Tilehurst is a suburb of the town of Reading in the Royal County of Berkshire, England. It is in the west of central Reading. It lies within the boundaries of The Borough of Reading and partly in the district of West Berkshire. The part within West Berkshire forms part of the civil parish of Tilehurst. It also includes the northern part of Calcot and a small rural area west of the suburb.
The Tilehurst Water Tower, built in the 1930s, towers over the suburb. In the 2011 Census, 14,604 people lived in Tilehurst.
St. Clair County, Michigan
St. Clair County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, 163,040 people live here. The county seat is Port Huron.
St. Joseph County, Michigan
St. Joseph County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is on the border with Indiana. As of the 2010 census, 61,295 people live here. The county seat is Centreville.
American flamingo
The American flamingo or caribbean flamingo ("Phoenicopterus ruber") is a species of flamingo that occurs in Central America. It is related to the Greater flamingo, and the Chilean flamingo. It can also be found on the Galapagos Islands.
Tuscola County, Michigan
Tuscola County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, 55,729 people live here. The county seat is Caro.
Van Buren County, Michigan
Van Buren County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, 76,258 people live here. The county seat is Paw Paw.
Wexford County, Michigan
Wexford County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, 32,735 people live here. The county seat is Cadillac.
Budj Bim
Budj Bim, also called Mount Eccles, is a dormant volcano near Macarthur in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It is in the Budj Bim National Park. "Budj Bim" is a Gunditjmara name meaning "High Head". The volcano is around high. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.
Amherst County, Virginia
Amherst County is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, 32,353 people lived there. Its county seat is Amherst.
Augusta County, Virginia
Augusta County is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, 73,750 people lived there. Its county seat is Staunton.
Rouilly-Saint-Loup
Rouilly-Saint-Loup is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Rouvres-les-Vignes
Rouvres-les-Vignes is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Silverton, Texas
Silverton is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. There were 731 people living there according to the 2010 census.
List of World Heritage Sites in Canada
Canada has 20 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Nine of them are cultural sites, ten are natural, and one is mixed. This article lists all twenty sites in Canada.
Jongmyo
Jongmyo Shrine is a religious building in Seoul, South Korea. It is a Confucian royal shrine from the Joseon Dynasty. It was built in the late 1300s, destroyed during a Japanese invasion in the 1500s, and rebuilt in the 1600s. People still use it in modern times.
The Jongmyo Shrine holds spirit tablets, each dedicated to a specific king or queen from the Joseon Dynasty. The Confucian way of life includes ancestor worship. During the Joseon Dynasty, the king of Korea would go to Jongmyo to pray to earlier kings and queens. There were also larger rites, with more people. Some of them involved singing and dancing. Some of these rites are still performed in modern times.
The layout of the shrine was planned very carefully to complement and work with the hills and other natural structures around it.
Jongmyo has a main shrine, called Jeongjeon. It has a smaller shrine called Yeongnyeongjeon, or "the Hall of Eternal Peace" in English. It also has a place specifically for the king, a storage building for ritual items, and a waiting area. There is also a specific shrine to King Kongmin from the earlier Koryo Dynasty. That shrine was built by the Joseon-era King Taejo.
The Jongmyo-Daejae, or "Royal Shrine Ritual" in English, was the most important rite performed at the shrine. During the Joseon Dynasty, it was performed five times each year. During the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945), it was not performed because the Japanese did not allow it. Since 1969, the Royal Family Association has performed the Jongmyo-Daejae once each year. The Jongmyo-Daejae itself and the music used in the Jongmyo-Daejae were both declared Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2001.
Jongmyo was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canadian Rockies. There are seven parks in the site, including four national parks:
and three British Columbia provincial parks:
They became a World Heritage Site in 1984. The Burgess Shale site is also part of it, which was a World Heritage site on its own between 1980 and 1984.
Banff National Park
Banff National Park () is the oldest national park in Canada. It was first started in 1885. It is in the Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, Alberta. The park has an area of around . The park has mountains, glaciers, and ice fields. There is also a large coniferous forest. The main town near to the park is Banff. Banff is one of the seven parks in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area, and Haida Heritage Site, is in the southernmost Haida Gwaii (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands). It is often simply called as Gwaii Haanas (), It is off the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Gwaii Haanas is an archipelago of 138 islands. "Gwaii Haanas" means "Islands of Beauty" in . It is the language of the Haida people.
The Haida Heritage Site is part of the territory of the Haida people. They have lived in Haida Gwaii for at least 14,000 years.
In 2004, Parks Canada (on behalf of the Government of Canada) added the whole area of Gwaii Haanas to its tentative list of potential future World Heritage Sites, pending the approval of UNESCO.
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada. It is the largest national park of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. Its area is around . It is to the north of Banff National Park and to the west of Edmonton. The park has glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, springs, lakes, waterfalls and mountains. It is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.
Echo sounding
Echo sounding is a way out measure the depth of the water. This is done by sending out sound waves, and measuring how long it takes for the echo of the sound to come back. The speed of sound in the water is known, so the depth can be calculated. It is a kind of sonar. Note that the word sounding is used for all kinds of technologies, even though some do not use sound. Before echo sounding was used (in the early 20th century), sounding lines were lowered into the water to measure the depth.
Clyde, Texas
Clyde is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Aledo, Texas
Aledo is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. There were 2,716 people living in the area according to the 2010 census.
DeCordova, Texas
DeCordova is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Lipan, Texas
Lipan is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. There were 430 people living in the area according to the 2010 census.
Annetta South, Texas
Annetta South is a town in the U.S. state of Texas.
Fairview, Texas
Fairview is a town in the U.S. state of Texas.
Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park is a national park in southeastern British Columbia. The park has an area of in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the Kootenay River and all of the Vermilion River are in the park. The park is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.
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