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101Geography of Cornwall — The geography of Cornwall describes the area of a peninsula in the south west of Great Britain west of the River Tamar. The population of Cornwall is greater in the west of the county than the east due to Bodmin Moor s location. It is the only… …
102Basse-Terre Island — For the largest city on the island of Basse Terre and capital of Guadeloupe, see Basse Terre. For the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis see Basseterre. Basse Terre Island (French: île de Basse Terre or île de la Basse Terre ) is the name of the… …
103Port of Santo Domingo — The Port of Santo Domingo is nestled in a privileged geographic location at the mouth of the marine entrance to the City of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic’s location at the center of the Caribbean is very well suited… …
104North American Monsoon — Summer monsoon clouds over the San Francisco Peaks, viewed from Mormon Lake, Northern Arizona. The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest United States monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon, is experienced as a… …
105cay — /kay, kee/, n. a small low island; key. [1700 10; < Sp cayo; see KEY2] * * * ▪ geography also spelled Key, small, low island, usually sandy, situated on a coral reef platform. Such islands are commonly referred to as keys in Florida and… …
106fog — fog1 fogless, adj. /fog, fawg/, n., v., fogged, fogging. n. 1. a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility. Cf. ice fog, mist, smog. 2. any darkened state of… …
107glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …
108Libya — /lib ee euh/, n. 1. Anc. Geog. the part of N Africa W of Egypt. 2. Italian, Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951 69. 5,648,359; 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). Cap.: Tripoli. * * * Libya… …
109Patagonia — Patagonian, adj., n. /pat euh goh nee euh, gohn yeuh/, n. 1. a tableland region of southern Argentina. 2. a region in S South America, in S Argentina and S Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic. * * * Semiarid scrub plateau, southern… …
110Halley, Edmond — born Nov. 8, 1656, Haggerston, Shoreditch, near London died Jan. 14, 1742, Greenwich, near London English astronomer and mathematician. He studied at the University of Oxford. In 1676 he set sail for the South Atlantic with the intention of… …
