steppe depression

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• Chuya Steppe — Steppe landscape The Chuya Steppe in the Siberian Altai Mountains is a depression formed by tectonic movement of major faults in the Earths crust. The name Chuya Steppe comes from the large river which runs through the steppe, the Chuya River.… …   Wikipedia

• Kazakh Steppe — ettingThe steppe extends more than 2,200 km from the area east of the Caspian Depression and north of the Aral Sea, all the way to the Altai Mountains. It is the largest dry steppe region on earth, covering approximately 804,500 square kilometers …   Wikipedia

• Great Lakes Depression — The Great Lakes Depression ( mn. Их нууруудын хотгор, Ikh Nuuruudyn Khotgor ) is a large semi arid depression in Mongolia, covering parts of the Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan, and Govi Altai aimags . It has an area over 100,000 sq.km and elevations ranging …   Wikipedia

• Qattara Depression — Die Qattara Senke (arabisch ‏منخفض القطارة‎, DMG Munḫafaḍ al Qaṭṭāra), engl. Qattara Depression) ist ein Wüstenbecken in der Libyschen Wüste im nordwestlichen Ägypten. Die Senke beinhaltet mit 133 Metern unter dem Meer den zweitniedrigsten Punkt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• china — /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 …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• ASIE - Géographie physique — L’Asie est le plus vaste des continents: 44 millions de kilomètres carrés. Elle s’étend sur 75 degrés de latitude et, en tenant compte des îles, sur 92 degrés (de la Severnaïa Zemlia, ou Terre du Nord, 810 de latitude nord, à l’île Roti, 110 de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

• United 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… …   Universalium

• Argentina — /ahr jeuhn tee neuh/; Sp. /ahrdd hen tee nah/, n. a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Cap.: Buenos Aires. Also called the Argentine. Official name, Argentine Republic. * * * Argentina Introduction… …   Universalium

• Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present… …   Universalium