 bytes)
1: ...often depends on local custom. Some authorities define a mountain as a peak with a [[topographic promi...
14: ...0 m above its base on the floor of the [[Pacific Ocean]].
18: Sufficiently tall mountains have very different climati...
21: Some mountains are very difficult to climb, and offer spectacular views. Some ... - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
13: ...igrants traditionally tended to come from the Pacific-rim countries, thus the contrasting imageries of...
33: ...ouple China and Japan after a 'decade of confused fighting'. India was a contested border zone between... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: ... continent occurred in [[1820]] and the first verified landing in [[1821]]. A [[1513]] map by Admiral ...
8: ...[area]] of 13,200,000 km², Antarctica is the fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa...
32: ...to the [[South Pole]], the borders of which are defined by degrees of [[longitude]]. In terms of [[lat...
87: ...Africa]]n National Antarctic Expeditions), on the Fimbul Coastal Ice Shelf in [[Queen Maud Land]] {{fl...
93: [[Emilio Marcos Palma]] was the first person born in Antarctica (Base Esperanza) in ... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
48: ...Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] in 1770, and officially settled as a British colony on [[January 26...
54: ...refer to the whole South Pacific region, not specifically to the Australian continent. In 1793 [[Georg...
56: ...lly accepted that the continent should be known officially as Australia.
63: ...and 48,000 years ago{{mn|Gillespie2002|1}}. These first Australians were the remote ancestors of the c...
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