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81Geology of Nepal — The Himalayan arc extends about 2400 km from Nanga Parbat (8,138 m) in the west to Namche Barwa (7,756 m) in the east (Le Fort, 1996). This region includes Nepal, Bhutan, as well as parts of Pakistan, India, and China. Since 55 Ma, the Himalayan… …
82Fold mountain — Fold mountains are mountains formed due mainly to the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth s crust. In the time before either Plate tectonic theory developed, or the internal architecture of thrust belts became well… …
83The Fringes of the Fleet — is a booklet written in 1916 by Rudyard Kipling (1865 1936). The booklet contains essays and poems that Kipling wrote about nautical subjects in World War I.It is also the title of a song cycle written in 1917 with music by the English composer… …
84William Speirs Bruce — en 1903. N …
85Spitzbergen — Spitzbergen, Inselgruppe im nördlichen Eismeere, erstreckt sich von 76°30 bis 81° nördl. Br. u. von 27°40 bis 49° 40 östl. Länge von Ferro. Die Gruppe besteht aus drei größeren Inseln: dem eigentlichen S., Nord Ost stand u. Stans Foreland (Edge s …
86Abkhazia — /ab kay zheuh, zee euh/; Russ. /ub khah zyi yeuh/, n. an autonomous republic in the Georgian Republic, on the E coast of the Black Sea. 506,000; 3360 sq. mi. (8600 sq. km). Cap.: Sukhumi. Also, Abkhasia. Formerly, Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet… …
87mountain — 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… …
88Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
89Niederösterreich — ▪ state, Austria English Lower Austria Bundesland (federal state), northeastern Austria. It is bordered by the Czech Republic on the north, Slovakia on the east, and by Bundesländer Burgenland on the southeast, Steiermark (Styria) on the south …
90List of Empire ships (F) — The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government. Their names were all prefixed with Empire. Mostly they were used during the Second World War by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which owned the ships but… …
