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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
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4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
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10: ...axobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = <center>Genera</center>}} - Australia (39438 bytes)
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. -->
48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a...
62: ...claiming the land for Britain in [[1770]]. This replica was built in 1988 for Australia's bicentennial... - Indo-Australian Plate (2019 bytes)
1: ...ctonic plates.png|thumb|300px|The Indo-Australian plate is shown in dull orange on this map.]]
3: ... centers became inactive they fused into a single plate.
5: ...and]] lies along the southeastern boundary of the plate. New Zealand and New Caledonia are the souther...
7: ... is a [[convergent boundary]] with the [[Eurasian Plate]] forming the [[Himalaya]] and [[Hindu Kush]] ...
9: ...forms a [[subducting boundary]] with the Eurasian plate on the borders of the [[Indian Ocean]] from [[... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
4: ...tion, is part of the edge of the [[North American plate]]. For causes of sea level changes, see [[Sea...
6: ...rican Plate to the north and the [[South American Plate]] to the south, first an [[island arc]], and t...
8: ==Examples==
13: ...[China]]. At the time, the [[Yellow Sea]] was completely land, and the [[Sea of Japan]] was a large l...
14: ...]] became a large lake and eventually dried up completely. - Honey (11666 bytes)
6: ...oney has a distinctive flavor which leads some people to prefer it over [[sugar]] and other [[sweetene...
8: ... 18%, virtually no organism can successfully multiply to significant amounts in honey.
29: ...[redgum]], [[yellow gum]] and [[stringybark]]. [[Tasmania]]n [[leatherwood]] honey is considered a [[delica...
37: ... which is crucial for [[flowering plant|flowering plants]].
40: ...ollecting this resource have to be fed protein supplements, as honeydew lacks the protein-rich pollen ... - Spider (29039 bytes)
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20: Dipluridae ([[funnel-web tarantula]])<br />
59: Plectreuridae ([[plectreurid spider]])<br /> - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...hy)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? thus making neighboring time zones one ho...
6: ...T]]) is still often used (by the [[BBC]], for example, amongst others) to denote the "base time" to wh...
10: ...for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
18: ...he location is one day later or earlier. Some examples:
31: ...til [[August 2]], [[1880]]. This paragraph only applies to the island of Great Britain, not to the isl... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...shrub]] for comparison). Compared with most other plant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of ...
5: ...g [[orchard]] crops (e.g. [[apple]]s). Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[myth...
9: ...gy)|orders]] and [[family (biology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth for...
11: ...lant]]s and conifers. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typic...
13: ...fined largely by the trees that inhabit them; examples are [[rainforest]] and [[taiga]] (see [[ecozone... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
11: ...f celebration include [[picnic]]s, [[fireworks display]]s, water activities, and public art events. Fa...
13: ...t white is not to be worn after Labour Day. The explanations for this tradition range from the fact t...
17: ...a rural [[festival]], but over time it has been replaced by the labour connotations of the [[holiday]]...
25: ...d [[March 1]] in both [[Western Australia]] and [[Tasmania]] (the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In [[Que...
29: ... different provinces. This led to ship-owners complaining that seamen were taking excessive holidays ... - Rainforest (6551 bytes)
4: ... that many hundreds of millions of new species of plants, insects, and [[microorganisms]] are still un...
6: ...he soil is quite poor. [[Oxisols]], infertile, deeply weathered and severely leached, have developed o...
8: ...ht at ground level. This makes it possible for people and other animals to walk through the forest. If...
16: ...n. They occur in the lower layers and among the saplings of species of the emergent layer (A layer).
18: ...ly by the growth of woody climbers or [[liana]]s. Plants with epiphytic adaptations, allowing them to ... - Temperate coniferous forests (2732 bytes)
3: Structurally, these forests are rather simple, generally consisting of two layers: an overstor...
5: ...rica]], the rain forests of [[New Zealand]] and [[Tasmania]], northwest [[Europe]] (small pockets in [[Irela...
7: ...stern [[Oregon]] is known for its rich variety of plant and animal species, including many endemic spe... - Platypus (21900 bytes)
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2: ...Image:Ornithorhynchidae-00.jpg|200px]]| caption = Platypus}}
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14: The '''platypus''' (''[[Ornithorhynchus]] [[anatinus]]'') i... - Thylacine (4846 bytes)
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19: ...rly known as the '''Tasmanian Tiger''' or the '''Tasmanian Wolf''', was a large [[carnivore|carnivorous]] [...
21: ...of other continents (both unrelated [[Placentalia|placental]] [[Carnivora|carnivores]]), the Thylacine...
22: [[Image:Ta_tasmanian_wolf.jpg||thumb|250px|left|Tasmanian Wolf Illustration provided by [http://classroomc... - Canyon (3965 bytes)
3: ...te by a process of long-time [[erosion]] from a [[plateau]] level, with a stream gradually carving out...
7: ...s built there, largely by the [[Ancient Pueblo Peoples]].
9: ...in the northwestern [[United States]] are two examples of this.
11: ...k. When these collapse a canyon is left, for example in the [[Mendip Hills]] in [[Somerset]] and [[Yo...
23: *[[Cataract Gorge]] in [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], [[Australia]] - Temperate rain forest (5436 bytes)
12: ...New Zealand]] temperate rain forests''', the '''[[Tasmanian temperate rain forests]]''', and pockets of rain...
16: The largest temperate rain forest zone on the planet, the Pacific temperate rain forests occur on ...
24: '''Tasmanian temperate rain forests''' ([[Australia]])<br>
25: Tasmania's west coast is home to the [[Tasmanian temperate rain forests]] ecoregion. They are mix... - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ...nt]] and larger than a [[islet|rock]], that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are ...
9: ...)|Java]] off [[Asia]], [[New Guinea|Papua]] and [[Tasmania]] off [[Australia]].
11: ...nds]] and some of the [[Seychelles]] are also examples.
19: ...ich Islands]] are the only [[Atlantic Ocean]] examples.
21: ...nic rift]] reaches the surface. There are two examples: [[Iceland]], which is the world's largest volc... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...lombia]]. The western limit of the ocean is often placed at the [[Strait of Malacca]]. The lowest poin...
9: The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] named the ocean. For m...
26: ...low, because little evaporation of seawater takes place in these areas.
42: ... Ring of Fire]] is the world's foremost belt of explosive volcanism.
46: ...ds, high islands, coral reefs, and uplifted coral platforms. Continental islands lie outside the Andes... - Australian Fur Seal (1324 bytes)
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20: ... on nine islands in the [[Bass Strait]] between [[Tasmania]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. - Dusky Dolphins (3923 bytes)
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14: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Lagenorhynchus ...
23: ...d]]. There may also be resident populations off [[Tasmania]] and [[New South Wales]] and several small islan...
28: On account of their highly acrobatic displays and movements in large pods, Dusky Dolphins ar...
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