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- Hydrangea (4213 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: ... and [[South America]]. Most are [[shrub]]s 1-3 m tall, but some are small [[tree]]s, and others [[vine]...
23: *''[[Hydrangea anomala]]'' (Climbing Hydrangea). Himalaya, southwest...
27: ...''[[Hydrangea heteromalla]]''. Himalaya, west and north China. - Lilac (2336 bytes)
6: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ... from large [[shrub]]s to small [[tree]]s, 2-10 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, [[deciduous]],...
23: ...ed branches; a pruned lilac often produces few or no flowers for one to five or more years, before the...
27: A pale purple colour is generally known as 'lilac' after the flower.<br clear="left"> - Rose (15436 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: ....edu/plantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide17.html U. of Illinois] 2002-05-29</small>
21: ...]], and sometimes trailing plants, reaching 2-5 m tall, rarely reaching as high as 20 m by climbing over...
29: ...ies of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ntury]] in [[Italy]], early [[16th century]] in [[Northern Europe]], as well as the [[Protestant Refor...
6: ...ical and social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding cult...
8: ...tury|8th]] centuries, which conquered the Levant, North Africa, Spain and some of the Mediterranean is...
11: {{Middle Ages Tall}}
12: ...tralised administrative systems of the Romans did not withstand the changes, and the institutional sup... - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ... chamber such that the [[chemical reaction]] does not take place only at the surface. Typically this ...
4: ...independently developed there, or whether the technology was transmitted to [[Europe]] by the [[Mongol...
9: ...to allow the slag to pour out, and once emptied, another valve at the bottom opened to remove the pig ...
15: ...with the carbon in the coal to produce [[carbon monoxide]], which then mixes with the [[iron oxide]], ...
17: - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...oncert band, and chamber music literature. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, var...
6: ... of the dulcian family of varying size, from soprano down to bass ranges. The early dulcian had many s...
8: ... this day (giving it the name in some regions "curtall", as it was shortened significantly). The Englis...
10: ... both in manufacturing techniques and acoustical knowledge made possible great improvements in the pla...
16: ...se; metal bassoons were made in the past but have not been in production by any major manufacturer sin... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ... the windway with respect to the labium, there is no need to form an [[embouchure]] with the lips. On ...
3: ...ever, that the instrument intended was the sopranino recorder.
5: ... easy to play at some level, is pre-tuned, and is not too strident in even the most musically-inept ha...
7: ...eat stature have written for it, including [[Luciano Berio]], [[John Tavener]], [[Michael Tippett]], [...
9: ... contrabass in F is about 2 meters tall. The soprano and the alto are the most common solo instruments... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
22: | [[Hardin County, Kentucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
46: ...nd writings which helped mobilize and inspire the North, and in his defusing of the peace issue in the...
48: ...ged efforts to expand white settlement in western North America, signing the [[Homestead Act]] (1862)....
53: ...[flatboat]] on the Sangamon, [[Illinois River|Illinois]] and [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] [[river...
59: ...ting after being elected by his peers that he had not had "any such success in life which gave him so ... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
1: [[Image:Volcano2.jpg|thumb|225px|left|Volcano Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart...
2: ...ions exist in '''[[hotspot (geology)|hotspot volcanoes]]'''.
3: ...g|thumb|right|300px|Smoking Bromo and Semeru volcanoes on [[Java (island)|Java]] in [[Indonesia]].]]
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|V...
5: ...of volcanoes is called [[vulcanology]] (or ''volcanology'' in some spellings). - Mountain (4538 bytes)
5: Some isolated mountains were produced by [[volcano]]es, including many apparently small [[island]]s ...
7: ...Vosges, the Basin and Range province of Western [[North America]] and the [[Rhine]] valley.
9: Where rock does not fault it folds, either symmetrically or asymmetr...
14: ...t 6,272 m above sea level it is not even the tallest peak in the [[Andes]], but because the Earth b...
16: The tallest known mountain in the [[solar system]] is Olympus Mon... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...fri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the [[Africa (pro...
12: ...be—possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area;
16: ...atable to about the [[first century]], so this cannot really be the origin of the name.
18: ...nent, the idea of ''Africa'' expanded with their knowledge.
26: ...us of Suez, 130 km (80 miles) wide. From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka in [[Morocco]], a lit... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 mo...
49: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> [[Low Saxon language|Low Saxon]...
55: ...[[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]], behind [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]].
57: ... [[English language|English]] [[adjective]] and [[noun]] for "of or relating to the Netherlands" is "[...
62: ...not prepared to let them go that easily. It would not be until [[1648]] before Spain would recognize D... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
48: '''Turkmenistan''', once known as the ''[[Turkmen SSR|Turkmen Soviet Socialist...
52: ...ince ancient times, as armies from one empire to another decamped on their way to more prosperous terr...
54: ...ingdom]] established its capital in Nisa, an area now located in the suburbs of the modern-day capital...
56: The Turkmenistan region soon came to be known as the capital of ''Greater'' ''[[Khorasan]]'' ...
66: ...n reality, Niyazov is a very short person, barely taller than 150 centimeters (5 feet). - Argentina (30219 bytes)
9: ...[[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
44: footnotes = <sup>*</sup> Argentina also claims 1,000,000...
48: ...] in the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second... - Flag of Maine (1460 bytes)
2: ...ents the work that people did in early times. The North Star represents the state motto: "Dirigo". ( "...
4: There are no official colors for the coat of arms, so variatio...
6: ...ol of [[New England]] in the center, with a blue "North Star", all on a buff-colored background. The M... - Hippopotamus (6778 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Hippopotamus amphibius | author = [[Ca...
17: ...t against other males. Male hippos challenge one another with threatening gapes.
19: ...ippos are still found in the rivers of [[Sudan]], northern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and [[...
22: ...are approximately the same size as the [[White Rhinoceros]] and one or the other is the next-largest l...
24: ...os''), which means river horse. A male hippo is known as a ''bull''; the female, a ''cow''; a baby, a... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
12: ...= Giraffa camelopardalis | author=[[Linnaeus (taxonomy) | Linnaeus]] | date=[[1758]]}}
14: ...ales can be 4.8 to 5.5 [[metre]]s (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 900 [[kilogram]]s (2000 pounds). ...
20: ...pear deep red and may also cover the legs. Range: northeastern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia.
21: ...''G.c. angolensis'') — large spots and some notches around the edges, extending down the entire ...
24: ...he legs or below the hocks. Range: eastern Sudan, northeast Congo. - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...an]] [[Pharaoh]] [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (also known under his Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it...
11: ... about half as tall. Khafre's pyramid appears the tallest on some photographs as it is somewhat steeper ...
15: ...and_measures#Egyptian_system | Old Royal Cubits]] tall ([[1 E2 m|146.5 metres]] or 481 feet), but due to...
17: ... alignments are based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angle of ...
24: ...en their joints along any edge even to this day. Another interesting feature is that the light reflect... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
4: The best-known mummies are those that have been [[embalming|em...
12: ... the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though this practice has never been...
16: ...f mummification was made so that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified indivi...
18: ...e religion or gods from that time, and it is not known if it was the intention of the ancient Egyptian...
25: ...rve the deceased. Not only did their job require knowledge of human anatomy, they also had to perform ... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
5: Normally, the River Nile floods in the summer every ...
13: ...so provided technicians and heavy machinery. The enormous rock and clay dam was designed by the Russia...
18: ...ide at the base, 40 m wide at the crest and 111 m tall. It contains 43 million m? of material. At maximu...
23: ...ch are now used for rice crops. The delta itself, no longer renewed by Nile silt has lost much of its ...
25: ...al pollution which the traditional river silt did not. Indifferent irrigation control has also caused ...
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