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- Nile (13738 bytes)
30: ...e Nile originates from Ethiopia, but this runoff only happens in summer, when the great rains fall on ...
36: After the Blue and White Niles merge, the only remaining major tributary is the [[Atbara River]...
42: ... all river deltas worldwide. Enrichment from Nile sediments carried eastward by currents nurture the fishing...
52: ... a number of others, Brown and Scaturro were the only ones to remain on the expedition for the entire ...
72: ...ater [[Miocene]], transporting clastics and light sediments to the Mediterranean, where several gas fields h... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
9: ...' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''medius'', 'middle' + ''terra'', 'land, ear...
11: ...roughout human history. It was, for example, commonly called ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' (Latin, ''Our Sea'')...
65: Sediment samples from below the deep seafloor of the Medit...
82: * [[Seto Inland Sea]], which is sometimes named the Japanese M... - Geology (12007 bytes)
20: ... enough time for mountains to be eroded and for [[sediment]] to form new rocks at the bottom of the sea, whi...
38: ...ed that the igneous intrusion is younger than the sedimentary rock. There are a number of different types of...
42: ...the formation that contains them. For example, in sedimentary rocks, it is common for gravel from an older f...
46: ... beds. Observation of modern marine and nonmarine sediments in a wide variety of environments supports this ...
48: ...layer previously deposited. This principle allows sedimentary layers to be viewed as a form of vertical time... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
10: ...''plate boundary'', and plate boundaries are commonly associated with geological events such as earthq...
19: ...ur where two plates slide towards each other commonly forming either a [[subduction]] zone (if one pla...
37: ...ce, forming long chains of [[volcano|volcanoes]] inland from the continental shelf and parallel to it....
63: ...g of material at mid-ocean ridges is almost certainly part of this convection. Some early models of pl...
127: ... with sea floor spreading, why there is so little sediment accumulation on the ocean floor, and why oceanic ... - Fossil (5231 bytes)
3: ...acement in [[Rock (geology)|rock]] formations and sedimentary layers ([[Stratum|strata]]) is known as the [[...
9: ...zed, the remains normally need to be covered by [[sediment]] as soon as possible. However there are exceptio...
19: ...eather]]s or even soft tissues. Once covered with sediment, these layers slowly compact to rock, after which...
36: ...on]]s, round or oval-shaped nodules found in some sedimentary strata, were once thought to be [[dinosaur]] e...
40: ... had "come to life". This can be a species known only from fossils until living representatives were d... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] Only [[State]] |
134: ...ts tributaries cut through layer after layer of [[sediment]] as the [[Colorado Plateau]]s have uplifted.
170: ... country's total Indian population of 2,752,158. Only [[California]] has more Indians than Arizona, an... - Desert (21206 bytes)
20: ... remains frozen as snow pack; these are more commonly referred to as [[tundra]] if a short season of a...
28: ... dry winds dissipate cloud cover, allowing more sunlight to heat the land. Most of the major deserts o...
50: ...nd north of the [[Himalaya]], in parts of the [[Kunlun Mountains]] and the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. Many l...
53: ...tures in these deserts, but snow dunes occur commonly in areas where precipitation is locally more abu...
59: ...es. Although its surface atmospheric pressure is only about one-hundredth that of Earth, global circul... - Cave (10592 bytes)
49: ... Free-tailed Bat]], are trogloxenes, and are commonly found in caves, but forage outside of the caves....
58: ...States|USA]]) at 579km in length. This record is unlikely to be surpassed in the near future as the ne...
71: ...of past climactic conditions in speleothems and [[sediment]] layers. - Landform (3582 bytes)
136: ...rm -- landforms produced by deposition of load or sediment (usually coastal or fluvial). - Earth science (5396 bytes)
2: ...special case in [[planetary science]], being the only known [[life]]-bearing planet. There are both [[...
4: ...neralogy]], [[petrology]], [[stratigraphy]] and [[sedimentology]].
16: ...''[[Paleoclimatology]]''' use the properties of [[sediment]]s, [[ice core]]s, or biological material to infe...
95: * [[Sedimentology]] - Erosion (6998 bytes)
6: ...ng streams with gravel, filling reservoirs with [[sediment]], reducing [[Soil degradation|soil fertility]] a...
17: ... of sediment flow each year into the ocean. The [[sediment]] originates primarily from water erosion in the ...
24: ...s. Any perceptible down-slope movement of rock or sediment is often referred to in general terms as a [[land...
33: ...ent becomes nearly flat and lateral deposition of sediments becomes important as the stream [[meander]]s acr...
35: ...aster moving water is available to carry a larger sediment load. - Evolution (27661 bytes)
33: ...emely rare or only happens under conditions very unlike those of modern Earth. The 1953 [[Miller-Urey ...
40: ...nt]]s are being deposited, the [[fossil record]] only provides sparse and intermittent information abo...
47: ...panzee]], 1.6% from [[gorilla]]s [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed...
49: ... a steady process of degeneration[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed...
114: [[Gene flow]] (or gene admixture) is the only mechanism whereby populations can become closer ... - Continental shelf (2503 bytes)
3: ...matra, and [[Java (island)|Java]] to the Asian mainland. Other familiar bodies of water that overlie c...
5: ... were fished out. If [[anoxic]] conditions in the sedimentary deposits prevail, the shelves may in [[geologi... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
9: ...); the new rulers imposed their architecture and enlarged the town. It has been supposed that during t...
20: The only reliable eyewitness account of the event was rec...
36: Pompeii is, in fact, the only ancient town of which the whole topographic stru...
45: ...nearby drillings have exposed layers of jumbled [[sediment]] that suggest that other events hit the city bef...
47: ...ury BCE. The theory behind the layers of jumbled sediment is large [[landslide]]s, perhaps triggered by ext... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
4: ...hy they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in the ocean.
14: ...s, may also disturb the overlying water column as sediment and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed a...
18: ...aking, tsunamis generated from these mechanisms, unlike the ocean-wide tsunamis caused by some earthqu...
21: ... a tsunami is better understood as a new and suddenly higher sea level, which manifests as a shelf or ...
22: ... ships and boulders can be carried several miles inland before the tsunami subsides. - List of minerals (11610 bytes)
192: #[[Ferricrete]] Iron oxide cemented soil or sediment - Coral reef (11599 bytes)
2: ...eefs and deep water reefs. Deep water reefs have only recently been discovered, often located in dark,...
6: ...mainly in the [[photic zone]] (<50m), where the sunlight reaches the ground and offers the corals enou...
12: ...'Barrier reef''' — reef separated from a mainland or island shore by a [[lagoon]]; see [[Great B...
35: ...he smaller fish. This method of fishing does not only kill small fish but also claims the lives of man...
40: ...of the diverse coral reefs are being smothered by sediment and poisoned from cyanide fishing and organic pol... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...dship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[Berga...
12: ...ist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the m...
14: ...self. The ''[[Cavalieri di San Marco]]'' was the only order of [[chivalry]] ever instituted in Venice,...
35: Early in the [[15th century]], as new mainland territories were expanded, the first standing ...
37: ... often experienced. A civilian commissioner (not unlike a [[commissar]]) accompanied each army to keep... - Animal shell (2105 bytes)
3: ...n the [[sea]], produce [[exoskeleton]]s, usually only those of [[mollusk]]s are considered to be shell...
11: ...ery long time. Large amounts of shells may form [[sediment]] and become compressed into [[limestone]]. Shell... - Ice age (15810 bytes)
4: ...ion we are still in an ice age (because the [[Greenland]] and [[Antarctic]] ice sheets still exist). M...
18: ...age:Five_Myr_Climate_Change.png|thumb|400px|right|Sediment records showing the fluctuating sequences of glac...
22: ...utions through time. Due to the positions of Greenland, Antarctica, and the northern portions of Euro...
24: ...to be worked out. Analyses of ice cores and ocean sediment cores unambiguously show the record of glacials a...
41: ...s can change and significantly redistribute the sunlight received by the Earth. Of particular importa...
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