intensive cultivation of land
101lyn|chet — «LIHN cheht», noun. British. 1. a strip of green land between two pieces of plowed land: »The small rectangular fields are divided from one another by lynchets (London Times). 2. a slope or terrace along the face of a chalk down: »There was a… …
102Delémont — Country Switzerland …
103Mardan District —   District   Location of Mardan District (highlighted in yellow) within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan …
104Tambacounda — Infobox Settlement name =Tambacounda official name = other name = native name = nickname = settlement type =Commune total type = motto = imagesize = 200px image caption = Rural housing near Tambacounda flag size = image seal size = image shield …
105Barcelona — /bar seuh loh neuh/; Sp. /bahrdd the law nah/, n. a seaport in NE Spain, on the Mediterranean. 2,000,000. * * * Seaport city (pop., 2001: city, 1,503,884; metro. area, 3,765,994), capital of Catalonia autonomous region, northeastern Spain. Spain… …
106Urartu — /oo rahr tooh/, n. an ancient kingdom, c1270 750 B.C., in E Turkey, on the shore of Lake Van: often invaded by Assyria. * * * Ancient kingdom around Lake Van, southwestern Asia. Today the region is divided among Armenia, eastern Turkey, and… …
107whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species. See illus. under crane. [1720 30, Amer.] * * * Migratory North American bird (Grus americana) and one of the world s rarest birds, on the verge of… …
108Agriculture — Agriculture has been one of the most important means of subsistence since prehistoric times. During the Middle Ages, agriculture was mainly organized by large landowners, including monasteries, or by colonists who turned wastelands into… …
109GEOGRAPHY — The key element in the development of Mesopotamian cultures was the gradual adaptation to the ecological conditions of the region. The original homeland for Stone Age humans was the Levantine coast. The first experiments in cultivating cereals …
110china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
