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Brush hog. A bush hog or "brush hog" is a type of rotary mower. Typically these mowers are designed to be towed behind a farm tractor using the three-point hitch and are driven via the power take-off (PTO). It has blades that are not rigidly attached to the drive like a lawnmower blade, but are on hinges so if the blade hits a rock or stump, it ...
Vigna subterranea (common names: Bambara groundnut, Bambara nut, [ 2 ]Bambara bean, [ 3 ]manicongo, [ 4 ]Congo goober, [ 2 ]earth pea, [ 5 ]ground-bean, [ 2 ] or hog-peanut[ 2 ]) is a member of the family Fabaceae. Its name is derived from the Bambara ethnic group. [ 6 ] The plant originated in West Africa. As a food and source of income, the ...
Description. Adult bushpigs stand from 66 to 100 cm (26 to 39 in) at the shoulder, [4] and mature boars can reach a weight of 150 kg (330 lb), although 60 to 80 kg (130 to 180 lb) is more common. [4][5] Sows are 45 to 70 kg (99 to 154 lb). [5] They resemble the domestic pig, and can be identified by their pointed, tufted ears and face mask.
The giant forest hog is, on average, the largest living species of suid. Adults can measure from 1.3 to 2.1 m (4 ft 3 in to 6 ft 11 in) in head-and-body length, with an additional tail length of 25 to 45 cm (9.8 to 17.7 in). Adults stand 0.75 to 1.1 m (2 ft 6 in to 3 ft 7 in) in height at the shoulder, and can weigh from 100 to 275 kg (220 to ...
Bush pump. The bush pump, also known as the Zimbabwe bush pump, is a positive displacement pump based on lever action [1] used to extract water from a bore hole well. It is the standard hand pump in Zimbabwe, and is used in Zimbabwe and Namibia. There are approximately 40 000 pumps (2009) [2] in Zimbabwe, and annually about 3000 pumps are ...
Power shovels are a type of rope/cable excavator, where the digging arm is controlled and powered by winches and steel ropes, rather than hydraulics like in the modern hydraulic excavators. Basic parts of a power shovel include the track system, cabin, cables, rack, stick, boom foot-pin, saddle block, boom, boom point sheaves and bucket.
In geology and geomorphology, a hogback or hog's back is a long, narrow ridge or a series of hills with a narrow crest and steep slopes of nearly equal inclination on both flanks. Typically, the term is restricted to a ridge created by the differential erosion of outcropping , steeply dipping (greater than 30–40°), homoclinal , and typically ...
Larrea tridentatais an evergreenshrubgrowing to 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft) tall, rarely 4 m (13 ft). The light gray stems of the plant bear resinous, dark green leaveswith two oppositelanceolateleaflets joined at the base, with a deciduous awnbetween them, each leaflet 7 to 18 mm (1⁄4to 11⁄16 in) long and 4 to 8.5 mm (5⁄32to 11⁄32 in) broad.