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- Geography of Malta (2380 bytes)
23: '''Land boundaries:'''
77: ...ertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection... - Hot spring (7271 bytes)
27: ...at Tonopah was a popular hunting ground. This abundance of artifacts is indicative of the importance o...
40: ...ellowstone National Park]] in [[Wyoming]] (and [[Idaho]]/[[Montana]]) [http://www.nps.gov/yell]
48: These springs are located in western [[Canada]]:
52: *[[Gibson Marine Provincial Park]]: [[Ahousat Hot Springs]]
77: *G. J Woodsworth, ''Hot springs of Western Canada: a complete guide,'' West Vancouver: Gordon Soul... - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
7: ...ueensland coast offer boat trips to the reef on a daily basis. Several continental islands have been t...
11: ...the reef is protected by the [[Great Barrier Reef Marine Park]].
14: ...gest being less than 150,000 people. By world standards the Reef is under only light environmental str...
22: [[Crown-of-Thorns starfish]] are predators of corals. They have a life cycle with many e...
24: ...r shore, like [[Green Island]] that have suffered damage from tourist activity. - Cahokia (4221 bytes)
3: ...]] and others are believed to be the direct descendants of the Mississippian culture but no stories re...
13: ...al. Wood in several parts of the mound was carbon-dated to 950-1000 AD. - Whale shark (5019 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Rhincodontidae'''}}
12: ...ypus | author = [[Smith (ichthyologist)|Smith]] | date = [[1828]]}}
26: ...he coast of South Africa. The family ''Rhincodontidae'' was not finalized until 1984.
30: ...mple when it is explained that not all sharks are dangerous to humans. Nature [[documentaries]] freque... - Whale (11080 bytes)
3: ...s of the families [[Delphinidae]] or [[Platanistoidae]]), nor [[porpoise]]s. This can lead to some con...
12: A complete up-to-date taxonomical listing of all cetacean species, in...
17: The whales' ancestors lived on land, and their adaptions to a fully aquatic life are quite striking:...
29: Whales are broadly classed as [[predator]]s, but their food ranges from microscopic pla...
31: ...e rest they need. Whales "sleep" around 8 hours a day. - Navigation (15650 bytes)
9: ...in order to locate directions at various times of day and year, memorized extensive facts concerning:
35: * collision avoidance using [[radar]]
39: ...ghthouse]]s and [[buoy]]s close to shore to act a marine signposts identifying ambiguous features, highlig...
41: ...time navigation with a compass uses multiple redundant sources of position information to locate the s...
43: ...lines of position can be measured in order to validate the results taken against other reference point... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
7: The origins of the story of Atlantis date back to Egyptian priests who transfered it to [...
12: ... lawgiver [[Solon]], itself quite possibly a legendary event. Sonchis, priest of [[Thebes (Egypt)|Theb...
17: ...five days' sail to the west of what is called nowadays [[Britain]]. He added that westwards from that ...
20: ... Athene]], the [[Panathenaea]] was dated from the days of king [[Theseus]]. It consisted of a solemn ...
21: ...e plains with navigable rivers. [[Scylax of Caryanda]] gives similar account. - Ur (11926 bytes)
1: ...1], near the city of [[Nasiriyah]] south of [[Baghdad]].
9: ...mall farming villages of the Ubaid culture consolidated into larger settlements out of the need for la...
11: ... king [[Mesannepada]] (or Mesanepada, Mes-Anni-Padda).
33: ...n [[necropolis]]. All about the city he found abundant remains of burials of later periods. Apparently...
37: ... Outside the temple area many houses used in everyday life were found. Excavations were also made belo... - Petroglyph (5591 bytes)
13: ...]]s and [[ideogram]]s. The oldest petroglyphs are dated to the border times between the neolithic and ...
17: ...navia seem to indicate some form of territory boundaries between [[tribe]]s, except its religious mean...
19: ...ly be written in [[Ogam]], an Irish Celtic script dating back to the 6th to 8th century AD, and that t...
21: ...ich Fell responded by accusing them of being "too damn lazy" to read his writings, and of being "ignor...
40: ...etroglyph Provincial Park]], [[Nanaim0]], BC, Canada [http://www.britishcolumbia.com/ParksAndTrails/Pa... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ... species of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s that have adapted to this harsh [[desert]] environment. Some ex...
5: ...reating the [[Basin and Range]] landform we see today. Valleys filled with sediment and, during the we...
9: ...alleys; [[Death Valley]] and [[Panamint Valley]]—both of which were formed within the last few m...
25: <tr><td>''Date of Establishment''</td>
38: ...ant barriers; the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]], [[Argus Range]], and the Panamint Range. Air m... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
5: ...lspan=2 bgcolor=#ffcccc|[[Military history of Canada]]<br>[[British military history|Military history ...
9: |Date||1812–1815
29: Naval and marine: 20,000<br>
56: ... half of the British forces were made up of [[Canada|Canadian]] [[militia]]. Additionally, many [[Nati...
58: ...war created a greater sense of nationalism in Canada and the United States, it produced a national ant... - Limestone (3809 bytes)
3: ...e]] for information on calcite dissolution). Secondary calcite may also be deposited by [[Supersaturat... - Thor Heyerdahl (6085 bytes)
1: ...iginally) a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[marine biology|marine biologist]] with a great interest in [[anthropolo...
3: [[Image:Thor_heyerdahl.jpg|right|Thor Heyerdahl]]
7: ...amotu Islands]] on [[August 7]], 1947 after a 101 day 4,300 mile journey across the [[Pacific Ocean]],...
9: ...at time, I suffered from fear of the water," Heyerdahl once said.
11: ...building technology. On [[May 17]], [[1970]] Heyerdahl set sail from [[Morocco]] on the [[papyrus]] bo... - Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
8: ...ank Wild, Shackleton, Eric Marshall, and Jameson Adams]]
11: ...embered for his Antarctic expedition of [[1914]]–[[1916]] in the ship ''[[#The Endurance|Enduran...
14: ...[Ireland]] in [[1874]], and served as a merchant marine officer. He went to school at [[Dulwich College]]...
18: ... cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition...
23: ... he was Merchant Marine and Scott was Royal Navy—which was also part of the contention with whet... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: '''Samuel de Champlain''' ([[c.]][[1567]] – [[ 25 December]] [[1635]]) was a [[France|Fren...
21: ... a group of [[Iroquois]]. A battle began the next day. Two hundred Iroquois advanced on Champlain's po...
43: ...ed their journey by land. They followed the [[Oneida River]] until they found themselves at an Iroquoi...
45: ...he became lost and was forced to wander for three days living off game and sleeping under trees until ...
55: ...to the city. By the spring of 1629 supplies were dangerously low and Champlain was forced to send peo... - Aquatic plant (1021 bytes)
1: ...are not vascular plants but multicellular [[ocean|marine]] [[algae]], and therfore not typically included ... - Sedimentary rock (7917 bytes)
3: ...orphic]] rocks) and is formed in three main ways—by the deposition of the [[weathered]] remains ...
22: ...ne; [[arkose]] is a sandstone with quartz and abundant feldspar; [[greywacke]] is a sandstone with qua...
45: ...ers. The flux of carbon from eroded sediments to marine deposits is known as the [[carbon cycle]]. - Sandstone (3252 bytes)
10: ...eccia]]s and [[conglomerate]]s and are termed ''rudaceous'' sediments.).
12: ...f deposition may be split between terrestrial and marine, as illustrated by the following broad groupings:
18: * Marine environments
21: # [[Turbidite]]s (submarine channels)
30: [[Image:USDA Mineral Sandstone 93c3955.jpg|thumb|right|Prepare... - Coast (8529 bytes)
11: ...[[estuary|estuaries]] provides many nutrients for marine life. Salt marshes and beaches also support a di...
17: ...s coastal habitat as natural systems struggle to adapt faster. Human development of coastal land, par...
19: ...spills]] occur. Another major hazard for coastal marine life is the large number of small oil spills crea...
23: ...ve large [[port]] facilities to take advantage of marine transportation. Jurisdictions which are [[landlo...
27: ... the ocean and while this can sometimes result in dangerous storms such as [[Nor'easter|Nor'easters]] ...
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