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- Amazon Rainforest (4064 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Amazon Rainforest.jpg|thumb|A river in the Amazon rainforest]]
2: ...n four nations bear the name [[Amazonas]] for the Amazon.
4: ==The Amazon Basin==
5: ''See [[Amazon Basin]].''
7: ...e forest lies in a basin drained largely by the [[Amazon River]], with 1100 [[tributaries]]. This basin w...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
10: ...spucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead propose...
12: It may have been the publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Marti...
14: ...rally accepted by historians that no voyage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz...
16: ... Lorenzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voy...
18: ...t does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he must have seen if he had got... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ... - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: ... The Nile carries far less water than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributar...
24: ...lthough the lake itself has feeder rivers of considerable size from the other [[Great Lakes (Africa)|G...
26: ...Abyad, or the [[White Nile]], from the clay suspended in its waters. From there, the river flows to [...
32: ...[[:Image:Nile River and delta from orbit.jpg|Nile delta]])]]
40: ...he Nile in Sudan, looking north across the Sahara Desert towards Lake Nasser and Egypt. Photograph IS... - South America (5078 bytes)
5: ...s is largely tropical [[rain forest]], the vast [[Amazon River]] basin.
11: ...[[19th century]], these colonies won their independence.
15: ...North America. The South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea – including [[Colombia]]...
17: ...razil]]. Regions in South America include the [[Andean States]], the [[Guiana]]s, the [[Southern Cone]...
21: (Not included in the table are [[South Georgia and the South S... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...easternmost country of the [[Americas]] and it borders [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]], [[Bol...
8: ...|Dom Pedro II]] was deposed and a [[federation|federal]] [[republic]] was established on [[15 Novembe...
10: ...ls appointed by the military. Today Brazil is a [[democracy]].
15: ...ket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president has extensive [[executive]] powers and is both ...
17: ... there is the Chamber of Deputies or ''C⭡ra dos Deputados'' of 513 seats, whose members are elected ... - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...eru is a country in western [[South America]], bordering [[Ecuador]] and [[Colombia]] to the north, [[...
3: ...; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
7: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
22: | '''[[List of Presidents of Peru|President]]''' || [[Alejandro Toledo Manrique]]
28: ... Total ([[2002]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|World... - Flag of Virginia (841 bytes)
1: ...flag.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of Virginia. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
5: ...ius of the Commonwealth, dressed as an Amazon" (Code of Virginia ? 7.1-26) and represents [[Virginia]]...
10: ....state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+7.1-26 Code of Virginia ? 7.1-26] - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
5: ...r working small [[horticulture|horticultural]] gardens. When used in this sense, civilization is an ex...
7: ...lex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived as less exclusive and ...
9: ...y back in Civilization after being lost in the wilderness for 3 weeks." Additionally, it is used in th...
11: ...zed" behavior is contrasted with "barbaric" or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sop...
17: ... to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own subsistence. - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Delphinidae'''}}
13: ... Greek]] δελφίς ''delphis'' meaning "with a womb", viz. "a 'fish' with...
17: #any member of the family [[Delphinidae]] (oceanic dolphins),
18: #any member of the families [[Delphinidae]] and [[Platanistoidae]] (oceanic and ri...
19: ...border [[Odontoceti]] (toothed whales; these include the above families and some others), - Boto (5572 bytes)
15: ...Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Amazon_River_Dolphin.PNG|200px|Boto range]] | caption= B...
17: ...ater or [[river dolphin]]. It is endemic to the [[Amazon River]] and [[Orinoco River]] systems. The Boto i...
19: The [[IUCN]] lists '''Amazon Dolphin''', '''Boto Vermelho''',
20: ...poise''', and '''Tonina''' as other names used to describe this species.
24: ... specimen was described by [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville]] in 1817. - Boa (3641 bytes)
15: ...ue cows and suckle them until they are drained to death.
17: ... subfamily of Boidae, but are frequently listed under their own family, [[Pythonidae]].
20: ...million years ago, had a distinct fauna that included [[marsupial]] [[mammal|mammals]]; with the land ...
31: ...strata over 50 million years old, and were once widespread in North America. Now, only two species rem... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. occidentalis'''''}}
12: ...al | color = pink | binomial_name = Pelecanus occidentalis | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | ...
15: ...Pelican]]The '''Brown Pelican''' (''Pelecanus occidentalis'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest ...
17: ...shington]] and [[Cape Cod]] to the mouth of the [[Amazon River]]. Some immature birds may stray to inland ...
23: ...wn Pelican on the wing in Baja California]]Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threatened its fut... - Bull shark (3651 bytes)
19: ==Description==
23: ...mals. Like all sharks, their behavior is poorly-understood and can seem unpredictable.
25: ... the central [[Amazon River]], and have been recorded as far up the [[Mississippi River]] as [[Illinoi... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=William Jefferson Clinton
4: | order=42nd President
7: | preceded=[[George H. W. Bush]]
8: | succeeded=[[George W. Bush]]
11: | dead=alive - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
3: ...s 'Oak City,' but locals never use this name. Residents of outlying suburbs or rural areas often call ...
7: ...3 totaled 523,303 with more than 1.25 million residents in the metropolitan area.
9: ...or to the [[September 11th attacks]] and the most destructive act of domestic terrorism in American hi...
19: founded = |
29: density = 325.3| - Rainforest (6551 bytes)
2: ...ised by a high number of [[resident (species)|resident]] [[species]] and tremendous [[biodiversity]].
6: ...a bright red color and sometimes produces minable deposits (e.g. [[bauxite]]). On younger substrates, ...
8: ...reason, the ground beneath is soon colonised by a dense tangled growth of vines, shrubs and small tree...
12: ...ibutes not commonly seen in trees of higher latitudes.
16: ... trees of the C layer. Young individuals of trees destined for the B and A layers may also have large ... - Jaguar (9341 bytes)
19: ...t way to distinguish a jaguar from a leopard, beside the jaguar’s much more powerful build, is the [...
21: ... have been documented putting 1/4 [[inch]] (6 mm) dents into [[bowling ball]]s using their teeth. "The...
25: ...nction in the foreseeable future. The species has declined numbers in some areas due to habitat loss, ...
27: ...under the [[Endangered Species Act]] and are considered nongame, therefor making it illegal to shoot a...
30: ...ered an umbrella species. An umbrella species is defined as: species that generally cover large areas... - Ocelot (4489 bytes)
17: ...on, the ocelot is larger. The name of the animal derives from [[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] '''ocelotl...
19: ...n in a cave in a rocky bluff, a hollow tree, or a dense (preferably thorny) thicket. The gestation per...
21: ...t any small animal: [[monkey]]s, [[snake]]s, [[rodent]]s, [[fish]], [[amphibian]]s and [[bird]]s are ...
23: ... resembles that of a [[jaguar]]; it was once regarded as particularly valuable, and because it was so ...
25: ...es, they now range only in several small areas of dense thicket in South Texas. The ocelot's continue...
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