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- Geology (12007 bytes)
104: *[[Geology of Japan]] - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
10: ...eenland]], far eastern [[Siberia]] and northern [[Japan]]. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
33: ...k was made. The magnetic banding directly corresponds with the Earth's polar reversals. This was confir...
37: The nature of a convergent boundary depends on the type of lithosphere in the plates that are...
41: ...mple of this type of plate convergence would be [[Japan]].
100: ...e overall pattern, defined by these alternating bands of normally and reversely polarized rock, became ...
127: ...of years later, the oceanic crust eventually descends into the [[oceanic trench]]es -- very deep, narro... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ...d moons, on [[Earth]] at least, this phenomenon tends to occur near the boundaries of the [[plate tecto...
10: ...ilica]] the lava is called '''[[felsic]]''' and tends to be very [[viscosity|viscous]] (not very fluid)...
20: ...'''composite volcanoes''' such as [[Mt. Fuji]] in Japan, [[Mount Vesuvius|Vesuvius]] in Italy, [[Mount Er...
30: There are many different kinds of volcanic activity and eruptions:
47: ...hat has not produced an eruption in tens of thousands of years is likely to be considered dormant inste... - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
13: ...n contrast to American English, where ''Asian'' tends to refer to East and [[Southeast Asia]]ns. This c...
33: ...region, being the most important couple China and Japan after a 'decade of confused fighting'. India was ... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ocess, Europeans encountered peoples and mapped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous...
18: ...ling out into the open Atlantic the [[Madeira Islands]] were discovered in [[1419]] and in [[1427]] the...
22: ...first contest was for control of the [[Canary Islands]], which Castille won. It was not until the union...
24: ...an 270 [[leagues]] west of the [[Cape Verde]] islands; this gave them control over Africa, Asia and wes...
26: ... little to trade with the Spanish ships. The islands thus became the focus of colonization efforts. It... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: Although legends and speculation about a [[Terra Australis]] ("Sou...
56: * [[Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station]], [[South Pole]] {{fl...
79: ... ([[National Institute of Polar Research]] {{flag|Japan}})
82: ...as]] ({{coor dm|60|44|S|44|44|W|}}) [[Orcadas Islands]] (since 1904)({{flag|Argentina}})
89: ... ([[National Institute of Polar Research]] {{flag|Japan}}) (GMT+3) - Australia (39438 bytes)
48: ...a]], it includes the mainland and a number of islands, the largest of which is [[Tasmania]]. Australia ...
50: ...The shortest border distance is between the mainlands of Papua New Guinea and Australia at about 150 ki...
54: ...[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern''. Legends of an "unknown southern land" (''[[Terra Australi...
63: ...[[Melanesia]]n, inhabited the [[Torres Strait Islands]] and parts of far north [[Queensland]], they hav...
73: ...ritain's defeat in Asia in 1942 and the threat of Japanese invasion caused Australia to turn to the [[Uni... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
13: ...ellow Sea]] was completely land, and the [[Sea of Japan]] was a large lake. - Asia (16910 bytes)
14: ...f [[Ephesus]] in [[Anatolia]], and later to the lands beyond it.
50: ...The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
60: ...ns the [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Indochina]] and islands in the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]. Th...
64: ...oth Asia and Oceania|some]] of the Indonesian islands also lie in the [[Melanesia]] region of [[Oceania...
130: ...ere is no reliable data for Iraq or North Korea). Japan is the world's second largest economy, and North ... - United States (58223 bytes)
62: ...tlers, and U.S. settlers acquired those emptied lands. Through coercion, military prowess, and diplomat...
76: ...years. The number of districts for each state depends on the size of the population of the state, and e...
110: ...]] and the [[volcano|volcanic]], [[tropical]] islands of [[Hawaii]] add to the geographic and climatic ...
112: ...[[Mojave desert|Mojave]], extend through the lowlands and valleys of the American Southwest from wester...
121: ...western expansion, the conquest and purchase of lands by the national government, and the subdivision o... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
84: * [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] (Australia)
92: * [[Japan]] (Nihon) - [[Tokyo]]
152: * [[Netherlands]] - [[Amsterdam]]
183: *[[British Virgin Islands]] - [[Road Town]] (United Kingdom)
185: *[[Cayman Islands]] - [[George Town]] - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
21: ...Central Asian states, Pakistan, Iran, the EU, and Japan. Afghanistan trades little with the United States...
27: ...nt. The trade also provided jobs to tens of thousands of Afghans on both sides of the Durand Line, whic...
34: ...occupation, which continue to litter the Afghan landscape. Afghanistan is the most heavily mined countr...
110: ...''': Pakistan (26.8%), [[South Korea]] (12.3%), [[Japan]] (8.2%), [[Germany]] (7.4%), [[Kenya]] (4.9%), U...
126: ... the verge of becoming a narcotics state|Report finds Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming a narcoti... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
86: <tr><td>[[The Hague]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (administrative)
91: <tr><td>[[Honiara]] <td>[[Solomon Islands]]
125: <tr><td>[[Majuro]] <td>[[Marshall Islands]]
210: ...r><td>[[The Hague]] <td>[[Netherlands|The Netherlands]] (administrative) - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
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9: image_flag = Netherlands_flag_large.png |
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19: ...onarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister of the Netherlands|Prime minister]] | - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...t of [[Africa]]. Madagascar is the [[List of islands by size|4th largest island in the world]]. It is ...
59: ...land in [[1942]] to preclude its seizure by the [[Japan]]ese. The [[Free French]] received the island fro...
159: ...owlands leading to steep bluffs and central highlands. The [[Tsaratanana Massif]] in the north has [[vo...
169: ...]], thorn forests, and [[deserts and xeric shrublands]].
176: ...vate sector and donors and presented it at a "Friends of Madagascar" conference organized by the [[Worl... - Paraguay (10959 bytes)
95: ...ring countries as well as the activities of thousands of microenterprises and urban street vendors. Bec...
106: ... official languages. [[Ethnic German|Germans]], [[Japan]]ese, [[Korea]]ns, ethnic [[China|Chinese]], [[Ar... - Greece (54754 bytes)
50: ...diterranean]] basin, feature a vast number of islands.
72: ...ntines retained control of the Aegean and its islands throughout this period, during the seventh and ei...
87: ...of the peninsula (i.e. mountains, plains, and islands) to preserve their ethnic, cultural and linguisti...
90: ... population of the Ottoman Empire (the Ionian Islands were donated by Britain upon the arrival of the n...
104: ...Eastern Europe. By January of 1942, tens of thousands of people a week were dying of starvation in Gree... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
60: ... conflict Thailand was in a loose alliance with [[Japan]]; following its conclusion Thailand became an al...
103: See also: [[List of islands of Thailand]]
112: ...e beautiful Southern and Eastern seasides and islands, the Northern waterfalls and botanic gardens, as ...
128: [[Cuisine of Thailand|Thai cuisine]] blends four fundamental tastes: sweet, spicy, sour and s... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
4: ...er controlled [[Taiwan]] and some neighboring islands, which are controlled by the [[Republic of China]...
13: ...ng in control of [[Taiwan]] and some outlying islands of [[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedo...
61: ...strained several times in the past few decades by Japan's refusal to acknowledge its past war crime viola...
63: ...f these claims on [[irredentism|irredentist]] grounds, while the opposing claimants tend to view the PR...
68: *Over islands on the [[East China Sea]] or [[South China Sea]]:
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