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41Colobanthus quitensis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …
42Messinian Event — Die Messinische Salinitätskrise (englisch: Messinian Event) ist der Name für einen Abschnitt der Erdgeschichte, in dem das Mittelmeer teilweise oder vollständig ausgetrocknet war. Hierbei lagerten sich in den tiefsten Meeresbecken bis zu drei… …
43Messinische Salinitätskrise — Die Messinische Salinitätskrise (italienisch: Crisi di salinità del Messiniano) ist der Name für einen Abschnitt der Erdgeschichte, in dem das Mittelmeer teilweise oder vollständig ausgetrocknet war. Hierbei lagerten sich in den tiefsten… …
44Dissected Till Plains — Continental U.S physiographic regions. Region 12e identifies the Dissected Till Plains. The Dissected Till Plains are physiographic sections of the Central Lowlands province, which in turn is part of the Interior Plains physiographic division of… …
45North 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… …
46mountain — mountainless, adj. /mown tn/, n. 1. a natural elevation of the earth s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). 2. a large mass of something… …
47Olympic-Wallowa Lineament — Location of the Olympic Wallowa Lineament. Is the OWL an optical illusion? The Olympic Wallowa lineament (OWL) – first reported by cartographer Erwin Raisz in 1945 [1] on a relief map of the continental United States – is a physiographic feature… …
48United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
49Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
50Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …
