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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...less and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from ill...
9: ...e [[serf]]s was created to make this document the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took...
11: ...s. She also encouraged the [[colonization]] of [[Alaska]] and of conquered areas.
13: ...d encouraged education for the nobles and middle class.
17: ...sburg]] League. When it became apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and i... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...Peterhof]] and [[Tsarskoye Selo]]. The [[Winter Palace]] and the [[Smolny]] Cathedral remain the chief...
9: ..., German and Swedish, and could converse in these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her ...
11: ...er beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eig...
13: ...red to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, who supplanted Menshikov and hated the memory of Peter the G...
15: ...|Guards]] regiment, and after his banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[An... - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
1: ...age:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|350px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of...
2: ...ce of the Earth consists of seven major tectonic plates and many more minor ones.
4: ...tant motion. This is in turn underlaid by a solid layer of mantle.
6: ...rust differs markedly. [[Oceanic crust]] consists largely of [[basalt|basaltic]] rocks, while the [[co...
8: ... of [[plate tectonics]]. Interaction between the plates creates [[mountain]]s and [[volcano]]es, as we... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...art of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] and the inner [[as...
3: ...ng, and [[oceanic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "...
5: ...1960s. The theory itself was developed during the late [[1960s]] and has since almost universally been...
6: ...age:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of...
8: ...luidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions. - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
3: ...the area east of the [[Cherskiy Range]] in East [[Siberia]]. ''Eurasia'' is also used in international poli...
5: ...es, and the availability of Eurasian animals and plants suitable for domesticaion.
7: ...ablishing genetic, cultural, and [[linguistic]] relationships between European and Asian cultures of a...
9: ...'Asia'' contains multiple regions and cultures as large and populous as Europe, and as different and g...
11: ...arts of [[North Asia]] create another vaguely similar cultural and geographic sphere known as [[North ... - Eurasian Plate (848 bytes)
1: ...age:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|300px|The Eurasian plate is shown in green on this map.]]
2: ... [[Siberia]]. It extends westward to the [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge]].
4: ... Plate forming the northernmost part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. - North American Plate (1264 bytes)
1: ... plates.png|thumb|right|300px|The North American plate is shown in brown on this map]]
2: ... and westward to the [[Cherskiy Range]] in East [[Siberia]].
4: ... the south forming the northern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
6: ... [[Cocos Plate]] to the west and the [[Caribbean Plate]] to the east.
8: ... and a [[transform boundary]] with the [[Pacific Plate]] to the south along the [[San Andreas Fault]]. - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...], defined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from Eurasia. [[geology|Geologically]] and [[geog...
6: ...aya Zemlya]]. About 60 percent of the world's population live in Asia.
8: ...on consists of the part of Eurasia and nearby [[island]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific...
12: ... of the rising sun where the west (Europe) is the land of the setting sun.
14: ... of [[Ephesus]] in [[Anatolia]], and later to the lands beyond it. - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
3: ...]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
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25: | '''[[Official language]]s''' - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...1990s, the country's young [[democracy]] showed relative promise under the leadership of former Presid...
8: image_flag = Kyrgyzstan flag large.png |
13: ...ges = [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]], [[Russian language|Russian]] |
15: latd=42 |latm=52 |latNS=N |longd=74 |longm=36 |longEW=E |
19: largest_city = [[Bishkek]] | - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
1: ...nia]] and [[Moldova]] to the southwest and the [[Black Sea]] to the south.
3: ...ween a variety of powers, notably [[Russia]], [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]]. A ...
5: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
11: | [[Image:Ukraine flag large.png|125px|Flag of Ukraine]]
14: | ([[Flag of Ukraine|In detail]]) - Wolverine (3928 bytes)
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12: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
15: ...arcajou'''. It is the only [[species]] currently classified in the [[genus]] '''''Gulo'''''. Two [[sub...
17: ...o capture kills from other predators, such as [[polar bear]]s or a [[wolf]] pack. - Mammoth (4333 bytes)
3: ...= Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]}}
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7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
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16: ...mmoths have been found in the northern parts of [[Siberia]]. - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ... here is in accordance with the dates and [[nomenclature]] proposed by the [[International Commission ...
3: ...ary between the [[Cretaceous]] period and the [[Palaeogene]] period is defined by the [[Cretaceous-Ter...
7: ... have been adopted in building the geologic nomenclature, though in general there are far more recogni...
9: ...]] and [[Botomian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key aspect of the work of the Interna...
13: ...ted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same time in different areas could ... - Cereal (6537 bytes)
14: *the [[millet]]s, a group of similar but distinct cereals that form an important stap...
15: ... important staple food in Asia and Africa and popular worldwide for livestock
17: ... formerly the staple food of [[Scotland]] and popular worldwide for livestock
18: ...ey]], grown for [[Malt|malting]] and livestock on land too poor for wheat
19: *[[teff]], popular in [[Ethiopia]] but scarcely known elsewhere - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...rd and the significant marginalization in the population of native inhabitants after European coloniza...
5: ... Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with it...
11: ...tion, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
13: ...nd each tribe specialized according to the particular environment. Coastal tribes were a major source...
19: ..., and gems. The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same. - Atmospheric pressure (6841 bytes)
1: ...ily) rhythm of air pressure in northern Germany (black curve is air pressure)]]
11: ...nd real atmospheric pressures vary from place to place and moment to moment everywhere in the world.
13: ... = 0.075 lb/ft³, altitude = sea level, and relative humidity = 0%. In the air conditioning indust...
16: ...a level by an appropriate altitude dependant formula. Ships at sea and low-lying weather stations must...
26: ... cause an altimeter to read height above a particular runway threshold. - Garlic (12167 bytes)
1: ...[Allium]] sativum'') is a bulbous perennial food plant of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Alliaceae]...
3: .... Photo courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]The bulb has a strong and charact...
7: ==Cultivation and plant structure==
8: ...ly called "cloves" by cooks, are the part of the plant most commonly eaten, though some cooks also use...
10: ...hese new bulbs can be procured by planting out in late winter or early spring. - Deer (6737 bytes)
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6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
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14: ... within the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Artiodactyla]], are often also called ''deer''.
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