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101Mining in India — The Darya i Noor diamond from the Iranian Crown Jewels, originally from the mines of Golconda, Andhra Pradesh. Mining in India is an important economic activity which contributes significantly to the economy of India.[1 …
102Marcellus Formation — Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian …
103Dead Sea — a salt lake between Israel and Jordan: the lowest lake in the world. 46 mi. (74 km) long; 10 mi. (16 km) wide; 1293 ft. (394 m) below sea level. * * * Arabic Al Baḥr al Mayyit Hebrew Yam Ha Melaḥ ancient Lacus Asphaltites Landlocked salt lake… …
104Kansas — /kan zeuhs/, n. 1. a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 2,363,208. 82,276 sq. mi. (213,094 sq. km). Cap.: Topeka. Abbr.: KS (for use with zip code), Kans., Kan., Kas. 2. a river in NE Kansas, flowing E to the Missouri… …
105playa — /pluy euh/, n. Western U.S. the sandy, salty, or mud caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged, heavy rains. Cf. dry lake. [1850 55, Amer.; < Sp: shore < LL plagia;… …
106Gypsisol — ▪ FAO soil group one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (soil). Gypsisols are characterized by a subsurface layer of gypsum (a hydrated calcium sulfate) accumulated by the… …
107Microspherulite — Microspherulites are microscopic spherical particles with < 2 mm diameters, usually in the 100 micrometre range, mainly consisting of mineral material (the Greek litos means stone ). Only bodies created by natural physico chemical… …
108Geography of Mali — Map of Mali Satellite image of Mali …
109Gansu — Infobox PRC province ChineseName = 甘肃省 Pinyin = Gānsù Shěng EnglishName = Gansu Province Name = Gansu Abbreviation = 甘 or 陇 AbbrevPinyin = Gān or Lǒng ISOAbbrev = 62 MapSize = 275px OriginOfName = 甘 gān Ganzhou (Zhangye) 肃 sù Suzhou (Jiuquan)… …
110Loess — is a homogeneous, typically non stratified, porous, friable,slightly coherent, often calcareous, fine grained, silty, pale yellow or buff, windblown (aeolian) sediment. [Richthofen, F. von. 1882. On the mode of origin of the loess. The Geological …
