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• Climate of Brazil — Subtropical highland climate in Campos do Jordão. Trop …   Wikipedia

• Retreat of glaciers since 1850 — The retreat of glaciers since 1850, worldwide and rapid, affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier melt, and in the longer term, the level of the oceans …   Wikipedia

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium

• Geography of Nigeria — Satellite image of Nigeria Nigeria is a country in West Africa. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it… …   Wikipedia

• Africa — /af ri keuh/, n. 1. a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 551,000,000; ab. 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km). adj. 2. African. * * * I Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea,… …   Universalium

• South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… …   Universalium

• Caribbean Sea — a part of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Central America, the West Indies, and South America. ab. 750,000 sq. mi. (1,943,000 sq. km); greatest known depth 22,788 ft. (6946 m). Also called Caribbean. * * * Arm of the Atlantic Ocean. It covers about …   Universalium

• Geological history of Earth — impacting the Earth in a glancing blow. [cite journal | last = R. Canup and E. Asphaug | title = Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth s formation | journal = Nature | volume = 412 | pages = 708–712 | date = 2001 | url =… …   Wikipedia

• Hurricane Isabel — Infobox Hurricane Name=Hurricane Isabel Type=hurricane Year=2003 Basin=Atl Image location=Hurricane Isabel 18 sept 2003 1555Z.jpg North Carolina s Outer Banks Formed=September 6, 2003 Dissipated=September 20, 2003 1 min winds=145 Pressure=915 Da… …   Wikipedia

• Marlin fishing — Hemingway with his family and four marlin in 1935 Marlin fishing is considered by some game fishermen to be the pinnacle of offshore game fishing, due to the size and power of marlin and the relative rareness and vulnerability of this species. In …   Wikipedia

• Dropstone — Examples of dropstones from the Eocene, when it has been suggested that there were no ice sheets.[1] Dropstones are isolated fragments of rock found within finer grained water deposited sedimentary rocks. They range in size from small pebbles to… …   Wikipedia