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- Andes Mountains
- Antarctic Plateau
- Antarctica
- Argentina
- Arizona
- Artesian well
- Atherton Tableland
- Bogotá
- Bolivia
- Butte
- Chapada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Colorado
- Colorado Plateau
- Colorado River
- Columbia Plateau
- Dissected plateau
- Earth science
- Ecuador
- Erosion
- Eurasian Plate
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Geological
- Geology
- Glacier
- Grand Canyon
- Hadley cell
- Holbrook, AZ
- Ice cap
- India
- Lava
- Magma
- Mantle (geology)
- Mesa
- Mogollon Rim
- Monsoon
- Monte Roraima
- Natural spring
- New Mexico
- North America
- Oceanic plateau
- Peru
- Plateau
- Post-glacial rebound
- Potrero (landform)
- Roof of the world
- Sea level
- Sonar
- South America
- Tectonic plate
- Tepuis
- Terrain
- Tibetan Plateau
- Tuya
- Utah
- Volcanic
- Volcanic activity
- Volcanic plateau
- Williams, Arizona
- Winslow, AZ
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Altiplano
The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet. Lake Titicaca is its best known geographical feature.
The Altiplano is an area of inland drainage (endorheism) lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of northern Chile and Argentina, western Bolivia and southern Peru. Its height averages about 3,750 meters (12,300 feet), slightly less than that of the Tibetan Plateau. Unlike conditions in Tibet, the Altiplano is dominated by massive active volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone to the west, such as Ampato (6288 m), Tutupaca (5816 m), Parinacota (6348 m), Guallatiri (6071 m), Cerro Paroma (5728 m), Cerro Uturuncu (6008 m) and Licancabur (5916 m), and the Cordillera Real in the north east with Illampu (6368 m), Huayna Potosi (6088 m), Ancohuma (6427 m) and Illimani (6438 m). The Atacama Desert, one of the driest areas on the planet, lies to the southwest of the Altiplano; to the east lies the humid Amazon Rainforest.
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Antarctica
Antarctica
This map uses an orthographic projection, near-polar aspect. The South Pole is near the center, where longitudinal lines converge.
Antarctica (
i/æntˈɑrtɨkə/ or /ænˈtɑːktɨkə/) is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages at least 1 mile (1.6 km) in thickness.
Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland. The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89 °C (−129 °F). There are no permanent human residents, but anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside throughout the year at the research stations scattered across the continent. Only cold-adapted organisms survive there, including many types of algae, animals (for example mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades), bacteria, fungi, plants, and protista. Vegetation where it occurs is tundra.
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Argentina
Argentina
i/ˌɑrdʒənˈtiːnə/, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina [reˈpuβlika aɾxenˈtina]), is a country in South America, the continent's second largest by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.
Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentine claims over Antarctica, as well as overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, are suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Argentina also claims the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom as British Overseas Territories.
A recognised middle power, Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy, with a "very high" rating on the Human development index. Within Latin America, Argentina has the fifth highest nominal GDP per capita and the highest in purchasing power terms. Analysts have argued that the country has a "foundation for future growth due to its market size, levels of foreign direct investment, and percentage of high-tech exports as share of total manufactured goods", and it is classed by investors as middle emerging economy. Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations, Mercosur, the Union of South American Nations, the Organization of Ibero-American States, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization, and is one of the G-15 and G-20 major economies.
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Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital (Spanish pronunciation: [boɣoˈta] (
listen)), from 1991 to 2000 called Santafé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district and no longer belongs administratively to that department. Bogotá is the most populous city in the country, with 7.363.782 inhabitants as of 2010. Bogotá and its metropolitan area, which includes municipalities such as Chía, Cota, Soacha, Cajicá and La Calera, had a population of 7,881,156 in 2005.
In terms of land area, Bogotá is the largest city in Colombia, and one of the biggest of Latin America. It figures amongst the thirty largest cities of the world and it is the third-highest capital city in South America (after La Paz and Quito) at 2,625 metres (8,612 ft) above sea level. With its many universities and libraries, Bogotá has become known as "The Athens of South America". Bogotá owns the largest moorland of the world, which is located in the Sumapaz Locality. The city ranked 54th in the 2010 Global Cities Index and is listed as global city of the Beta+ kind by the GaWC.
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Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°42′43″S 64°39′58″W / 16.712°S 64.666°W / -16.712; -64.666 Bolivia (i/bəˈlɪviə/, Spanish: [boliˈβja]) officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia (Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Quechua: Bulivya Mamallaqta, Aymara: Wuliwya Suyu), is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west.
Prior to European colonization, the Andean region of Bolivia was a part of the Inca Empire – the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century. During most of the Spanish colonial period, this territory was called Upper Peru and was under the administration of the Viceroyalty of Peru, which included most of Spain's South American colonies. After declaring independence in 1809, 16 years of war followed before the establishment of the Republic, named for Simón Bolívar, on 6 August 1825. Bolivia has struggled through periods of political instability, dictatorships and economic woes.
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Chapada
A chapada is a plateau found in the Brazilian Highlands. The chapadas, which are usually described as mountain ranges, are capped by horizontal strata of sandstone and show the original surface, which has been worn away by the rivers, leaving here and there broad flat-topped ridges between river basins and narrower ranges of hills between river courses. From the valleys their rugged, deeply indented escarpments, stretching away to the horizon, have the appearance of a continuous chain of mountains.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Coordinates: 28°03′18″S 53°04′04″W / 28.055°S 53.06778°W / -28.055; -53.06778
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Chile
Chile (i/ˈtʃɪliː/ or /ˈtʃɪleɪ/), officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈtʃile] ( listen)), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Along with Ecuador, it is one of two countries in South America that do not border Brazil. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas and Easter Island. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
Chile's distinctive shape—4,300 kilometres (2,700 mi) long and on average 175 kilometres (109 mi) wide—makes it the longest country in the world, north to south, with the fifth lengthiest coastline at over 78 thousand kilometers. The diverse climate of Chile ranges from the world's driest desert in the north—the Atacama—through a Mediterranean climate in the centre, humid subtropical in Easter Island, to an Oceanic climate, including alpine tundra and glaciers in the east and south. The northern desert contains great mineral wealth, principally copper. The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting peninsulas, and islands.
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Colombia
Colombia (
/kəˈlʌmbiə/ kə-LUM-biə, or /kəˈlɒmbiə/ kə-LOM-biə), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia [reˈpuβlika ðe koˈlombja]), is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia has maritime borders with Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Colombia is the 26th largest country by area and the fourth largest in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru. With over 46 million people, Colombia is the 27th largest country in the world by population and has the second largest population of any Spanish-speaking country in the world, after Mexico. Colombia is a middle power, with the fourth largest economy in Latin America, and the third largest in South America. Colombia is famous for the production of coffee, flowers, emeralds, coal, and oil. All of these products make up the primary sector of economy.
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Colorado
Colorado (i/kɒləˈrædoʊ/ or /kɒləˈrɒdoʊ/) is the US state that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States. Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 22nd most populous of the 50 United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was 5,116,796 on July 1, 2011, an increase of +1.74% since the 2010 United States Census.
The state was named for the Colorado River, which early Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado for the red colored (Spanish: colorado) silt the river carried from the mountains. On August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation admitting Colorado as the 38th state. Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it was admitted to the Union in 1876, the centennial year of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Columbia Plateau
The Columbia Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It is a wide flood basalt plateau between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, cut through by the Columbia River. In one of various usages, the term "Columbia Basin" refers to more or less the same area as the Columbia Plateau.
During late Miocene and early Pliocene times, one of the largest flood basalts ever to appear on the earth's surface engulfed about 63,000 square miles (160,000 km2) of the Pacific Northwest, forming a large igneous province. Over a period of perhaps 10 to 15 million years, lava flow after lava flow poured out, ultimately accumulating to a thickness of more than 6,000 feet (1.8 km). As the molten rock came to the surface, the Earth's crust gradually sank into the space left by the rising lava.
The subsidence of the crust produced the large plateau—a large, slightly depressed lava plain sometimes also known as the Columbia Basin. The ancient Columbia River was forced into its present course by the northwesterly advancing lava. The lava, as it flowed over the area, first filled the stream valleys, forming dams that in turn caused impoundments or lakes. Entities found in these lake beds include fossil leaf impressions, petrified wood, fossil insects, and bones of vertebrate animals.
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Ecuador
Ecuador (i/ˈɛkwədɔr/ E-kwə-dawr), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador [reˈpuβlika ðel ekwaˈðor], which literally translates to the "Republic of the Equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, (along with Chile), that do not have a border with Brazil. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland.
The main spoken language in Ecuador is Spanish. Ecuador straddles the equator, from which it takes its name, and has an area of 275,830 km2 (106,500 sq mi). Its capital city is Quito, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the 1970s for having the best preserved and least altered historic center in Latin America. The country's largest city is Guayaquil. The historic center of Cuenca, the third largest city in the country, was also declared a World Heritage Site in 1999, for being an outstanding example of a planned inland Spanish style colonial city in the Americas. Ecuador is also home—despite its size—to a great variety of species, many of them endemic, like those of the Galápagos islands. This species diversity makes Ecuador one of the 17 megadiverse countries in the world. The new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
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Flagstaff, AZ
Flagstaff (Navajo: Kinłání Dookʼoʼoosłííd Biyaagi, Havasupai: Wii Hagnbaj or Wii Baggwa) is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2009, the city's population was 60,611. It is the county seat of Coconino County. The city is named after a Ponderosa Pine flagpole made by a scouting party from Boston (known as the "Second Boston Party") to celebrate the United States Centennial on July 4, 1876.
Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, along the western side of the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest in the continental United States. Flagstaff is located adjacent to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (3,850 m), is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness.
Flagstaff's early economy was based on the lumber, railroad, and ranching industries. Today, the city remains an important distribution hub for companies such as Nestlé Purina PetCare and Walgreens, and is home to Lowell Observatory, The U.S. Naval Observatory, the United States Geological Survey Flagstaff Station and Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff has a strong tourism sector, due to its proximity to Grand Canyon National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, the Arizona Snowbowl, Meteor Crater and historic Route 66. The city is also a center for medical device manufacturing, home to W. L. Gore and Associates.
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Holbrook, AZ
Holbrook (Navajo: Tʼiisyaakin) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 5,126. The city is the county seat of Navajo County.
Holbrook was founded in 1881 or 1882, when the railroad was built, and named to honor the first chief engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
Holbrook is located at 34°54′26″N 110°9′46″W / 34.90722°N 110.16278°W / 34.90722; -110.16278 (34.907203, -110.162882).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.4 square miles (40 km2), all of it land. Holbrook has a semi-arid climate (BSk) with cold to cool winters and hot summers. Although the mean snowfall is 0.16 metres (6.30 in), the median is zero, so that most winters do not have measurable snow.
After the appearance of a smoke trail in the sky on July 19, 1912, a meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kilograms exploded over the town of Holbrook, and a shower of stones fell from the sky, estimated to number more than 16,000 and varying in weight from 6.6 kilograms to less than 0.1 grams.
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India
India (i/ˈɪndiə/), officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four of the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (i/nuː ˈmɛksɨkoʊ/) is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. New Mexico is the 5th most extensive, the 36th most populous, and the 6th least densely populated of the 50 United States.
Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, New Mexico has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics, including descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America. It also has the second-highest percentage of Native Americans, after Alaska, and the fourth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, and Arizona. The tribes in the state consist of mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples. As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Hispanic and Native American influences. The flag of New Mexico is represented by the red and gold colors, which represent Spain, as well as the Zia symbol, an ancient Native American symbol for the sun.
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Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau (Tibetan: བོད་ས་མཐོ།, Wylie: bod sa mtho), also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan (Qingzang) Plateau (Chinese: 青藏高原; pinyin: Qīngzàng Gāoyuán) is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia or East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western China, as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north to south and 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) east to west. With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres (14,800 ft), the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2.5 million km2 (0.97 million sq. mi., or about four times the size of France).
The Tibetan Plateau is surrounded by massive mountain ranges. The plateau is bordered to the south by the Himalayan range, to the north by the Kunlun Range which separates it from the Tarim Basin, and to the northeast by the Qilian Range which separates the plateau from the Hexi Corridor and Gobi Desert. To the east and southeast the plateau gives way to the forested gorge and ridge geography of the mountainous headwaters of the Salween, Mekong, and Yangtze rivers in western Sichuan (the Hengduan Mountains) and southwest Qinghai. In the west the curve of the rugged Karakoram range of northern Kashmir embraces it.
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Utah
Utah (/ˈjuːtɔː/ ori/ˈjuːtɑː/) (Arapaho: Wo'tééneihí' ) is a state in the Western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-most extensive, the 34th-most populous, and the 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,817,222 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the sixth most urbanized in the U.S. The name "Utah" is derived from the name of the Ute tribe and means "people of the mountains" in the Ute language. Utah is bordered by Arizona on the south, Colorado on the east, Wyoming on the northeast, Idaho on the north and Nevada on the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico.
Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the Union. It is home to the Salt Lake Temple, and approximately 60% of Utahns are reported to be members of LDS Church which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life.
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Williams, Arizona
Williams (Havasupai: Wii Gvʼul) is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, west of Flagstaff. Its population was 3,023 at the 2010 census. It lies on the route of Historic Route 66, Interstate 40, and the Southwest Chief Amtrak train route. It is also the southern terminus of the Grand Canyon Railway, which takes visitors to Grand Canyon Village. There are numerous inns, motels, restaurants, gas stations that cater to the large influx of tourists rather than local residents, especially during the summer and holiday seasons.
Williams is named after William "Old Bill" Williams, a mountain man and trader who often trapped in the area.[citation needed]
Williams is located at 35°14′58″N 112°11′24″W / 35.24944°N 112.19°W / 35.24944; -112.19 (35.249369, -112.189872) at 6,800 feet (2,100 m) in elevation. Bill Williams Mountain rises to an elevation of 9,256 feet (2,821 m) just south of Williams. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.8 square miles (113 km2), of which 43.5 square miles (113 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), or 0.66%, is water.
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Winslow, AZ
Winslow (Navajo: Béésh Sinil or Béésinil) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 9,931.
It was named for either Edward F. Winslow, president of St. Louis and San Francisco Rail Road, which owned one half of the old Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, or Tom Winslow, a prospector who lived in the area.
The last Harvey House (the La Posada Hotel) opened in 1930. It was designed by Mary Colter. The hotel closed in 1957 and was used by the Santa Fe Railroad for offices. The city, which was a stop on the U.S. Route 66, has been served by I-40 since the 1970s. It achieved national fame in 1972 in the Eagles song “Take it Easy” which has the line “standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona." The Santa Fe Railroad abandoned the La Posada in 1994 and announced plans to tear it down. It was saved and now caters to Route 66 fans.
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 773.1 people per square mile (298.6/km²). There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of 259.7 per square mile (100.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 40.8% White, 5.18% Black or African American, 23.47% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 13.49% from other races, and 4.18% from two or more races. 28.84% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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karaoke
Many a hand scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Some belonged to strangers and some to folks you know
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills, shake the many hands
Nothing on top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
See a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words?
When you've finished with the mop
Then you can stop and look at what you've done
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
And the work, it was fun
Nothing on top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
See a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words?
Many a hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some say it was Greenland and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
some belong to strangers and some to folks you know
holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
to beautify the foothills and shake the many hands
there's nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
and an illustrated book about birds
you see a lot up there but don't be scared
who needs action when you got words
when you're finished with the mop then you can stop
and look at what you've done
the plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
and the work it took was fun
well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
some said it was in greenland and some in mexico
some decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
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Plateau- Meat Puppets
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- Duration: 2:24
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
The studio version of the song Plateau by the Meat Puppets... Not Nirvana.
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The studio version of the song Plateau by the Meat Puppets... Not Nirvana.
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Nirvana-plateau
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- Duration: 3:38
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Nirvana plateau unplugged in New York
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Nirvana plateau unplugged in New York
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- author: kingofacidrock
How to Beat the Weightloss Plateau!!!
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- Duration: 15:21
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
★★★Check Out My Information & Please Subscribe...It's Free★★★ Huffington Post Top 5 Natural Hair Vloggers: www.huffingtonpost.com Visit: www.beautifulbrwnbabydol.com Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: www.graphicfiasco.com http Channel Designed by Tiffany: www.youtube.com Fotki: public.fotki.com This video talks about various ways in which I was able to beat my plateau. A plateau is when your weightloss comes to a point where it seems as if it is no longer dropping. Here are some articles on beating the plateau: www.webmd.com exercise.about.com www.weightwatchers.com A Nutrition Tracker: www.nutritiondata.com Add me as a friend on Facebook: www.facebook.com Name: Nina Ellis-Hervey Also on twitter: twitter.com
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★★★Check Out My Information & Please Subscribe...It's Free★★★ Huffington Post Top 5 Natural Hair Vloggers: www.huffingtonpost.com Visit: www.beautifulbrwnbabydol.com Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: www.graphicfiasco.com http Channel Designed by Tiffany: www.youtube.com Fotki: public.fotki.com This video talks about various ways in which I was able to beat my plateau. A plateau is when your weightloss comes to a point where it seems as if it is no longer dropping. Here are some articles on beating the plateau: www.webmd.com exercise.about.com www.weightwatchers.com A Nutrition Tracker: www.nutritiondata.com Add me as a friend on Facebook: www.facebook.com Name: Nina Ellis-Hervey Also on twitter: twitter.com
- published: 26 Mar 2010
- views: 18688
- author: BeautifulBrwnBabyDol
PlatEAU Gort
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- Duration: 4:10
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
full length video of GORT by PlatEAU from the album Gort Spacebar available at www.subconsciousrecords.com
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full length video of GORT by PlatEAU from the album Gort Spacebar available at www.subconsciousrecords.com
- published: 05 Sep 2009
- views: 9869
- author: scaremeister
The Meat Puppets - Plateau
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Club kingsnake presents The Meat Puppets performing the song Plateau live at the Republic of Texas Biker Rally in Austin, Texas on 6/1/2007
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Club kingsnake presents The Meat Puppets performing the song Plateau live at the Republic of Texas Biker Rally in Austin, Texas on 6/1/2007
- published: 04 Jun 2007
- views: 348979
- author: clubkingsnake
nirvana - plateau lyrics.wmv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:02
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
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- published: 12 Feb 2010
- views: 160292
- author: x16696
PLATEAU "Najbardziej"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
Klip promujący trzecią płytę PLATEAU pt."Krótka wiadomość tekstowa" (2009).
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Klip promujący trzecią płytę PLATEAU pt."Krótka wiadomość tekstowa" (2009).
- published: 06 Mar 2009
- views: 264712
- author: PlateauBand
Loess Plateau - China
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:23
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
Home to more than 50 million people, the Loess Plateau in China's Northwest takes its name from the dry powdery wind-blown soil. Centuries of overuse and overgrazing led to one of the highest erosion rates in the world and widespread poverty. Two projects set out to restore China's heavily degraded Loess Plateau through one of the world's largest erosion control programs with the goal of returning this poor part of China to an area of sustainable agricultural production. More than 2.5 million people in four of China's poorest provinces -- Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, as well as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region -- were lifted out of poverty. Through the introduction of sustainable farming practices, farmers' incomes doubled, employment diversified and the degraded environment was revitalized.
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Home to more than 50 million people, the Loess Plateau in China's Northwest takes its name from the dry powdery wind-blown soil. Centuries of overuse and overgrazing led to one of the highest erosion rates in the world and widespread poverty. Two projects set out to restore China's heavily degraded Loess Plateau through one of the world's largest erosion control programs with the goal of returning this poor part of China to an area of sustainable agricultural production. More than 2.5 million people in four of China's poorest provinces -- Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, as well as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region -- were lifted out of poverty. Through the introduction of sustainable farming practices, farmers' incomes doubled, employment diversified and the degraded environment was revitalized.
- published: 14 Aug 2008
- views: 13563
- author: WorldBank
Nirvana - Plateau (Legendado)
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Nirvana Plateau traduzido para o Português.
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Nirvana Plateau traduzido para o Português.
- published: 14 Nov 2010
- views: 104713
- author: ffreeeakk
Plateau (feat Renata Przemyk) NIC NIE PACHNIE JAK TY
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:31
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Duet zespołu PLATEAU i Renaty Przemyk- z trzeciej płyt PLATEAU pt. "Krótka wiadomość tekstowa" (2009)
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Duet zespołu PLATEAU i Renaty Przemyk- z trzeciej płyt PLATEAU pt. "Krótka wiadomość tekstowa" (2009)
- published: 15 Mar 2008
- views: 339372
- author: PlateauBand
nirvana plateau subtitulado en español
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:11
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
nirvana plateau (meseta) Cover De Los Meat Puppets
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nirvana plateau (meseta) Cover De Los Meat Puppets
- published: 16 Feb 2010
- views: 138480
- author: downerzepellin
EPIC - Grubby vs Hobot - TvZ - Shakuras Plateau - StarCraft 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:43
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
If you like the video please rate, comment, or add to favorites. It is an amazingly easy way to help me out :). If not its cool! OFFICIAL HUSKY WEBSITE: www.NerdyShore.com SECOND CHANNEL www.youtube.com FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com Map: Shakuras Plateau Hobot (Zerg) vs Grubby (Protoss)
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If you like the video please rate, comment, or add to favorites. It is an amazingly easy way to help me out :). If not its cool! OFFICIAL HUSKY WEBSITE: www.NerdyShore.com SECOND CHANNEL www.youtube.com FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com Map: Shakuras Plateau Hobot (Zerg) vs Grubby (Protoss)
- published: 14 Jun 2011
- views: 394705
- author: HuskyStarcraft
TheLittleOne vs ZeeRax - PvP - Shakuras Plateau - StarCraft 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:17
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com TheLittleOne and ZeeRax bring 'mirror' matchup to a whole new level. Map: Shakuras Plateau TheLittleOne (Protoss) Red vs ZeeRax (Protoss) Blue
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FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com TheLittleOne and ZeeRax bring 'mirror' matchup to a whole new level. Map: Shakuras Plateau TheLittleOne (Protoss) Red vs ZeeRax (Protoss) Blue
- published: 03 Mar 2011
- views: 158373
- author: HuskyStarcraft
super plateau
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 08 Oct 2012
video d'entrainement pour le passage du plateau ...!!!
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video d'entrainement pour le passage du plateau ...!!!
- published: 14 Jun 2006
- views: 17293
- author: cpg Tiger
SUPER EPIC - Spanishiwa vs Destiny - ZvZ - Shakuras Plateau - StarCraft 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 27:55
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
An amazingly entertaining ZvZ between two up and coming players. This is easily one of my favorite SC2 games to date. Map: Shakuras Plateau Destiny (Red) Zerg vs Spanishiwa (Yellow) Zerg
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An amazingly entertaining ZvZ between two up and coming players. This is easily one of my favorite SC2 games to date. Map: Shakuras Plateau Destiny (Red) Zerg vs Spanishiwa (Yellow) Zerg
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 540900
- author: HuskyStarcraft
Spanishiwa vs Shield - ZvT - Shakuras Plateau - StarCraft 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:10
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com A game featuring Spanishiwa, a quickly rising fan favorite. Map: Shakuras Plateau Spanishiwa (Zerg) vs Shield (Terran)
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FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com A game featuring Spanishiwa, a quickly rising fan favorite. Map: Shakuras Plateau Spanishiwa (Zerg) vs Shield (Terran)
- published: 15 Apr 2011
- views: 244139
- author: HuskyStarcraft
How To Break Strength Plateaus
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- Duration: 4:16
- Updated: 13 Nov 2012
www.hulsestrength.com CLICK THIS LINK to download part 1 of my Manifesto Of Strength document for free. Elliott Hulse describes how to break and avoid strength training workout plateaus.
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www.hulsestrength.com CLICK THIS LINK to download part 1 of my Manifesto Of Strength document for free. Elliott Hulse describes how to break and avoid strength training workout plateaus.
- published: 22 Dec 2010
- views: 16478
- author: strengthcamp
Huk vs Jianer - PvZ - Shakuras Plateau - StarCraft 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:59
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
If you like the video please rate, comment, or add to favorites. It is an amazingly easy way to help me out :). If not its cool! OFFICIAL HUSKY WEBSITE: www.NerdyShore.com SECOND CHANNEL www.youtube.com FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com Map: Shakuras Plateau Jianer (Zerg) vs Huk (Protoss)
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If you like the video please rate, comment, or add to favorites. It is an amazingly easy way to help me out :). If not its cool! OFFICIAL HUSKY WEBSITE: www.NerdyShore.com SECOND CHANNEL www.youtube.com FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com Map: Shakuras Plateau Jianer (Zerg) vs Huk (Protoss)
- published: 19 Jun 2011
- views: 162505
- author: HuskyStarcraft
IdrA vs HuK - PvZ - Game 2 - Shakuras Plateau - MLG - StarCraft 2
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- Duration: 8:55
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
Games from the recent MLG Dallas tournament! FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com Map: Shakuras Plateau Huk (Protoss) vs IdrA (Zerg)
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Games from the recent MLG Dallas tournament! FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com Map: Shakuras Plateau Huk (Protoss) vs IdrA (Zerg)
- published: 10 Apr 2011
- views: 197519
- author: HuskyStarcraft
SUPER EPIC - TheLittleOne vs Farmer - PvT - Shakuras Plateau - StarCraft 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 41:57
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
TheLittleOne's Facebook! www.facebook.com TheLIttleOne's Livestream! www.justin.tv
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TheLittleOne's Facebook! www.facebook.com TheLIttleOne's Livestream! www.justin.tv
- published: 06 May 2011
- views: 633059
- author: HuskyStarcraft
Nirvana - Plateau
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:14
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Just a simple and strange music video for the song by Kurt Cobain - Plateau. Here and there the text does not match the song. Despite of all, i hope for a good evaluation and recommendations ;)
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Just a simple and strange music video for the song by Kurt Cobain - Plateau. Here and there the text does not match the song. Despite of all, i hope for a good evaluation and recommendations ;)
- published: 16 May 2007
- views: 84099
- author: KaMiNo91
IMMVP vs EGIdrA - TvZ on Shakuras Plateau
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 34:17
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
The #1 player in the world, IMMVP, takes on one of the greatest Zergs, and the #1 American player, IdrA! As seen on IdrA's stream, an amazing macro game, a MUST SEE!
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The #1 player in the world, IMMVP, takes on one of the greatest Zergs, and the #1 American player, IdrA! As seen on IdrA's stream, an amazing macro game, a MUST SEE!
- published: 05 Feb 2011
- views: 443196
- author: ArtosisTV
photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein
29 Nov 2012
Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry. Her fiance would be pleased to see her die, she later recalled thinking. It would offer relief to them both. Farima, 17, had resisted her engagement to Zabiullah since it was ordained by her grandfather when she was 9 ... He ran outside. His daughter's torso was contorted ... Her skin was pallid....(size: 12.8Kb)
photo: AP / Sepahnews
27 Nov 2012
WASHINGTON -- The drone wars are here. While President Obama ponders new legal and moral guidelines to govern America's growing use of armed robot aircraft, the world outside the White House is engaged in a revolutionary frenzy of building, arming and flying killer drones ... More than 50 countries operate surveillance drones and, increasingly, are fitting them with weapons. The U.S ... spy drone was shot down last December ... On Oct ... 988 miles ... ....(size: 8.4Kb)
photo: UN / Jan Golinski
27 Nov 2012
Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost. Frozen ground in Siberia. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere. Photograph. Francis Latreille/Corbis. The United Nations sounded a stark warning on the threat to the climate from methane in the thawing permafrost as governments met for the second day of climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar ... ....(size: 5.3Kb)
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
27 Nov 2012
M23 rebels controlling the eastern city of Goma in the DR Congo have said they are not about to withdraw as demanded by regional leaders. The rebels said on Tuesday there were still in charge of Goma, just hours after General Aronda Nyakairima, the head of the Ugandan military, was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that their leader, Sultani Makenga, had told him he would pull out of Goma and Sake ... 276 Source. ... Share ... News ... ;">....(size: 17.7Kb)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
28 Nov 2012
By Victor Kotsev. Thursday is shaping up as a big day in Palestinian history. Exactly 65 years after the United Nations resolution partitioning British Mandatory Palestine was adopted (and rejected at the time by the Arabs), the General Assembly will vote on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's proposal for non-member state status for Palestine within the borders of the period between the 1948 and the 1967 wars ... Â. Palestinian horizon....(size: 16.8Kb)
Joy Online
29 Nov 2012
Still reeling from the killing of 10 people at a drinking joint in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday, two close relatives of the chairman of the council were gunned down in the early hours of Wednesday by assailants suspected to be Fulani herdsmen ... It was further gathered that the natives combed the bush and hills around for several hours, looking for the assailants ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
29 Nov 2012
The gorge's rugged beauty, with its sheer cliff and steep slopes, looks young ... Seen from the air, the flat Colorado plateau might be recognizable, but the rainbow-hued pillars and monuments of national parks such as Arches, Zion and Bryce had yet to take shape ... A wrinkled belt called the Sevier mountains was northwest of the plateau ... Rivers crossing the Colorado Plateau reversed their course, flowing east to west, around this time ... ....(size: 6.5Kb)
Stuff
29 Nov 2012
The last day of Spring has dawned cold in many parts of the country, with MetService issuing snow warning for the Desert Road ... Showers on the Desert Rd over the central North Island's central plateau may turn to sleet or snow this morning near the summit, MetService said ... Ad Feedback ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
Stuff
29 Nov 2012
Summer may be beckoning but a disturbed southwesterly airflow has interrupted the move to warmer weather ... Showers on the Desert Rd over the central North Island's central plateau may turn to sleet or snow this morning near the summit, MetService said ... Ad Feedback. - © Fairfax NZ News. ....(size: 1.5Kb)
Stuff
29 Nov 2012
LATEST ... Summer may be beckoning but a disturbed southwesterly airflow has interrupted the move to warmer weather. Showers on the Desert Rd over the central North Island's central plateau may turn to sleet or snow this morning near the summit, MetService said. It did not expect any snow to accumulate on the highway ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
North Jersey
29 Nov 2012
Felician College. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Felician College put five runners on the 2012 all-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Men's Cross Country Team, including individual champion Rob Albano (/ Township) and runner-up Taylor Trumbetti (/Pascack Hills), at the CACC championship meet, hosted by Philadelphia University at Belmont Plateau. ... "They have all had outstanding careers ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
Independent online (SA)
29 Nov 2012
Jared Leto is hoping to achieve a "meditative state" by fasting ... He told website Vulture. "I'm playing a transsexual woman. I didn't get involved in the project until three and a half weeks ago. Your body goes through weird stages (when fasting) ... So, once you get past the plateau, your body seems to understand, 'OK, this is where we're leaving now, this is where we are' and so the energy rises." ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)
m&c;
29 Nov 2012
Jared Leto. Jared Leto is hoping to achieve a 'meditative state' by fasting ... He told website Vulture. 'I'm playing a transsexual woman. I didn't get involved in the project until three and a half weeks ago ... It's not necessarily a bad thing.' ... So, once you get past the plateau, your body seems to understand, 'OK, this is where we're leaving now, this is where we are' and so the energy rises.' ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
Dayton Daily News
29 Nov 2012
It’s all about focus. The University of Dayton volleyball team has traveled 2,000 miles and three time zones away but it’s business as usual for the even-keeled Flyers ... Their focus was on the wrong thing.” ... at 8.30 p.m ... The Waves beat the Flyers in 2011 ... 16 ... The Waves concluded the regular season with back-to-back three-set wins, reaching the 20-win plateau for the 20th time in the program’s 38-year history ... 7-8. ....(size: 2.4Kb)
noodls
29 Nov 2012
Scientists from the UK, USA and Germany have unlocked key components of the genetic code of wheat - one of the world's most important crops. . The significant breakthrough should speed up development of stress-tolerant wheat varieties and enhance the crop's nutritional value ... But yields have plateaued and 2012 has been one of the worst harvests in living memory for farmers across the globe ... distributed by ... (noodl. 16777783) ....(size: 3.5Kb)
Stuff
29 Nov 2012
Gale-force winds are forecast for the region over the weekend, as Wellington endures a cold snap on the eve of Summer ... Winds of this strength had the potential to damage trees, powerlines and unsecure structures and could make driving hazardous ... Showers on the Desert Rd over the central North Island's central plateau could turn to sleet or snow near the summit, MetService said, but snow was nto expected to accumulate on the highway ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)
The Examiner
29 Nov 2012
Saint Joseph's hit 14 three-pointers on their way to a 74-55 victory over the American Eagles at Hagan Arena on Wednesday evening. Things were not always so rosy for the Hawks (4-1) however as the team struggled mightily during the majority of the first half ... Langston Galloway reached a milestone early on as he became the 50th Hawk to reach the 1000 point plateau with a three-pointer from the corner early in the 1st half ... C.J ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)
Canberra Times
29 Nov 2012
Fee increases. PASSENGERS may vote Sydney the best cruise port in the world, but a price hike for berthing charges of up to 3700 per cent by the NSW government may mean cruise companies will avoid the city ... Most stay for 12 hours, costing $3000 ... The fee will rise to $25 a passenger in 2014-15 and then $30 in 2015-16 ... ''It won't happen year one, but year two or three, growth will plateau and then fall.'' ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)
For other meanings, see Plateau (disambiguation).
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In geology and earth science, a plateau (
/pləˈtoʊ/ or /ˈplætoʊ/; plural plateaus or rarely plateaux), also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.
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Formation[link]
Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers. Magma rises from the mantle causing the ground to swell upward, in this way large, flat areas of rock are uplifted. Plateaus can also be built up by lava spreading outward from cracks and weak areas in the crust. Plateaus can also be formed by the erosional processes of glaciers on mountain ranges, leaving them sitting between the mountain ranges. Water can also erode mountains and other landforms down into plateaus.
Classification[link]
Plateaus are classified according to their surrounding environment.
- Intermontane plateaus are the highest in the world, bordered by mountains. The Tibetan Plateau is one such plateau.
- Piedmont plateaus are bordered on one side by mountains and on the other by a plain or sea.
- Continental plateaus are bordered on all sides by the plains or seas, forming away from mountains.
- Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanic activity. The Columbia Plateau in the northwestern United States of America is one such plateau.
- Dissected plateaus are highly eroded plateaus cut by rivers and broken by deep narrow valleys.
Major plateaus of the world[link]
The largest and highest plateau in the world is the Tibetan Plateau, called the "roof of the world", which is still being formed by the collisions of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates. In all, the Tibetan plateau covers an area of some 2.5 million square kilometres, approximately 5000 m above sea level. The height of this plateau is such that it is enough to reverse the Hadley cell convection cycles and to drive the monsoons of India towards the south.
The second-largest current plateau in the world is the Antarctic Plateau, which covers most of the central part of Antarctica. In that region of Antarctica, there are no known mountains, but rather 3000 meters or more of ice - which very slowly spreads toward the coastline via enormous glaciers. This ice cap is so massive that echo location sound measurements of the thickness of the ice have shown that large parts of the "dry land" surface of Antarctica have been pressed below sea level. Thus, if the icecap were somehow removed, large areas of Antarctica would be flooded by the oceans. On the other hand - more realistically - were the icecap to gradually melt away, the surface of the land beneath it would gradually rebound away from the center of the Earth, and that land would ultimately rise above sea level.
The third-largest plateau in the world is probably the one in South America that lies in the middle of the Andes Mountains. This Andean Plateau covers most of Bolivia, central Ecuador, central Peru, northern Chile and northern Argentina.
Major plateaus of North America[link]
In North America, the largest plateau is the Colorado Plateau covering an area of about 337,000 square kilometres (130,000 sq mi) in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.[1]
The Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona and southern Utah is bisected by the valley of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. How this came to be is that over 10 million years ago, a river was already there, though not necessarily on exactly the same course. Then, subterranean geological forces caused the land in that part of North America to gradually rise by about a centimeter per year for millions of years. An unusual balance occurred: the river that would become the Colorado River was able to erode into the crust of the Earth at a nearly equal rate to the uplift of the plateau. Now, millions of years later, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is at an elevation of about 2450 meters (9800 ft) above sea level, and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is about 2150 meters (8200 ft) above sea level. At its deepest, the Colorado River is about 1830 meters (6000 ft) below the level of the North Rim.
The southern edge of the plateau in northern Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim, where the elevation of the land declines steeply into central Arizona. This Mogollon Rim is located about 20 kilometers south Flagstaff, Holbrook, Winslow, and Williams, Arizona. Because of the snowy plateau and the San Francisco Mountains to its north, the Mogollon Rim area is noted for its many natural springs and artesian wells.
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- Oceanic plateau for submarine or undersea plateaux
- Altiplano
- Mesa
- Potrero
- Tuya
- Butte
- Atherton Tableland
- Chapada
- Tepuis
References[link]
- ^ Leighty, Dr. Robert D. (2001). "Colorado Plateau Physiographic Province". Contract Report. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD) Information Sciences Office. http://www.tec.army.mil/publications/ifsar/lafinal08_01/five/5.1.5_frame.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
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| Renata Przemyk | |
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 Renata Przemyk - live in Lublin, Poland |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Renata Przemyk |
| Born | (1966-02-10) February 10, 1966 (age 46) Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| Genres | rock, alternative, cold wave |
| Occupations | Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Artist |
| Associated acts | Ya Hozna |
Renata Przemyk (born February 10, 1966, in Bielsko-Biała)[1] is Polish singer and song writer. In Bielsko-Biała she attended primary and secondary school. She enjoyed her childhood together with her parents, grandmother and brothers. After finishing school, Renata moved to Katowice and began to study Czech philology at University of Śląsk.
In 1994 she moved to Cracow, and at the end of 1999 she decided to lead a quiet life in the country near Cracow, away from the fuss of a big city, which enabled her to compose, make arrangements of her own songs and bring up her daughter in a peaceful atmosphere.
Her career as a singer started when she was a teenager, by singing with local rock bands. However, she developed the real calling for music during her studies when she was inspired by the music of Tom Waits, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. As a result of it, she started a band named "Ya Hozna" in 1989.
Despite the fact, that the group lasted only for a year, they managed to release an album entitled "Ya Hozna", the album that revealed a unique and original musical style of Renata Przemyk. After her music began to catch on, she started her solo career.
As an independent artist Renata has recorded and edited the following albums: "Mało zdolna szansonistka" (1992), "Tylko kobieta" (1994), "Andergrant" (1996), "Hormon" (1999), "Blizna" (2001), "Balladyna" (2002) - soundtrack from a play directed by Jan Machulski, "The best of" (2003) - a compilation of her most interesting songs, "Unikat" (2006).
From the beginning of her artistic path, she has been accompanied by her dearest friend and manager - Anna Saraniecka, who at the same time is the author of all lyrics. Mature and wise lyrics have the same importance for Renata's songs as the music, and they are an integral part of creating the unusual nature of her work.
Most of Renata's albums were awarded with a status of "golden album" for selling over 50.000 copies. Moreover, they were nominated and awarded many times - mostly for artistic individuality.
From the beginning of her career, the singer has also won numerous awards in various festivals in which she took part, including first prize in the festival in Cracow, "Karolinka" in Opole and "Bursztynowy Slowik" in Sopot.
As an artist that connects rock sounds with poetry and theatrical performance she could perform both on the stage of a rock festival in Jarocin, and prestigious festivals of stage song that took place in Wrocław and Köln. She has given concerts in France (Normandy, Britany, Paris) and in the USA (New York) but because of the lyrics being written in her native language, she prefers to perform in front of the Polish audiences, which can fully appreciate the words and also sing the songs with her.
Although she has got many interests such as: art, cinema, 19th and 20th century literature, modern theater and drawing her own graphics, music is always the most important for her. She has cooperated with many artists but if it's for her art - she's always the only one who produces her ventures and decides about their character.
It is hard to classify her music - neither rock nor alternative nor poetry can describe what's deep inside it. She calls her music "an everlasting search for tones, sounds, emotions and climates not similar to anything that had been made before". That's why each album is different from the previous one. Nevertheless, there is always one motif in common - on every album we can hear the sound of accordion, an instrument the artist likes, despite all trends and fashions.
An individual and unique style of Renata's music has its origin in post-punk tones. However, the artist has been constantly using various instruments in her musical career. The electronic sounds were used for the first time by Renata on an album entitled "Hormon" in 1999, which at the same time was the first album composed by her. Since then she and the author of lyrics Anna Saraniecka have been the only "parents" of Renata's successes.
What is more, in voting contests by two most important Polish weeklies - Polityka and Wprost, Renata has been chosen one of the most important artists of the last century.
Discography[link]
- Ya hozna (1990)
- Mało zdolna szansonistka (1992)
- Tylko kobieta (1994)
- Andergrant (1996)
- Hormon (1999)
- Blizna (2001) POL #23[2]
- Balladyna (2002)
- The best of Renata Przemyk (2003) POL #17[3]
- Unikat (2006) POL #12[4]
- Odjazd (2009) POL #19[5]
- Panienki z temperamentem with Kayah (2010) POL #10[6]
References[link]
- ^ http://www.renataprzemyk.art.pl/english_biography.php
- ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=33&lang=
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- ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=308&lang=
- ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=548&lang=pl
- ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=620&lang=pl
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| Name | Przemyk, Renata |
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| Date of birth | February 10, 1966 |
| Place of birth | Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
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