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Japan Current

(Encyclopedia)Japan Current or Kuroshio ko͝orōshēˈō [key][Jap.,=black stream], warm ocean current of the Pacific Ocean, off E Asia. A northward flowing branch of the North Equatorial Current, it runs E of Taiw...

East India Company, Dutch

(Encyclopedia)East India Company, Dutch, 1602–1798, chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade and assure close relations between the government and its colonial enterprises in Asia. The c...

Kungei Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Kungei Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Salween

(Encyclopedia)Salween, river, SE Asia: see Thanlwin. ...

Terskei Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Terskei Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Altay

(Encyclopedia)Altay: see Altai, mountain system, Asia. ...

Angara Shield

(Encyclopedia)Angara Shield, Asia: see Siberian Platform. ...

Talas Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Talas Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Medes

(Encyclopedia)Medes: see Media, ancient country of W Asia. ...

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