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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Earth (30908 bytes)
7: ...th''' or '''Terra''', is the third planet outward from the [[Sun]]. It is the largest of the [[solar s...
14: ...the highest point on Earth (the summit of [[Mount Everest]], which is only 8,850 m) and the lowest (the bot...
55: ... is only 1/20,000 as great as the energy received from the Sun.
74: ...utaway-english.png|thumb|350px|left|Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. Partially to scale.]]
86: ...Peridotite|harzburgite]]s which has been observed from deep parts of the oceanic crust that have been ... - Mountain (4538 bytes)
7: ...tems. This form of landscape can be seen in East Africa, the Vosges, the Basin and Range province of W...
11: ...subject to [[glaciation]] and [[erosion]] through frost action. This produces the classic mountain [[p...
14: ...centre than Everest. The peak that rises farthest from its base is [[Mauna Kea]] on [[Hawaii]], whose ... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y, it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...time in a century, and there was development of infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and education, w...
19: ...r. Mao remained head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which...
23: ...ut) and a much wider range of personal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the succ...
27: ...ost Chinese dissidents living abroad, many people from Hong Kong or Taiwan, ethnic minorities like Tib... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
58: ...epali groups known to historians, having migrated from the east in the [[7th century BC|7th]] or [[8th...
81: ...29,035-[[foot (unit of length)|foot]]) high Mount Everest and other peaks forming Mountain Region in north....
83: ...he Nepal - China border. The vista and majesty of Everest and the [[Himalaya]]n range, including eight of t...
85: ... five climatic zones based on altitude that range from subtropical in the south, to cool summers and s...
111: Suffering from "[[Nepal_Civil_War|People's War]]" between the ... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: '''Venus''', the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mytholo...
3: ..., it always appears in roughly the same direction from Earth as the Sun (the greatest [[elongation]] i...
7: ...me astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', which comes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives incl...
14: ...]'s, even though Venus is nearly twice as distant from the Sun and only receives 25% of the solar irra...
16: ...k into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bolometer|... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: '''Mars''' is the fourth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is name...
6: ...#x2642; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the...
15: ...en summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrove...
18: ...tic field would have helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have a...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence of [[hema... - Bird (20345 bytes)
15: Birds range in size from the tiny [[hummingbird]]s to the huge [[Ostrich...
17: ....g. the [[Wandering Albatross]]). Some, such as [[frigatebird]]s, stay aloft for days at a time, even ...
57: Birds are generally considered to have evolved from [[Theropoda|theropod]] [[Dinosauria|dinosaur]]s...
59: The basal bird ''[[Archaeopteryx]]'', from the [[Jurassic]], is well-known as one of the f...
63: ...p]] structure as birds, birds actually originated from the [[saurischia]]n (lizard-hipped) dinosaurs, ... - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
12: ...he highest point is the summit of [[Mount Everest|Everest]]: 8,850 [[metre|m]] (29,035 feet) above sea leve...
13: ...,911 [[metre|m]] (35,797 feet) <!--- Using figure from Mariana Trench article --->below sea level [htt...
15: ... Earth not being a perfect sphere), at 6384.4 km (Everest's summit is at 6382.3 km).
16: ...]] (the bottom of the Mariana Trench is 6366.4 km from the centre of the Earth).<!--- Other contenders...
19: ... at a straight-line distance of 2648 km (1645 mi) from the nearest coastline. - Jumping spider (3866 bytes)
1: ...or hunting and transportation, capable of jumping from place to place, secured by a [[spider silk|silk...
4: ... at the highest elevation, on the slopes of [[Mt. Everest]]). Tropical forests harbor the most species, but...
5: ...ace to place, and especially just before it jumps from one place to another, it tethers a filament of ...
9: ...ump from fingertip to fingertip, or (be careful!) from fingertip to nose. Unlike almost all other spid...
15: ...on it from several inches away, and they may jump from twig to twig or leaf to leaf. They can carry ou... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...imalaya'' means "abode of snow" in [[Sanskrit]] ( from ''hima'' "snow", and ''aalaya'' "abode"). The c...
5: ...erest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalay...
9: The Himalayan range runs for about 2400 km, from [[Nanga Parbat]] in the west to Namche Barwa in...
10: ...ghest peaks including the three highest - [[Mount Everest]], [[K2]] and [[Kanchenjunga]].
21: ...led on the ocean floor and the [[volcano]]es that fringed its edges. Since these sediments were light,... - Silkworm Moth (4931 bytes)
19: ...retically extend vertically to the height of [[Mt Everest]]. It is estimated that at least 70 million pound...
42: ...nd included an application for the use of [[DNA]] from silkworm to prevent damage to potatoes by tuber... - Icefall (1371 bytes)
9: ...humbu Icefall on the [[Nepal]]ese side of [[Mount Everest]], variously described as "treacherous" and "dang... - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
4: |1=||[[Nepal]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
6: |1=||[[People's Republic of China]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
62: |30||[[France]]||[[Mont Blanc]]||4,807m
114: |56||[[South Africa]]||[[Njesuthi]]||3,408m
226: |112||[[French Polynesia]]||[[Mont Orohena]]||2,241m - Wonders of the Ancient World (11560 bytes)
52: ... of Dover]], between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]]
56: |[[June 26]], [[1976]], tallest freestanding structure in the world 1976-2007. <!--...
67: ...trait]], north of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
89: ... to choose the [[New Seven Wonders of the World]] from a selection of 200 existing monuments for profi...
133: ...'. An eighth wonder was chosen on [[November 24]] from viewer feedback.
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