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- Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
6: ... While they can be highly destructive, tropical [[cyclone]]s are an important part of the [[atmospheric cir...
9: ...ng at high altitudes. Because of this, a tropical cyclone can be thought of as a giant vertical [[heat engi...
11: The ingredients for a tropical cyclone include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm ...
13: ... a sustaining cycle. As a result, when a tropical cyclone passes over land, its strength will diminish.
16: Tropical cyclones are classified into three main groups: tropical ... - Cyclone (6571 bytes)
2: ..., most weather forecasters avoid using the term ''cyclone'' without a qualifying term.
6: ...ds around these regions. Wind flow around a large cyclone is almost invariantly anticlockwise, in the north...
8: ==Types of Cyclones==
10: ===Tropical cyclones===
12: ...e and an area of higher pressure aloft. Tropical cyclones are associated with strong thunderstorms, high w...
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- Earth (30908 bytes)
1: {{Planet Infobox/Earth}}
7: ...ern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the Earth|formed]] around 4.57 [[bil...
17: ...or of Earth, like that of the other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[sil...
55: ...rth reaches temperatures of 5270 [[kelvin]]s. The planet's internal heat was originally generated duri...
68: ... to sink towards the center in a process called [[planetary differentiation]], while less dense materi... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: .... It is the home of five percent of the world's [[plant]] and [[animal]] species, 80 percent of them u...
68: ...y and "Malgasization" of the education system crippled the economy, leaving traces even today of a hig...
70: ...rong in [[Antananarivo]] and the surrounding high plateau.
72: ...ations and crippling general strikes, Ratsiraka replaced his prime minister in [[August]] [[1991]] but...
74: ...nstitutions, and set an 18-month timetable for completing a transition to a new form of constitutional... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: The '''People's Republic of Bangladesh'''is a country in [[Sou...
40: | '''[[Unemployment Rate]]''' || 3.6%
49: | '''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]])
65: ...l sites of mass architecture, in the form of [[temple]]s and monasteries, bearing proofs of such influ...
69: ... major landmark in Bangladesh's movement to a "people's state". The [[Language Movement]] of [[1952]] ... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...ervable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events...
5: ...ics]], and [[atmospheric chemistry]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric sciences]].
10: ...|halo]] around the moon, without bothering with explanations.
12: ...[[Robert Hooke]], while [[Horace de Saussure]] completed this list of the most important meteorologica...
16: The first overall correct explanation of [[atmospheric circulation|global circul... - Storm (1494 bytes)
3: ...lly affecting the Earth's surface, and strongly implying [[severe weather]]. It may be marked by hard...
10: ''See [[Storm warning]], [[Tropical cyclone warnings and watches]]'' - Thunderstorm (7337 bytes)
4: ...ing in the production of a wide range of water droplets and ice crystals, occurs in an atmosphere that...
6: ...storm chasers]] head to the [[Great Plains]] to explore the visual and scientific aspects of storms an...
15: ... and contain a strong, rotating updraft (a "[[mesocyclone]]"). These are the most damaging type of thunders...
19: ...', which usually occurs in the warm sector of a [[cyclone]]. The squall line is propelled by its own outfl...
32: ...ng enough to be so large that they do not melt completely as they fall and fall as [[hail]]. While up... - Tornado (14220 bytes)
3: ..., ''landspout'', ''willy-willy'', or ''rope''. ''Cyclone'' is also an old-fashioned term for a tornado.
8: .... Many tornadoes appear at the tail end of [[mesocyclone]]s. On [[weather radar]] screens, a characterist...
10: ...Towards the end of this area of rotation (the mesocyclone) is often a lower area of rain-free cloud and can...
21: ...significant damage when hitting land, and kill people. [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/] [http://...
29: ...inois]], and southern [[Indiana]], killing 695 people. More than six tornadoes in one day is considere... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
6: ... While they can be highly destructive, tropical [[cyclone]]s are an important part of the [[atmospheric cir...
9: ...ng at high altitudes. Because of this, a tropical cyclone can be thought of as a giant vertical [[heat engi...
11: The ingredients for a tropical cyclone include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm ...
13: ... a sustaining cycle. As a result, when a tropical cyclone passes over land, its strength will diminish.
16: Tropical cyclones are classified into three main groups: tropical ... - Convection (4185 bytes)
1: ...Earth atmosphere|atmosphere]]s, [[ocean]]s, and [[planet]]ary [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]]s.
7: ...ture differences existing within the fluid. ''Example'': hot air rising off the surface of a radiator.
11: ... changing temperatures when it is exposed to multiple temperatures in an acceleration field such as [[...
13: ... by a [[pump]] or [[Fan (implement)|fan]]). ''Example'': a fan-powered heater, where a fan blows cool ...
17: In both of the previous examples, an engineer would often be interested in the r... - Blizzard (4179 bytes)
7: ... involving classification of winter storms are complex, there are many different definitions of blizza...
13: ... blizzards can occur in conjunction with [[arctic cyclone]]s.
15: ...sible to distinguish the ground from the air. People caught in a whiteout can quickly become disorien...
25: ...ren trapped in [[schoolhouse]]s and killed 235 people.
27: ...e while trapped in their cars. Altogether, 154 people died in the Armistice Day Blizzard. - Flood (7770 bytes)
1: .... In the sense of "flowing water", the word is applied to the inflow of the [[tide]], as opposed to t...
7: ...rich farmlands and can result in their eventual depletion. The annual cycle of flood and farming was o...
20: == Flood defenses, planning, and management ==
24: ...n used to prevent building on [[flood plain|flood plains]]. In some cases, pressure from developers ha...
27: ...h weather forecasting to give the country time to plan its response to hurricanes. - Ocean (6829 bytes)
12: ... that were formed by the collision of [[Cimmerian plate|Cimmeria]] with [[Laurasia]]. The [[Mediterran...
20: ==Exploration==
28: Much of the bottom of the world's oceans is unexplored and unmapped. A global image of many underwa...
32: ...of [[weather]] occurs over the oceans: [[tropical cyclone]]s (also called "typhoons" and "hurricanes" depen...
42: *[[plankton]] - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
5: ...[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
13: Phoenix is called ''Hoodzo'' (lit. 'the place is hot') in [[Navajo language|Navajo]] (a lang...
16: {{Template:US City infobox|
46: ...tery. Prolonged drought may have destroyed or displaced them; or, they may be the ancestors of the mo...
49: ...est of Mesa, which was already a city of 1,000 people; and a few miles northwest of a similar farming ... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
3: ...park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground, as an amusement park is meant to cater t...
7: ...tes). Today, amusement parks have largely been replaced by theme parks, and the two terms are often u...
9: For a remarkable example of a European park, dating from [[1843]] and sti...
12: ...ns. This conglomeration of attractions was the template used for amusement parks for the next half-cen...
14: ...he world-famous Cyclone [[roller coaster]] at Steeplechase Park in [[1927]] marked the beginning of th... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
3: ... have to be a complete circuit (the antonym of complete circuit is "[[shuttle roller coaster|shuttle]]...
11: ...t the end of which brakes bring the train to a complete stop and it is pushed into the station. A [[br...
15: ...ng. This can cause a [[cascade]] effect when multiple trains become stopped at the end of each block.
21: ...-foot diameter loop. None of these tracks were complete circuits.
23: ...near [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] and [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]... - Weather front (4296 bytes)
15: ... mass]]es, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other. A wide variety of weather can be fo...
17: ...r map]]s with a black dotted line between closely placed cold and warm front markings pointing in the ...
19: ... much of the instability that occurs in the Great Plains that tends to lead to powerful storms.
22: ...graphy.net/fundamentals/7s.html "The Mid-Latitude Cyclone"] - Cyclone (6571 bytes)
2: ..., most weather forecasters avoid using the term ''cyclone'' without a qualifying term.
6: ...ds around these regions. Wind flow around a large cyclone is almost invariantly anticlockwise, in the north...
8: ==Types of Cyclones==
10: ===Tropical cyclones===
12: ...e and an area of higher pressure aloft. Tropical cyclones are associated with strong thunderstorms, high w... - Severe weather (844 bytes)
1: ...ntists observe severe weather using a mobile [[doppler radar]] and a [[helicopter]] (in the distance)]...
4: Examples include:
12: * [[arctic cyclone]]
13: * [[cyclone]] (including [[European windstorm]]s)
18: ... cyclone]] (also called a hurricane, typhoon, or "cyclone") - Geography1 (26085 bytes)
2: ...and the world and all of its human and natural complexities-- not merely where objects are, but how th...
5: ...plants and animals, geography is highly interdisciplinary.
7: {{Cquote2|''mere names of places...are not geography... know by heart a whole ...
9: Geography as a discipline can be split broadly into two main sub fields: [[human geogr...
15: ...atmosphere]], [[pedosphere]], and global [[flora (plants)|flora]] and [[fauna (animals)|fauna]] patter... - Cricket (27178 bytes)
2: ...[team sport]] played between two groups of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in [[...
4: ...rage, especially the infamous [[Bodyline]] series played between [[England]] and [[Australia]].
6: ... [[beige]] strip is the [[cricket pitch]]. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the ...
9: ...se note: In cricket, innings is both singular and plural. Do not use "inning" in this article-->
15: ...red by the batting team and to get the opposition players ''[[Dismissal (cricket)|out]]'', an event wh...
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