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  • 101Europe, 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.… …

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  • 102Milky Way — This article is about the galaxy. For other uses, see Milky Way (disambiguation). Milky Way galaxy Image of the Milky Way s Galactic Center in the night sky above Paranal Observatory Observation data …

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  • 103river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …

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  • 104Chad Basin — The Chad Basin, also known as the Lake Chad Basin, is a large lowland area in north central Africa. In all directions from the center of this area the elevation changes are gentle. The Chad Basin is an endorheic (closed) basin its water does not… …

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  • 105OCÉANS ET MERS — La planète Terre est assez mal nommée, puisqu’elle est couverte, pour 71 p. 100 environ, par l’océan mondial, dont la surface est de l’ordre de 361 millions de kilomètres carrés, pour un volume qui a été évalué à 1 370 憐 106 km3. La profondeur… …

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  • 106Tales of Monkey Island — Tales of Monkey Island …

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  • 107LITHOSPHÈRE — Dès la naissance de la géophysique et de la géodynamique, les continents furent considérés comme un ensemble de masses rigides, le sial (acronyme de si lice et al umine) flottant sur un manteau fluide, le sima (acronyme de si lice et ma gnésium) …

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  • 108Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …

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  • 109Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century …

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  • 110Irish Parliamentary Party — The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party; in Irish Páirtí Parlaiminteach na hÉireann) was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule… …

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