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  • 111Death Valley — an arid basin in E California and S Nevada: lowest land in North America. ab. 1500 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km); 280 ft. (85 m) below sea level. * * * Valley, southeastern California, U.S. The lowest, hottest, driest portion of North America, it is… …

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  • 112Cambrian Period — Oldest time division of the Paleozoic Era. During the Cambrian, 543–490 million years ago, there were widespread seas and several scattered landmasses. The largest continent was Gondwana. The average climate was probably warmer than today, with… …

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  • 113Xiao Hinggan Range — ▪ mountains, China Chinese (Pinyin)  Xiao Xing an Ling  or  (Wade Giles romanization)  Hsiao Hsing an Ling,  conventional  Lesser Khingan Range        mountain range in the northeastern section of Heilongjiang (Heilungkiang) province,… …

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  • 1142010 Chile earthquake — For other earthquakes in and about Chile during 2010, see List of earthquakes in Chile occurring in 2010. 2010 Chile earthquake …

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  • 115Teletsunami — The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is a teletsunami. A teletsunami (also called an ocean wide, distant, distant source, far field, or trans ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that originates from a distant source, which is more than 1,000 km away from… …

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  • 116Atlanta metropolitan area — Metro Atlanta redirects here. For the transit agency, see Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Metro Atlanta Atlanta Sandy Springs Marietta, Georgia MSA   CSA   …

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  • 117Ore Mountain passes — Historic passes over the Ore Mountains Post roa …

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  • 118slide — I. verb (slid; sliding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slīdan; akin to Middle High German slīten to slide Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move smoothly along a surface ; slip b. to coast over snow …

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  • 119Andes — This article is about the mountain range in South America. For other uses, see Andes (disambiguation). Andes (Quechua: Anti(s/kuna)) Range …

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  • 120Francis of Assisi — For the opera by Olivier Messiaen see Saint François d Assise. Infobox Saint name=Saint Francis of Assisi birth date=1181/1182 death date=October 3, 1226 feast day=September 17 October 4 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church imagesize=200px caption …

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