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Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica.These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed territories; however, a number of such facilities are located outside of the area claimed by their ...
A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita ' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique (' opposite to the Arctic ') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus (' opposite to the north ').
The boundaries drawn were, however, quite varied. In 1931, Robert Gradmann called the Central Black Forest the catchment area of the Kinzig and in the west the section up to the lower Elz and Kinzig tributary of the Gutach. [9] A pragmatic division, which is oriented not just on natural and cultural regions, uses the most important transverse ...
A tree house in the park of the Château de Langeais in the Loire Valley, France. A tree house, tree fort or treeshed, is a platform or building constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level. Tree houses can be used for recreation, work space, habitation, a hangout space and ...
These trees, with heights of up to 30 metres (98 feet), grow so densely that no other plants can grow beneath them. The island's dense foliage looks dark from when viewed above. This gives the island the appearance of a mysterious black hole when seen on Google Earth which generated speculation in 2021, leading to many to believe that the ...
In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area. [1] [need quotation to verify] In 2020, the world had a total forest area of 4.06 billion ha, which was 31 percent of the total land area.
The Eagle River (and Chugiak) area was settled by homesteaders and prospered on agricultural activities. The name Eagle River was first reported in 1939 by the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Eagle River post office was established in 1961. In 1964, the state legislature first divided the state into seven boroughs.
In February 2010 the Canadian government established protection for 5,300 square miles (14,000 km 2) of boreal forest by creating a new reserve of 4,100 square miles (11,000 km 2) in the Mealy Mountains area of eastern Canada and a waterway provincial park of 1,200 square miles (3,100 km 2) that follows alongside the Eagle River from headwaters ...