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- Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
2: ...e:A white iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
9: ...y | taxon = '''''Iris'''''}}<br />{{Taxobox authority|author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]|date = [[1753]]...
15: ...ng in colour from gold, copper-red or yellow to white, blue, blue-violet, lavender, tan, maroon and pu...
16: ... it. It is also applied to various subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left...
17: [[Image:Iris.JPG|232px|thumb|right|White-purple-yellow Dutch iris]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ... became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There a...
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of g...
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
18: government_type= [[Democracy|Dem.]] [[Constitution|const.]] [[monarchy]] |
19: leader_titles = [[Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister ... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...]. Under the [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ire...
15: capital = [[Dublin]] |
18: largest_city = [[Dublin]] |
20: leader_titles = [[President of Ireland|President]]<br>[[Taoi...
24: area_magnitude = 1 E9| - 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]]''''' - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...nt''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcropp...
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These
13: *Pitfall traps ([[pitcher plant]]s), which trap prey in a rolled leaf t...
15: *Snap traps, which trap prey with rapid leaf movements; - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
3: ...[[Volsunga saga]]. The existence of a common identity is testified by the fact that they had a name fo...
5: ...rious tribes remained free, led by their own hereditary or chosen leaders.
13: ...the [[Pre-Roman Iron Age]] culture(s) associated with [[Proto-Germanic]], ca [[500 BC]]-[[60 BC]]. The...
16: ... sources may have helped them expand into new territories.
18: ...tinguished from the culture of the [[Celts]] inhabiting the more southerly [[Danube]] and Alpine regio... - Geography of Estonia (3012 bytes)
1: ...7.3 and 59.5 [[latitude]] and 21.5 and 28.1 [[longitude]], [[Estonia]] lies on the eastern shores of t...
3: ...ers one of Europe's finest warm-water harbor facilities.
5: ...ht on its territory between other rival powers at its expense. In 1944 the [[Soviet Union]] granted [[...
25: '''Maritime claims:'''<br />
26: ...ve economic zone:'' limits fixed in coordination with neighboring states<br /> - Economy of Estonia (6977 bytes)
3: ...r trading partners. The high current account deficit remains a concern, although the economy has high ...
6: ... subsequently formed the basis of Estonian prosperity.
8: ... the United Kingdom. Only 3% of all commerce was with the [[U.S.S.R.]]
10: ..., Estonia enjoyed more success and greater prosperity than other regions under Soviet rule.
12: ...], competitive commercial banking sector, and hospitable environment for foreign investment are hallma... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
1: ...e:Atlantis1.jpg|thumb|222px|right|An artistic rendition of an imaginary Atlantis]]
2: ...e in one of the cradles of civilization, the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
7: ...s learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
10: ''Main article: [[Critias %28Plato%29]]''
12: ...(Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it into [[Greek language|Greek]] for Solon. - Early history of Ireland (30651 bytes)
3: ==The [[Mesolithic]] ([[8000 BC]] - [[4500 BC]])==
5: ...s in the country at this time, though the possibility cannot be discounted entirely.
7: ...e coastal settlements. Clearly, the earliest inhabitants of this country were seafarers who depended f...
9: ...e supplementing their diet with gathered nuts, fruit and berries. They lived in seasonal shelters, whi...
11: During the Mesolithic the population of Ireland was probably never m... - Lake (11397 bytes)
1: ...lie in the northern [[hemisphere]] at higher [[latitude]]s. Large lakes are sometimes referred to as "...
3: ...of the time but becomes filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rainfall. Many lakes are artificial ...
17: ...osition means that if the lake were drilled into, it may result in a fissure and spraying in the same ...
19: ... [[Crater Lake]] in [[Oregon]] is a lake located within the [[caldera]] of an extinct volcano..
22: ...xtraction of lake water by humans. As climate conditions and human water requirements vary, these will... - Ecology (24417 bytes)
1: ...r organisms that share its [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]]. The term ''oekologie'' was coined in [[1866...
4: ...iplinary|multi-disciplinary]] science. Because of its focus on the higher levels of the organization o...
6: ...sure, and terminology to environmental issues. Additionally, a [[holism|holistic view]] of nature is s...
11: ...llination]] of [[flowering plant]]s. Bee hives additionally produce [[honey]] which is consumed by sti...
13: ...equence of this activity and is thus intertwined with the survival of the species. - Moss (8361 bytes)
21: ...metophyte. This is in contrast to the pattern exibited by most higher plants and animals. In higher pl...
25: ... thalloid (flat and thallus-like). This is a transitory stage in the life of a moss. From the protonem...
27: ...ra usually falls off when the capsule is mature. Within the capsule, spore-producing cells undergo [[m...
29: ...ranches, which can break off and form new plants without the need to go through the cycle of fertiliza...
34: ...wever, is [[paraphyletic]] and now tends to be split up. In such system, the Division Bryophyta refer... - Solar power (20128 bytes)
1: ...er sources such as [[fossil fuels]] are realized. It is already in widespread use where other supplies...
3: As the [[Earth]] orbits the [[Sun]], it receives approximately 1,400 [[watt|W]] / m²...
15: ...o called [[photoelectric cell]]) creating electricity.
16: ...en the light is converted to heat by interacting with matter. The heat is used to heat a room or water...
25: ...h can later be burned as fuel to generate electricity, see [[Biofuel]]. - Biofuel (7929 bytes)
1: ...r metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. It is a [[renewable energy]], unlike other [[natural...
2: ... [[carbon dioxide]] by growing plants, so burning it does not result in a net increase of carbon dioxi...
4: ...e used both for centralized production of electricity and district heat, and for local heating.
17: ...industrialisation it is a fossil fuel and burning it does contribute to atmospheric C02.
23: ...[[gasoline additive]] ([[oxygenator]]) in the [[United States]]. - Fossil fuel (4685 bytes)
4: When generating [[electricity]], energy from the [[combustion]] of fossil fuel...
9: ...ts are [[primordial]], being part of the Earth as it formed.
11: ...een oxidized into water and carbon dioxide. When it was later discovered that all fossil fuels contai...
15: == A limited resource ==
19: ...nonetheless. Petroleum is also important because it is a source of [[petrochemicals]], for which ther... - Coal (13357 bytes)
1: ...e burning of coal generates over half the electricity consumed by the nation.
7: ... from the exposed coal seams above or sea-coal as it was easier to transport the coal via the sea rath...
9: ... It is an element of a popular ritual associated with [[New Year's Eve]]. To dream of burning coals is...
13: == Composition and creation ==
15: ...its, and with special techniques, within the coal itself. The greatest coal-forming time in geologic ... - Tollund Man (2471 bytes)
3: ...llund were cutting peat for their tile stove and kitchen range in the Bj�ldskovdal peat bog, 10 km w...
5: ...ther under a small lump of peat beside his head. It was drawn tight around his neck and throat and th...
7: ...imately [[350 BC]]. The acid in the peat, along with the lack of oxygen underneath the surface, had p...
9: ...ratively short-statured even for his time period. It is likely, however, that the body has shrunk in t... - Lindow man (553 bytes)
1: ...bog body]]. The body is now on display in The [[British Museum]]. The body's legs and pelvis were miss... - Borneo (3249 bytes)
1: ...ands by size|third largest island in the world]]. It has an area of 743,330 sq km (287,00 sq mi), and ...
5: ...the east, and the [[Java Sea]] and [[Karimata Strait]] to the south.
8: ...ighest point is [[Mount Kinabalu]] in [[Sabah]], with an elevation of 4 101 m above [[sea level]].
12: Borneo is divided politically into:
20: Borneo was the main site of the [[Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation|confr...
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