(Encyclopedia) Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana Islandsmärēäˈnä [key], officially Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a self-governing entity in association with the United States (…
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Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the…
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The following table lists the worst floods, landslides, avalanches, tidal waves and mudslides in history. 1228 Holland: 100,000 people reputedly drowned by sea flood in Friesland. 1642…
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