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121Southern Africa — Introduction southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded… …
122Gun politics — A pyre of confiscated smuggled weapons about to be set ablaze in Nairobi, Kenya …
123Mitigation of peak oil — The standard Hubbert curve, plotting crude oil production of an oil well or oil field over time …
124coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …
125North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …
126Second Battle of El Alamein — Part of Western Desert Campaign …
127Henry W. Coe State Park — IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) Location Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties, California, USA Nearest …
128coal — coalless, adj. /kohl/, n. 1. a black or dark brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Cf. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite. 2. a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other… …
