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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''
32: ...ation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
35: ... Domestic Product|GDP]]''' ([[Purchasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> ... - Geography (8541 bytes)
2: ...mma;ραφειν'' ("to write," as in "to describe").
5: ...estigate what is where on the Earth, but also why it's there and not somewhere else, sometimes referre...
13: ...te discipline and became part of a typical universitycurriculum in Europe.
15: Over the past two centuries the quantity of knowledge and the number of tools has explode...
63: ...nship with other bodies in the [[solar system]]. It also includes [[landscape ecology]] and [[environ... - Flora (plants) (3124 bytes)
3: ...[[species]] occurring in an area or time period, with the aim of allowing identification. Some classic...
5: ... relation to all the flora and fauna of a region, it is collectively referred to as [[biota (ecology)|...
9: ...ment. Regions can be geographically distinct [[habitats]] like mountain vs. flatland. Floras can mean ...
12: ...ten used as a classification of plant life, since it includes three different types of plants: [[weedy...
18: ...require some specialist botanic knowledge to use with any effectiveness. - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
1: ...ian_Sea_16.61811E_38.99124N.jpg|thumb|300px|Satellite image]]
3: ...ranean_Relief.jpg|350px|thumb|300px|Map of the Mediterranean Sea]]
4: ...[oceanography]] to distinguish it from other [[mediterranean sea]]s in the world.
6: ...ersian/Semitic) cultures. The [[history of the Mediterranean]] is important to understanding the origi...
9: ...''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''medius'', 'middle' + ''ter... - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ... Heezen|Bruce Heezen]], and [[Harry Hess]] along with a rekindling of the theory including a mechanism...
5: ...y of plate tectonics. This article deals mainly with the historical development of the continental dr...
16: ...urther separate and rotate those two continents. It was this temporary feature which inspired [[Alfre...
20: ...esulting papers were published in 1928 under the title ''Theory of continental drift''. Wegener himse...
22: ... Confirmation of this hypothesis would have to wait for further evidence. - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...nce in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article and you'll shine fo...
7: ...d its single [[natural satellite]], the [[Moon]]. Its dominant [[Sentience|sentient species]] is the [...
9: Its symbol consists of a circled cross, representing...
14: ...sea level). Thus the Earth is an oblate spheroid within a [[tolerance (engineering)|tolerance]] of one...
17: ...osphere|magnetic field]] due to the convection of its electrically conductive material. - Australia (39438 bytes)
9: capital =[[Canberra]]|
11: largest_city =[[Sydney]]|
12: government_type=[[Constitutional monarchy|Const. monarchy]]|
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Governor-G...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<b... - Europe (23835 bytes)
2: ...te orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Europe]]
4: ... the [[Atlantic Ocean]], to the south by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Black Sea]], and to the e...
6: ...n [[Australia]] only. In terms of [[population]] it is the third largest continent after [[Asia]] and...
11: ...opa'' stood for mainland Greece and by [[500 BC]] its meaning was extended to lands to the north.
13: ...d face (''ops''). A minority, however, see a [[Semitic]] origin, pointing to the [[Akkadian]] word ''g... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...ation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
5: ...l-developed of the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the ...
9: ...a]], and [[Venda language|Venda]]. In this regard it is [[List of national languages of India|second ...
11: ...re not as such that they require nationwide recognition. - Indonesia (12958 bytes)
1: ...n the world and the fourth most populous overall. It has had free elections since the [[Indonesian 199...
12: ...Javanese]]/[[Kawi language|Kawi]]: Unity in Diversity) <br> [[ideology|National ideology]]: [[Pancasil...
15: capital = [[Jakarta]] |latd=6|latm=08|latNS=S|longd=106...
16: largest_city = [[Jakarta]] |
18: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Indonesia|President]... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ddition, Portugal includes several [[island]] territories in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], such as ...
5: ...th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]...
7: ...and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
12: ===Lusitania===
13: ...tanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]''''' - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
12: ...lovenian language|Slovenian]], [[Italian language|Italian]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Hungarian language|Hungaria...
13: capital = [[Ljubljana]] |
15: largest_city = [[Ljubljana]] |
17: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Slovenia|President]]...
20: area_magnitude = 1_E10 | - Biome (5008 bytes)
1: ...nctive [[plant]] and [[animal]] [[community|communities]] well adapted to the region's physical [[envi...
3: ...mate and soil partly depend on [[latitude]], [[altitude]] and slope.
5: ...d all associated subclimax, or degraded, flora, [[fauna]] and [[soil]]s, but can often be identified by t...
14: == Latitude Classification ==
16: ...es towards the equator, and increases with [[humidity]]. - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] |
21: DensityRank = 13<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 42.75 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 50<sup>th</sup> | - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
1: ...[[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States]] and its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''OK'''; others abb...
11: ...tal = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] |
13: ...estCity = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] |
23: DensityRank = 35<sup>th</sup> |
24: 2000Density = 19.4 | - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
1: ... [[2000]] census, it has a population of 62,203. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Santa Fe County, New ...
5: ...Santa Fe is 2,132 metres (6,996 feet), compared with 1655.4 m for [[Denver, Colorado]].
7: ...lumber, concrete blocks, and other materials but with stucco surfaces reflecting the historic style.
8: ...e:NewMexicoCapitolSantaFe.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Capitol Building]]
9: ...[Art gallery|galleries]] line the streets of the city center and Canyon Road. - Cretaceous (7391 bytes)
6: ...rtebrate]]s) found in the upper Cretaceous of [[Britain]] and adjacent continental [[Europe]].
10: ...nd [[Upper Cretaceous|Upper]] subdivisions. The [[faunal stage]]s from youngest to oldest are:
57: ...then started to recede, leaving thick marine deposits sandwiched between [[coal]] beds.
63: ...nued to thrive, although other taxa like [[Bennettitales]] died out before the end of the period.
65: ==Fauna== - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...erifiable [[empirical knowledge]], a global community of [[scholar]]s, and a set of [[technique]]s for...
4: ...any place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...conception). [[Technology]] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects a...
11: ...''is'', how it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. The [[sociology...
15: ...ommunity and those in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]"). - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...y]], and uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Survey]].
3: ... spans of time on the time scale are usually delimited by major [[geology|geologic]] or [[paleontology...
7: ...gnized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...omian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key aspect of the work of the International ...
13: ...d, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same time in diffe... - Anthropology (23191 bytes)
1: ...reasingly the subject of controversy and debate, with anthropological methods now being commonly appli...
3: In the [[United States]], anthropology is traditionally divided into four fields:
5: ...ation, gender, and other expressions of culture, with strong emphasis on the importance of [[fieldwork...
7: ... living or past group as mediums of understanding its cultural values.
9: ...o two, one emphasizing the [[humanities]] and [[critical theory]], the other emphasizing the [[natural...
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