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- Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
16: ...ling them to be correctly called [[Gymnosperm]]s. From that time onwards, so long as these Gymnosperms...
18: ...d the position of Gymnosperms as a class distinct from Dicotyledons, and the term Angiosperm then grad...
22: ...re not, however, primitive forms, but are derived from immediate land-ancestors. Associated with this ...
24: ... the angiosperms and the [[Gnetophyte]]s diverged from one another during the late [[Triassic]] (220-2...
47: ... regular periodical increase in thickness results from it by the development of xylem on the inside an... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]] — every South American nation ...
8: ...ial ports to England — at the time isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and the...
17: ...ado Federal'' of 81 seats, of which three members from each state or federal district are elected acco...
38: [[Image:Br-map.png|framed|Map of Brazil]]
41: ...cated; the [[Rio Negro]], [[Rio S㯠Francisco|S㯠Francisco]], [[Xingu River|Xingu]], [[Madeira river|... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
23: | [[Funafuti]]<small> (atoll)</small>,<br/>[[Vaiaku]]<small> (village; Gov.)</...
35: | From the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]<br/>[[October 1]], ...
60: ...00 years ago. During pre-contact times, there was frequent canoe voyaging between the nearer islands.
62: ...ers began to live on the islands hoping to profit from local resources. Europeans brought diseases new...
64: ...]]ns of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the [[Micronesia]]ns of the Gilbert Islands (la... - Solomon Islands (9265 bytes)
41: |From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[July 7]], [[1978...
63: ...o be held in secret to prevent local [[warlord]]s from interfering. The security forces were unable to...
65: ... arriving the next month under [[Operation Helpem Fren]], the Australian contribution is known as [[Op...
70: ...tion is based on single-member constituencies. Suffrage is universal for citizens over age 18. The [[p...
72: ... no confidence, and government leadership changes frequently as a result. Cabinet changes are common. - Palau (8171 bytes)
2: ...00 km east of the [[Philippines]]. Having emerged from [[United Nations]] trusteeship (administered by...
56: ...le retaining their independence. This "Compact of Free Association" was a hotly debated issue that Pal...
88: ... Islands (Palau)|Southwest Islands]], some 600 km from the main islands, is also part of the country.
91: ...age humidity is 82%, and although rain falls more frequently between July and October, there is still ...
96: ...s, and the willingness of foreigners to finance infrastructure development. - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
59: ...ng until the [[1960s]]. Many Marshallese suffered from high [[radiation]] levels because of this, and ...
61: ...rshall Islands was established and a [[Compact of Free Association]] with the U.S. government was sign...
66: ... government. The president, who is elected by and from the members of the ''Nitijela'' (parliament), a...
71: ...ts, which correspond to the inhabited islands and atolls of the country. See [[#Geography|Geography]].
76: ...oll]]s and 5 isolated islands. The most important atolls and islands form two groups: the [[Ratak Chain]]... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...solar time), resulting in time differing slightly from [[town]] to town. As [[telecommunication]]s imp...
6: ... for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as ...
18: ...ones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day l...
31: ... time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]]. Even thoug...
37: ...ime that is not offset by a number of whole hours from Greenwich Mean Time. - Boobies (2609 bytes)
22: ...hick.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Booby chick on Palmyra Atoll.]]
28: ...ings and long bills. They hunt [[fish]] by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey u...
47: * Family [[Fregatidae]] - [[frigatebird]]s - Landform (3582 bytes)
3: A number of factors, ranging from [[plate tectonics]] to [[erosion]] and [[deposi...
47: ...], [[islet]], [[island arc]], [[archipelago]] & [[atoll]] - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
16: ...Politics of the Central African Republic|Central African Republic]] - [[Politics of Chad|Chad]] - [[Po...
25: ...|French Guiana]] - [[Politics of French Polynesia|French Polynesia]]
37: ...itics of Jarvis Island]] - [[Politics of Johnston Atoll]] - [[Politics of Jordan|Jordan]]
65: ...lia|Somalia]] - [[Politics of South Africa|South Africa]] - [[Politics of South Korea|South Korea]] - ... - Oceanography (3841 bytes)
1: '''Oceanography''' (from [[Ocean]] + [[Greek language|Greek]] ''γ&...
11: ...ished a paper on [[reef]]s and the formation of [[atoll]]s, but the existence of the steep slope beyond t... - Coral reef (11599 bytes)
4: ... [[coral]]s are major contributors to the overall framework and bulk material comprising a ''coral ree...
10: ...reef, but more sloped; extending out and downward from a point or peninsular shore.
11: ...nging reef''' — reef extending directly out from a shoreline, and more or less following the tre...
12: * '''Barrier reef''' — reef separated from a mainland or island shore by a [[lagoon]]; see...
14: ...somewhat winding reef, usually associated with an atoll lagoon. - Tortoise (8250 bytes)
2: ...>(''Dipsochelys dussumieri'')<br>from [[Aldabra]] atoll in the [[Seychelles]].}}
32: The size of tortoises can vary from a few centimetres to up to two meters. Tortoise...
34: ...ions on the different islands, although descended from a common ancestor, had diverged to different fo...
72: **[[African Spurred Tortoise]] (Sulcata Tortoise), '' Geo...
102: **[[African Tent Tortoise]], '' Psammobates tentorius '' - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ... feature on an [[atoll]] an '''islet''', since an atoll is a type of island. A '''key''' or '''cay''' is ...
6: The word ''island'' derives ultimately from the [[Norse]] word ''igland''. It was originall...
11: ...rift]]ed. The best example is [[Madagascar]] off Africa. The [[Kerguelen Islands]] and some of the [[S...
19: ... a '''volcanic island arc'''. These islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate un...
23: ...l Islands]], with its northerly trending part the atolls in the nation of [[Tuvalu]]. [[Tristan da Cunha]... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...ections, but in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory force...
19: ...avid student of [[Robert Edmund Grant]], learning from Grant's enthusiasm for the theories of [[Jean-B...
24: ...divine design]] in nature. He got private tuition from Henslow whose subjects were maths and theology,...
32: [[Image:HMSBeagle.jpeg|thumb|right|HMS Beagle, from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley]]
37: ...h in the [[Andes]]. He theorised that [[coral]] [[atoll]]s formed on sinking volcanic mountains, and this... - Pigeons (23097 bytes)
72: ... is secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the [[crop]]. Both sexes produce ...
112: * [[African Olive Pigeon]], ''Columba arquatrix''
148: * [[African Lemon-dove]], ''Columba larvata''
160: * [[African Collared Dove]], ''Streptopelia roseogrisea''
168: * [[African Mourning Dove]], ''Streptopelia decipiens'' - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
62: |30||[[France]]||[[Mont Blanc]]||4,807m
114: |56||[[South Africa]]||[[Njesuthi]]||3,408m
226: |112||[[French Polynesia]]||[[Mont Orohena]]||2,241m
284: |141||[[Guadeloupe]]||[[Soufriere]]||1,484m
288: |143||[[Central African Republic]]||[[Mont Ngaoui]]||1,420m
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