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(Encyclopedia) tide, alternate and regular rise and fall of sea level in oceans and other large bodies of water. These changes are caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and, to a lesser…wave, in the earth sciences
(Encyclopedia) CE5 A. Diagram of wave: Wave travels one wavelength during one period B. Diagram of wave: Phase relationships wave, in oceanography, an oscillating movement up and down, of a body…Alabama, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 AlabamaAlabamaăləbămˈə [key], state in the SE United States. It is bordered by Tennessee (N), Georgia (E), Florida and the Gulf of Mexico (S), and Mississippi (W). In 1954…Honduras
(Encyclopedia) CE5 HondurasHondurashŏnd&oobreve;rˈəs, –dy&oobreve;rˈ–; Span., ōnd&oomacr;ˈräs [key], officially Republic of Honduras, republic (2015 est. pop. 8,961,000), 43,277 sq mi…Hawaii, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 HawaiiHawaiihəwīˈē, häväˈē [key], 50th state of the United States, comprising a group of eight major islands and numerous islets in the central Pacific Ocean, c.2,100 mi (3,380…October 1997 News and Events
1997 Month-By-MonthWorldU.S. Sends Carrier to Gulf (Oct. 3): The Nimitz is dispatched in a warning to Iran to halt air attacks on Iraq, a violation of the no-flight zone imposed at the end of…The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto V
Inferno: Canto IVInferno: Canto VIInferno: Canto V Thus I descended out of the first circle Down to the second, that less space begirds, And so much greater dole, that goads to wailing…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Mont Blanc
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Hymn to Intellectual BeautyFragment: HomeMont Blanc Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni 1. The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls…Coleridge: Kubla Khan, Notes
ChristabelFrance: an OdeKubla Khan Kubla Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, was a Mongolian conqueror who stretched his empire from European Russia to the eastern shores of China in the…Microevolution and Macroevolution: Microevolution
MicroevolutionMicroevolution and MacroevolutionIntroductionMicroevolutionSpeciationMacroevolution Microevolution is the change in the genome, or gene pool, for a given species in a relatively short…Trending
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