riverine area

  • 1riverine area — An inland or coastal area comprising both land and water, characterized by limited land lines of communication, with extensive water surface and/or inland waterways that provide natural routes for surface transportation and communications …

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  • 2riverine operations — Operations conducted by forces organized to cope with and exploit the unique characteristics of a riverine area, to locate and destroy hostile forces, and/or to achieve or maintain control of the riverine area. Joint riverine operations combine… …

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  • 3Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy — The Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy ( pl. Flotylla Rzeczna Marynarki Wojennej), better known as the Pinsk Flotilla , was the inland branch of the Polish naval forces operating on Vistula river and the Pinsk Marshes area between the Polish… …

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  • 4Riverine Rabbit — Taxobox name = Riverine Rabbit [MSW3 Hoffmann | pages = 194] status = CR | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = down status ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Collins et al | year = 2003 | id = 3326 | title = Bunolagus monticularis | downloaded = 2006 05 11 …

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  • 5United States Navy Riverine Squadron — The Riverine Squadrons of the United States Navy are elements of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC). According to the Navy: “The Navy’s Riverine force focuses on conducting Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation… …

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  • 6Mobile Riverine Force — Riverines redirects here. For natural watercourses, see riverine. For navigable rivers of interest to maritime geographers, see maritime geography. A Mobile Riverine Force monitor using napalm in the Vietnam War. In the Vietnam War, the Mobile… …

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  • 7Order of Battle of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy — The following is the Order of Battle of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, an integral part of the Polish Navy in the period between the world wars. Contents 1 Staff and the Headquarters 2 Riverine Flotilla 2.1 Staff vessels …

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  • 8Murrumbidgee Red Gums Important Bird Area — The IBA is an important site for Superb Parrots The Murrumbidgee Red Gums Important Bird Area comprises a 2451 km2 discontinuous linear tract of land stretching along the Murrumbidgee River west, and downstream, from Wag …

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  • 9Iraq War order of battle — SGT Karl King and PFC David Valenzuela lay down cover fire while their squad maneuvers down a street from behind the cover of a Stryker combat vehicle to engage gunmen who fired on their convoy in Al Doura, Iraq, on March 7, 2007. The soldiers… …

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  • 10United States military in Iraq — The United States military has played a major role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the subsequent Iraq War. Its missions and activities there have brought a range of new challenges, and various impacts on military personnel, equipment and… …

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