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- Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...e for the range is Himalaya, though the plural '''Himalayas''' is often used.
3: ... million people live in the watershed area of the Himalayan rivers, which also includes [[Bangladesh]].
5: ...east from over the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. ([[:Image:himalaya_annotated.jpg|annotated version]])]]
9: ...he east. The width varies between 250-300 km. The Himalayan range comprises three parallel ranges, arranged ...
10: ...re. The northernmost range is called the ''Higher Himalaya'' and is also the oldest of the three. It has an ...
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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...he [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...erized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war and violent ...
7: ...dering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and increasingly cha...
14: ...nslated as, "Central State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic p...
25: ... be related to geographic, cultural and political identity and less to ethnic origin. - Camellia (2759 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: ...erent botanists vary in the number of species considered distinct, with anything from 100–250 sp...
16: ...few species. The [[fruit]] is a dry capsule subdivided into 1–5 compartments, each containing 1&...
18: The genus is generally adapted to [[acid]]ic [[soil]]s, and does not grow well on [[chalk]...
24: ...ana'', with over 300 named cultivars. Popular hybrids include ''C. x hiemalis'' (''C. japonica'' x ''C... - Hydrangea (4213 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: ...he widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
17: ...d in bunches, at the ends of the stems. Each individual hydrangea flower is relatively small; however,...
19: ...ulate [[aluminium]]. Aluminium is released from acidic soils, and forms complexes in the hydrangea flo...
23: *''[[Hydrangea anomala]]'' (Climbing Hydrangea). Himalaya, southwest China. - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: *''Candidastrum''
24: ...n and series. These subgenera can be basically divided into four groups:
25: ...small leaf or lepidotes (with scales on the underside of their leaves). Type: ''Rhododendron ferrugine...
26: ...e leaf or elepidotes (without scales on the underside of their leaves). Type: ''Rhododendron degronian... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...ed into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a [[rheid|rheic]] upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asth...
26: ... believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
36: ...geology. Many of these involve the ability to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in whi...
46: ...on of modern marine and nonmarine sediments in a wide variety of environments supports this generaliza...
50: ...ns in which they are found. Based on principles laid out by [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...way from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s, [[volcano|vo...
8: ... on the fluid-like asthenosphere. The relative fluidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plate...
17: ...ry|Transform boundaries]]''' occur where plates slide, or perhaps more accurately grind, past each oth...
18: ...ivergent boundaries]]''' occur where two plates slide apart from each other.
19: ... [[orogeny|orogenic belt]] (if the two simply collide and compress). - Mountain (4538 bytes)
1: ...d steeper than a '''[[hill]]''', but there is considerable overlap, and usage often depends on local c...
7: Block mountains are created when large areas are widely broken up by faults creating large vertical di...
14: ...he world's most significant mountain range, the [[Himalaya]]. Other definitions of height are possible. The ...
18: ...itable, and many unique species occur on mountainsides as a result. Extreme cases are known as [[sky i... - Indo-Australian Plate (2019 bytes)
3: ...India]] with [[China]] and [[Nepal]]. It is subdivided into two plates along a low active boundary: th...
5: The easterly side is a [[convergent boundary]] with the subducting...
7: ...ndary]] with the [[Eurasian Plate]] forming the [[Himalaya]] and [[Hindu Kush]] [[mountain]]s.
9: The north-east side of the [[Australian plate]] forms a [[subducting... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...graphy|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent or a [[subcontinent]].
6: ...ara]], the [[Bosphorus]], the [[Black Sea]], the ridges of the [[Caucasus]] (according to others, thro...
12: ...mitic word 'erebu', which means "to set". From a Middle Eastern perspective, the east (Asia) is the la...
26: Asia itself is often divided in the following subregions:
66: The country of [[Malaysia]] is divided in two by the [[South China Sea]], and thus has... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...ly remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has considerably [[privatization|privatized]] its economy in...
4: ...try. This claim is controversial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[Ch...
17: ... as many Chinese people, especially the emergent middle class and more liberal-minded city dwellers, c...
21: ...cceeded in winning the power struggle, and Mao's widow, [[Jiang Qing]] and her associates, the [[Gang ...
23: ...onal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the success of the reforms. - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
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21: | '''[[President of Bangladesh|President]]'''
65: ...eater region called [[Bengal]]. There is recent evidence of civilizations dating back to [[500 BC]], a...
67: ...[1947]], political motivations caused it to be divided into a predominantly Muslim [[Pakistan]] and a ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ..., ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
14: ...r_titles = [[President of Pakistan|President]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Mini...
51: ... [[South Asia]] that overlaps onto the Greater [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]]. The country borde...
59: ...d by many groups, including [[Aryans]], [[Achaemenid|Persian]]s, [[Greeks]], [[Greco-Bactrian]]s, [[Ku...
62: ...rritories covered the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of ... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: '''The Kingdom of Nepal''', situated in the [[Himalaya]], is the world's only [[Hindu]] [[kingdom]]. It ...
2: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
7: | align=center width=140 | [[Image:Nepal flag large.png|125px|Flag o...
8: | align=center width=140 | [[Image:Nepal_COA.gif|120px|Coat of arms ...
10: | align=center width=150 | ([[Flag of Nepal|In Detail]]) - Desert (21206 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...umb|right|Man and Camel, Desert, Egypt. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
4: ...ten harbor a wealth of life that usually remains hidden (especially during the daylight) to preserve m...
8: ...sed by erosion. Because deserts are dry, they are ideal places for human artifacts and fossils to be p...
14: ...id and extremely arid land are deserts, and semiarid grasslands generally are referred to as [[steppes... - India (27950 bytes)
9: <!-- THIS SECTION IS A SUMMARY. CONSIDER ADDING MATERIAL TO THE 'HISTORY OF INDIA' ARTIC...
21: During the middle of the second millennium, several European cou...
32: ...iamentary majority. The constitution does not provide for a post of Deputy Prime Minister, but this op...
34: ...ok Sabha]]'', or House of the People, and the President. The 245-member ''Rajya Sabha'' is chosen indi...
36: ...executive arm consists of the President, Vice-President and the [[Council of Ministers]] (the [[Cabine... - Monsoon (5846 bytes)
14: ...hey are much larger in scale, stronger, affect a wider area, and are more constant.
23: ...re area|high pressure]] called the [[subtropical ridge]] that moves northward during the monsoon seaso...
35: ...le, the south-west monsoon is drawn towards the [[Himalaya]]s, creating winds blowing rain clouds towards In... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: ...mb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...rse]]'s electric [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] in the mid-1830s, it was also extensively used for early [[r...
13: ...ed in Germany and eventually adopted as the worldwide standard as "International Morse". Morse's origi...
17: ...mits of the time made it impossible to print individual characters in a readable form, so the inventor...
27: ...rs of these five-letter code words were sent individually using Morse code. In [[computer network]]ing... - Mustard (7834 bytes)
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ... and mixing them with water, vinegar or other liquids, are turned into a [[condiment]] also known as '...
22: ...juncea''), originally from the foothills of the [[Himalaya]], is grown commercially in the [[U.K.]], [[Canad...
26: ...il has also been found to be an effective [[pesticide]]. [http://www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov/pdfs/bc...
34: ...action occurs between an [[enzyme]] and a [[glucoside]] from the seeds, resulting in the production of... - Glacier (6999 bytes)
3: ...ir of total water. The [[Siachen glacier]] in the Himalaya is the largest alpine glacier in the world. Glaci...
5: ...he water. The [[Hubbard Glacier]] is the longest tidewater glacier in [[Alaska]] and has a calving fac...
11: ...acier as a whole to move slowly like a viscous fluid. Glaciers do not need a slope to flow, being driv...
19: ...hills known as [[drumlin]]s, and long snake-like ridges formed by streambeds under glaciers, known as ...
25: ...ey are found on high mountains in equatorial and mid-latitude regions and progressively lower as one a... - Siachen glacier (3348 bytes)
1: ...om 18,000 to 24,000 ft. The major passes on this ridge are [[Sia La]] at 20,000 ft and [[Bila Fond La]...
3: ... place of roses', a reference to the abundance of Himalayan [[wildflower]]s found in the valleys below the g...
5: ...achen lie in the non-demarcations on the western side on the map beyond a map coordinate known as [[NJ...
10: ...se of severe weather than enemy firing. Both the sides have lost close to 4,000 personnel primarily du...
12: ...n of the problem. In the previous year, the [[President of India]], [[Abdul Kalam]] became the first h...
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