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By 1250 BC the identifying signs of the Tlatilco culture, including more complex settlements and a stratified social structure, are seen around the lake. By roughly 800 BC Cuicuilco had eclipsed the Tlatilco cultural centers and was the major power in the Valley of Mexico during the next 200 years when its famous conical pyramid was built.

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By the year 1300, however, the Tepanec from Azcapotzalco were beginning to dominate the area. Tenochtitlan. According to a traditional story, the Mexica wandered in the deserts of modern Mexico for 100 years before they came to the thick forests of the place now called the Valley of Mexico. Tenochtitlan was founded on an islet in the western part of the lake in the year 1325.

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Land reclamation of the lakebed was part of Mexico's attempts at development in the twentieth century. Wildlife. The lake is home to an endemic subspecies of Mexican garter snake called the Lake Chapala Garter Snake, the critically endangered axolotl, and at one point in time the extinct Slender-billed grackle.

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Much of the lake was fed from groundwater aquifers; fresh water poured in from Lake Chalco and Xochimilco's freshwater springs, and the thermal springs of Zumpango and Xaltocan, as well as some in Texcoco itself, provided saline water.

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Lake Texcoco. Lake Texcoco (;) was a natural saline lake within the &quot;Anahuac&quot; or Valley of Mexico. Lake Texcoco is best known for an island situated on the western side of the lake where the Mexica built the city of Mēxihco Tenōchtitlan, which would later become the capital of the Aztec Empire. After the Spanish conquest, efforts to control flooding led to most of the lake being drained.

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Several species indigenous to the lake are now extinct or endangered (e.g. axolotls). The modern Texcoco Lake has a high concentration of salts and its waters are evaporated for their processing. A Mexican company, &quot;Sosa Texcoco S.A.&quot; has an solar evaporator known as El Caracol. Land reclamation of the lakebed was part of Mexico's attempts at development in the twentieth century.

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He stood for the 2016 Gabonese presidential election against president Ali Bongo. Personal life. Ping was born in Omboué, a small town on the Fernan Vaz lagoon, south of Port-Gentil. His father, Cheng Zhiping, called Wang Ping by the Gabonese, was a Chinese man from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, who was recruited as a labourer in the 1920s and became a timber harvester.

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Rivière à la Loutre (rivière du Sud tributary). The rivière à la Loutre (&quot;English: Otter River&quot;) crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

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Rivière à la Loutre (rivière du Sud tributary). The rivière à la Loutre (&quot;English: Otter River&quot;) crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

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Rivière à la Loutre empties onto the south shore of the Rivière du Sud (Montmagny) near the boundary of the municipalities of Armagh and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud. Toponymy. This toponym appears on a map dated 1952. The toponym Rivière à la Loutre was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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Sitting astride the eastern Continental divide along the edge of the Allegheny Front escarpment, the immediate area is lower than other portions of the Appalachian Plateau, so contains several small streams and freshets forming the gaps of the Allegheny Escarpment to the east, where the ground falls away rapidly, forming steep terrain landforms. According to the U.S.

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The Emperor asked his son and heir apparent Khurram who was at Mandu in the Deccan to lead the campaign, but Khurram evaded the assignment fearing to lose his political power while he was away from court. The relief force the Mughal's could assembled proved too small to raise the siege, so after a 45-day siege the city fell on 22 June followed shortly after by Zamindawar.

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Bachelor Mountain (Riverside County). Bachelor Mountain is a mountain summit of the Peninsular Ranges System, in Riverside County, California. Geography. Bachelor Mountain is located on the north side of Lake Skinner. It lies west of Black Mountain and south of the Rawson Mountains.

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Bachelor Mountain (Riverside County). Bachelor Mountain is a mountain summit of the Peninsular Ranges System, in Riverside County, California. Geography. Bachelor Mountain is located on the north side of Lake Skinner. It lies west of Black Mountain and south of the Rawson Mountains.

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Bachelor Mountain (Riverside County). Bachelor Mountain is a mountain summit of the Peninsular Ranges System, in Riverside County, California. Geography. Bachelor Mountain is located on the north side of Lake Skinner. It lies west of Black Mountain and south of the Rawson Mountains.

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Ål. Ål is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ål. The parish of &quot;Aal&quot; was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Hol was separated from the municipality of Aal in 1877 to become a separate municipality. Geography.

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Geography. 80% of Ål municipality is at least above sea level. The highest point is Raudbergnuten at. Reineskarvet, the significant mountain of Ål has a summit of. In the winter, Ål has over of maintained cross country ski trails. Ål borders the municipalities of Hol, Gol, Hemsedal, Nes, Nore og Uvdal, and Lærdal. The Bergen Line, the rail line between Oslo and Bergen runs through Ål.

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Most of central and southern Hebei lies within the North China Plain. Western Hebei rises into the Taihang Mountains (Taihang Shan), while the Yan Mountains (Yan Shan) runs through northern Hebei. Beyond the mountains are the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The highest peak is Mount Xiaowutai in Yu County in the northwest of the province, with an altitude of. Hebei borders the Bohai Sea on the east.

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Revolutionary activities. In 1872, the Honya Kengle took up arms against British rule in Maharashtra mostly in North West Poona. He collected a revolutionary army of Kolis in Deccan and attacked and plundered the British controlled territory in Pune, Nashik, Thana and Ahmednagar. He cut off the Nose of Marwadi Baniyas because they were in full support of British officials.

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St. Francis, Wisconsin. St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,161 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. History. The area that is now St. Francis was known as &quot;Nojoshing&quot; by local Native Americans at the time that the first white settlers arrived. St.

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St. Francis is located at (42.969615, -87.876745). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of, all of it land. The city is located directly south and east of the City of Milwaukee, directly west of Lake Michigan, and directly north of Cudahy, Wisconsin. Milwaukee's primary airport, Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, is bordered on one side by St. Francis.

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NBC Color City Studios Burbank. RCA's decision to expand television studio facilities required moving to the real estate market in the San Fernando Valley-Burbank area, with land purchased from Jack Warner.

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Seal Glacier. Seal Glacier () is a small glacier draining east, located just north of Parrish Peak in the Enterprise Hills, Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for radioman G.L. Seal, U.S.

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The Beqaa is located about east of Beirut. The valley is situated between Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon mountains to the east. It is the northern continuation of the Jordan Rift Valley, and thus part of the Great Rift Valley, which stretches from Syria to the Red Sea. Beqaa Valley is long and wide on average.

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Other towns in the Western Beqaa district are Machghara, Sabghine, Kamed al Lawz, Qab Elias, Sohmor, Yohmor. The towns are all a mix of different Lebanese religious confessions. Rachaiya al Wadi, east of the Western Beqaa district, is home to Lebanon's share of Mount Hermon and borders Syria also.

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Beqaa Valley. The Beqaa Valley (,; Bekaa, Biqâ, Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region. Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to the Coele-Syria of classical antiquity. The Beqaa is located about east of Beirut.

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Beqaa Valley. The Beqaa Valley (,; Bekaa, Biqâ, Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region. Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to the Coele-Syria of classical antiquity. The Beqaa is located about east of Beirut.

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The valley is situated between Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon mountains to the east. It is the northern continuation of the Jordan Rift Valley, and thus part of the Great Rift Valley, which stretches from Syria to the Red Sea. Beqaa Valley is long and wide on average. It has a Mediterranean climate of wet, often snowy winters and dry, warm summers. Climate.

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Nevertheless, two rivers originate in the valley: the Orontes (Asi), which flows north into Syria and Turkey, and the Litani, which flows south and then west to the Mediterranean Sea. From the 1st century BC, when the region was part of the Roman Empire, the Beqaa Valley served as a source of grain for the Roman provinces of the Levant.

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Pre-history. In Baalbek, that is part of a valley to the east of the northern Beqaa Valley, there are evidence of continual habitation dating back almost 8000–9000 years. Ard Tlaili is a small tell mound with an archaeological site, located on a plain at the foot of the Lebanon Mountain, just 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Baalbeck, in the Beqaa Valley.

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Bronze Age. In the Middle Bronze IIA, the Beqa Valley was a highway between the regional power of Qatna in the north and its vassal Hazor in the south. The Beqaa valley was known as &quot;Amqu&quot; during the Bronze Age. The identity of the inhabitants is not known for certain, but the region was part of the Amorite Kingdoms of Amurru and Qatna.

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Iron Age. By the early Iron Age, the Beqaa Valley came to be dominated by Phoenician-and Aramaic-speaking populations. In the 11th and 10th centuries BC, the Aramaeans founded the kingdom of Aram-Zobah (also Sobah), mentioned in the Bible. Many scholars suggest it was located in the Beqa'a valley.

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In the 8th and 7th century BC, Sobah, now under Imperial Assyrian rule, served as the residence for an Assyrian governor, &quot;Bel-liqbi&quot;. According to a surface survey study by German archaeologist L. Marfoe, the northern Beqaa, and thus the Beqaa valley as a whole, was only sparsely inhabited during the Achaemenid period. Hellenistic and Roman times.

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Illicit drugs. Drugs have a long tradition in the Beqaa Valley, from the days of the Roman Empire to the present. Cultivators and tribal drug lords have worked with militias to build up a thriving cannabis trade. The region has been compared to Peru's cocaine producing Upper Huallaga Valley.

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The region has been compared to Peru's cocaine producing Upper Huallaga Valley. During the Lebanese Civil War, cannabis cultivation was a major source of income in the Beqaa Valley, where most of the country's hashish and opium was produced. The war led various groups to turn to drug trafficking for income. Syria, which controlled most of the Valley, profited significantly from the trade.

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The same agency estimated the figure for the rest of Lebanon was $2,074. Since the mid-1990s, the culture and production of drugs in the Beqaa Valley has been in steady decline. By 2002, an estimated 2,500 hectares of cannabis were limited to the extreme north of the Valley, where government presence remains minimal.

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Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to the Coele-Syria of classical antiquity. The Beqaa is located about east of Beirut. The valley is situated between Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon mountains to the east.

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The region also gained the attention of Palmyrene Queen Zenobia, who built the Canalizations of Zenobia, linking the valley with Palmyra. Districts and towns. Zahle is the largest city and the administrative capital of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies just north of the main Beirut–Damascus highway, which bisects the valley.

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Further east, the town of Majdal Anjar has a Sunni Muslim majority. The majority of the inhabitants of the northern districts of Beqaa, Baalbek and Hermel, are Lebanese Shiites, with the exception of the town of Deir el Ahmar, whose inhabitants are Christians. The Baalbek and Hermel districts have a Christian and Sunni minority, mainly situated further north along the border with Syria.

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The town of Joub Janine with a population of about 12,000, is situated midway in the valley, and its population is Sunni. Joub Janine is the governmental center of the region known as Western Beqaa, with municipal services like the serail, which is the main government building in the area, emergency medical services (Red Cross), a fire department, and a courthouse.

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Palestinian militant groups, including the PLO, also participated in the hashish trade, making millions of dollars. The trade collapsed during the worldwide crackdown on narcotics led by the United States in the early 1990s. Under pressure from the U.S. State Department, the occupying Syrian Army plowed up the Beqaa's cannabis fields and sprayed them with poison.

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Under pressure from the U.S. State Department, the occupying Syrian Army plowed up the Beqaa's cannabis fields and sprayed them with poison. Prior to 1991 it was estimated that income generated from illicit crops grown in the Beqaa was around $500 million. According to the UNDP the annual per capita income at that time in the Baalbek and Hermel district did not exceed $500.

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The region broadly corresponds to the Coele-Syria of classical antiquity. The Beqaa is located about east of Beirut. The valley is situated between Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon mountains to the east. It is the northern continuation of the Jordan Rift Valley, and thus part of the Great Rift Valley, which stretches from Syria to the Red Sea.

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Beqaa Valley is long and wide on average. It has a Mediterranean climate of wet, often snowy winters and dry, warm summers. Climate. The region receives limited rainfall, particularly in the north, because Mount Lebanon creates a rain shadow that blocks precipitation coming from the sea. The northern section has an average annual rainfall of, compared to in the central valley.

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Zundel lived in a small one-room apartment and sustained himself and his family by selling vinegar, but spent most of the day and night in the Menachem Zion Synagogue, which was completed in 1837. Death. He died in an epidemic on Friday, October 12, (3rd Cheshvan) 1866 and was buried on the Mount of Olives.

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Lake Kasumigaura. is the second-largest lake in Japan, located 60 km to the north-east of Tokyo. In a narrower sense and officially, Lake Kasumigaura refers to a waterbody with an area of 167.63 km2.

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In a narrower sense and officially, Lake Kasumigaura refers to a waterbody with an area of 167.63 km2. In a wider sense, Lake Kasumigaura can also refer to a group of contiguous lakes, which includes Lake Kasumigaura proper, hereby referred to as, and two smaller lakes, and, and also encompasses the rivers connecting them. In this case the total area is 220 km2.

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About 45% of the land surrounding the lake is natural landscape and 43.5% is agricultural land. History. Lake Kasumigaura originally was a brackish-water lagoon, with indirect connections to the Pacific Ocean via the Hitachigawa and Tone Rivers. In 1963, the construction of a gate near the confluence of these rivers disconnected the lake from its sources of ocean water.

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In 1963, the construction of a gate near the confluence of these rivers disconnected the lake from its sources of ocean water. As a result, the salinity of Lake Kasumigaura declined, and today the lake contains fresh water. This lake was famous for its traditional fishery during the Edo period.

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Use. Today, Lake Kasumigaura is used for fishing, irrigation, tourism, recreation, and for consumption by the surrounding public and local industry. A variety of fish can be caught from the waters of Lake Kasumigaura, including smelt, Japanese icefish, crucian carp, goby, Japanese eel and river prawn. The most popular catch is cultivated carp, followed by smelt and goby.

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The most popular catch is cultivated carp, followed by smelt and goby. Another cultivated treasure from Lake Kasumigaura is the beautiful Kasumi freshwater pearls. They were known for their high luster and rosy hues, which is the result of a four-year cultivation period. However, in 2006, cultivation was discontinued as cheap freshwater pearls from China proved too difficult to compete against.

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However, in 2006, cultivation was discontinued as cheap freshwater pearls from China proved too difficult to compete against. The water from Lake Kasumigaura has long been used for the irrigation of paddy fields in the surrounding alluvial plain and upland fields on diluvial terraces covered by thick deposits of volcanic ash. The primary crops are rice and lotus root (a local speciality).

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The primary crops are rice and lotus root (a local speciality). Other crops include tomato, cucumber, eggplant, watermelon, corn, edamame, sweet potato, kabocha, daikon and peanut. Many tourists come to the lake in the summer to view the sailed fishing boats which are unique to Lake Kasumigaura. The Suigo aquapark, located in Tsuchiura, is popular during the hottest months.

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Japanese cormorant, Bewick’s swan, little egret, grey heron, mallard, Eurasian wigeon, striated heron, sharp-tailed sandpiper, bush warbler, wood sandpiper, marsh grassbird, Japanese reed bunting, and the Eurasian coot are a few of the birds seen around the lake. Lake Kasumigaura provides over 60 tons of water per second; most goes to agriculture (83%).

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The rest is provided to local industry (13%) and public (4%) in the prefectures of Ibaraki, Chiba and Tokyo. Challenges. Eutrophication is a serious problem for Lake Kasumigaura. Legislation was enacted in 1982 to help prevent it, including a ban on the use and sale of phosphate-containing synthetic detergents, and the control of nitrogen and phosphorus contents in the effluent from factories.

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Many tourists come to the lake in the summer to view the sailed fishing boats which are unique to Lake Kasumigaura. The Suigo aquapark, located in Tsuchiura, is popular during the hottest months. The windmill of Kasumigaura comprehensive park is a popular site along the shores throughout the year and especially in the spring when the tulips are flowering. The lake is a recreation hotspot.

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Range and Habitat. &quot;Campanula scabrella&quot; is present in three known disjunct ranges: a core range in the mountains of central Idaho and western Montana, the Cascade Mountains of Washington, and in northern California on and around Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen. It grows in scree and talus on or near mountain tops and ridges.

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The airport handled more than 6 million passengers in 2024. History. Building an airport in Tibet, which is termed in flying parlance as going over a &quot;hump&quot; in the Tibetan Plateau, has gone through a process of trial and error through many hazardous air routes and several fatal accidents during World War II. Damxung Airport.

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Mia LaBerge. Mia LaBerge (born 1967, Minneapolis) is an American artist who painted the first Steinway Art Case Piano created to honor a university. Biography. A distant descendant of the LaBerges after whom Lake Laberge was named, Minneapolis-born Laberge is an alumna of Virginia Commonwealth University and of James Madison University.

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countries: Canada
coordinates: lat: 61.169444444444
lon: -135.16944444444
The Act provides for extensive state, tribal, and public participation in the planning and development of permanent repositories. Amendments to the Act focused the federal government's efforts, through the DOE, on studying a possible site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, but the project was canceled in 2009. Without a long-term solution to store nuclear waste, a nuclear renaissance in the U.S.

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coordinates: lat: 36.9402
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It is one of the largest recorded earthquakes in eastern Canada and eastern North America during the 20th century. The earthquake was felt by millions, and damaged some buildings. It could be felt as far as Toronto, Halifax, and Boston. The earthquake was triggered by faults associated with the Saguenay Graben. Aftershocks were felt as far south as Pennsylvania, USA, and as far west as Michigan

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In the north-west is making boundary with the Bay of Biscay. The main neighborhoods near Astondo are: Areatza, Andra Mari, Gandia and Urezarantza. In this small area there is a variety of natural surroundings, and in the east part are situated Ermua (288m.), Urzuri (270m.) and Aizkorri (148m.) mountains. In the south part is located the Martiartu (123m.) and Junkera (84m.) mountains.

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Astondo. Astondo is located in the north of Spain, in the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Gorliz. In the same sea, with Plentzia and Gorliz forms one of the biggest beaches of the cost of Bizkaia, concretely has a length of 4 km and 200 metres of cliffs. In the north-west is making boundary with the Bay of Biscay. The main neighborhoods near Astondo are: Areatza, Andra Mari, Gandia and Urezarantza.

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In the north-west is making boundary with the Bay of Biscay. The main neighborhoods near Astondo are: Areatza, Andra Mari, Gandia and Urezarantza. In this small area there is a variety of natural surroundings, and in the east part are situated Ermua (288m.), Urzuri (270m.) and Aizkorri (148m.) mountains. In the south part is located the Martiartu (123m.) and Junkera (84m.) mountains.

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countries: Spain
coordinates: lat: 43.4214855
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The main neighborhoods near Astondo are: Areatza, Andra Mari, Gandia and Urezarantza. In this small area there is a variety of natural surroundings, and in the east part are situated Ermua (288m.), Urzuri (270m.) and Aizkorri (148m.) mountains. In the south part is located the Martiartu (123m.) and Junkera (84m.) mountains. Near Astondo it is also located the Billano isle. History.

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coordinates: lat: 43.4214855
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Near Astondo it is also located the Billano isle. History. Because of its geography, the people that lived in Astondo and surroundings used to work in the seamanship. There are many advantages that the fields and lands of this village allowed for having ranching and stock breeding. The extraction of the wood was also popular in these lands giving the working class the opportunity to earn money.

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coordinates: lat: 43.4214855
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In 1740, it was considered one of the most important pieces of the fleet merchant of all Biscay according to the traffic of the iron mineral. Goliz and Astondo had 15 vessels with the cavity of 5280 hundredweight, this is 264 tonnes. When the Bay of Biscay notified the presence of the English war-naves in 1741, they decided to protect this coast for preventing possible attacks.

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Place to visit. Astondo has many interesting environments, and because of its gentle climate, makes it one of the most visited places in the &quot;Uribe kosta.&quot; Walking down to the beach, we can see the hospital of Gorliz which at first it was built for the Heliotherapy Sanatorium Marine, founded in 1919. At that time, it was so important for the therapy of tuberculosis of children.

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Torchitorio I was judge at a time when Western monasticism was being introduced into Sardinia as part of the Gregorian reform of the Papacy. Cagliari, like the other &quot;giudicati&quot;, was placed under papal and Pisan authority. Torchitorio was a sponsor of the monks of Monte Cassino who were arriving on the island to bring economic, technological, and religious renewal.

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Over the summer he continued his activities in both Japan and Korea while preparing for his next release. Shortly before the release of his third mini album, Taegoon held a special event for his Japanese fans and spent one night and two days with them at Mount Fuji in Japan.

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Mount Stenhouse. Mount Stenhouse or Shan Tei Tong () is the highest peak on Lamma Island in Hong Kong, with a height of above sea level. It is probably named after Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, but acquired a misspelling over time. Access. The paths leading up to the summit are rocky and not maintained by the government. Only experienced hikers should summit this peak.

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Mount Stenhouse. Mount Stenhouse or Shan Tei Tong () is the highest peak on Lamma Island in Hong Kong, with a height of above sea level. It is probably named after Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, but acquired a misspelling over time. Access. The paths leading up to the summit are rocky and not maintained by the government. Only experienced hikers should summit this peak.

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Maczków. Maczków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cybinka, within Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Cybinka, south-east of Słubice, south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and north-west of Zielona Góra. It is located within the historic Lubusz Land. History.

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Poland
Kingdom of Poland
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Rhondda Heritage Park. Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod, Rhondda, South Wales, is a tourist attraction which offers an insight into the life of the coal mining community that existed in the area until the 1980s. Visitors can experience the life of the coal miners on a guided tour through one of the mine shafts of the Lewis Merthyr colliery. Tours are led by former colliery workers.

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KV28. Tomb KV28 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt. It consists of a short shaft leading to a single rectangular chamber. It has been known since the 1830s as it is mentioned by John Gardiner Wilkinson. In 1889 Eugène Lefébure said it contained parts of mummies and their bandaging. The tomb was excavated in the 1990s by Donald P.

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surface_form: Valley of the Kings
instance_of: Valley
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coordinates: lat: 25.74025
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The mountain has an elevation of. It is amongst the higher peaks in Queensland and is located northwest of Brisbane, and west of. The peak and surrounding ranges are covered in dense tropical rainforest and forms part of the Eungella National Park. It was named after George Elphinstone Dalrymple, an early European explorer of north Queensland.

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Mount Dalrymple (Queensland). Mount Dalrymple is a mountain in the Clarke Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, located in Central Queensland, Australia. The mountain has an elevation of. It is amongst the higher peaks in Queensland and is located northwest of Brisbane, and west of.

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Mount Dalrymple (Queensland). Mount Dalrymple is a mountain in the Clarke Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, located in Central Queensland, Australia. The mountain has an elevation of. It is amongst the higher peaks in Queensland and is located northwest of Brisbane, and west of.

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The map on the iNaturalist information page for &quot;Ipomoea pubescens&quot; shows the locations of research-grade observations of the species in two disjunct regions. In the north it occurs from mountainous southwestern USA (Arizona, New Mexico & Texas) south through the Mexican higlands into Oaxaca state.

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Mutahharten was further obliged to send military aid to Kadi Burhan al-Din in times of war. In late 1386, Timur (), a Turco-Mongol warlord who attempted to invoke the legacy of Genghis Khan, invaded west Iran and was planning his invasion of the Armenian highlands from his military camp in Karabakh.

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He was with Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in an action against the Chickasaws in 1739. He held an important post as adjutant with François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil in 1747. He also served for a period at Fort Saint Frédéric (on Lake Champlain) and as adjutant in Montréal. He undertook recruitment for Canada in France after his promotion to lieutenant.

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Precipitation runoff from this irregularly-shaped mesa's slopes drains into Agua Sal Wash and Chinle Wash which are part of the San Juan River drainage basin. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the surrounding terrain of Chinle Valley in one-quarter mile (0.4 km). The nearest higher neighbor is Los Gigantes Buttes, to the northeast.

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Summers average 54 days above annually, and highs rarely exceed. Summer nights are comfortably cool, and temperatures drop quickly after sunset. Winters are cold, but daytime highs are usually above freezing. Winter temperatures below are uncommon, though possible. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.

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Round Rock (Apache County, Arizona). Round Rock is a summit in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Description. Round Rock is located west of the community of Round Rock on Navajo Nation land, and can be seen from Highway 191. Round Rock is a mesa composed of cliff-forming Triassic Wingate Sandstone overlaying slope-forming Chinle Formation.

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Round Rock is a summit in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Description. Round Rock is located west of the community of Round Rock on Navajo Nation land, and can be seen from Highway 191. Round Rock is a mesa composed of cliff-forming Triassic Wingate Sandstone overlaying slope-forming Chinle Formation. Little Round Rock is a butte less than two miles to the north.

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Round Rock is a summit in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Description. Round Rock is located west of the community of Round Rock on Navajo Nation land, and can be seen from Highway 191. Round Rock is a mesa composed of cliff-forming Triassic Wingate Sandstone overlaying slope-forming Chinle Formation. Little Round Rock is a butte less than two miles to the north.

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Round Rock is a mesa composed of cliff-forming Triassic Wingate Sandstone overlaying slope-forming Chinle Formation. Little Round Rock is a butte less than two miles to the north. Precipitation runoff from this irregularly-shaped mesa's slopes drains into Agua Sal Wash and Chinle Wash which are part of the San Juan River drainage basin.

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The landform's toponym was officially adopted on April 7, 1915, by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The Navajo call the mesa &quot;Tsé Nikání&quot; which means round flat-topped rock. According to legend, the Navajo used Round Rock as a fortress to escape from foes, by climbing it with braided ropes made out of yucca, then hauled the ropes up to leave their enemies behind.

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