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121Wildlife crossing — Roads and Habitat Fragmentation Habitat fragmentation occurs when human made barriers such as roads, railroads, canals, power lines, and oil pipelines penetrate and divide wildlife habitat (Primack, 2006). Of these, roads have the most widespread …
122trade — Wide ranging and intensive trade, especially foreign trade, was absolutely essential to the prosperity and success of the ancient Mesopotamian cultures. This was because Mesopotamia was and still is deficient in many important natural… …
123Transportation in Shreveport — Roads HighwaysShreveport s past reflects the need for mass transit and public roads. As far back as the 1870s residents used mule drawn street cars that were later converted to electric motorized cars by 1890. Commuter rail in Shreveport… …
124Conduit Boulevard — Wide median strip at the Brooklyn Queens border Conduit Boulevard (Conduit Avenue in Queens) is an arterial road in New York City. The divided highway runs from Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn to Hook Creek Boulevard in Rosedale,… …
125United 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… …
126India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
127Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
128Europe, 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.… …
