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Superlatives: Geography

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions   Superlatives   Geography The List has quite a few "most" lists including: the wettest and driest…

Earth

  + PLANET EARTH HOW WAS EARTH FORMED? IS EARTH THE SAME ALL THE WAY THROUGH? HOW DOES EARTH SUPPORT LIFE? HOW DOES EARTH MOVE THROUGH SPACE? SEASONS FIND OUT MORE…

Josephine Baker

singer, dancerBorn: 6/3/1906Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri African-American expatriate jazz singer who got her start on the Harlem stage and later appeared on Broadway and throughout Europe. Known…

Map of Europe

The Question: I am trying to find a map of Europe with no country names on it. Can you help? The Answer: Yes we can! We have maps of each continent without country names.  These are…

Are you a geography genius?

Country Capitals Geography Quiz Country Capitals Continents Mountains Rivers and Lakes Flags The capital of Indonesia is: JakartaPhnom PenhNew Delhi The capital of Bosnia is:…

Are you a geography genius?

Continents Geography Quiz Country Capitals Continents Mountains Rivers and Lakes Flags Of the following countries, which is not found in mainland North America? CanadaMexicoGreenland Of…

Dutton, Clarence Edward

(Encyclopedia) Dutton, Clarence Edward, 1841–1912, American geologist, b. Wallingford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1860. After service in the army during and after the Civil War, he was a member (1875–91) of…

Aki, Keiiti

(Encyclopedia) Aki, Keiiti, 1930–2005, American seismologist, b. Yokohama, Japan, Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo, 1958. Associated with the Univ. of Tokyo 's Earthquake Research Institute from 1963, Aki joined…

Chaillé-Long, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Chaillé-Long, CharlesChaillé-Long, Charlesshäyāˈ-lông [key], 1842–1917, American soldier, African explorer, and writer, b. Princess Anne, Md. After serving in the Civil War, he was…

monsoon

(Encyclopedia) monsoonmonsoonmŏns&oomacr;n [key] [Arab., mausium=season], wind that changes direction with change of season, notably in India and SE Asia. To a lesser degree, monsoonal winds also…