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Total atmospheric mass is 5.1480 × 10 18 kg (1.13494 × 10 19 lb), [42] about 2.5% less than would be inferred from the average sea-level pressure and Earth's area of 51007.2 megahectares, this portion being displaced by Earth's mountainous terrain. Atmospheric pressure is the total weight of the air above unit area at the point where the ...
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are also used to create the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes and the Internet country code top-level domains. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which may allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
[9] [10] [11] Pedology is the study of soils in their natural environment. It deals with pedogenesis , soil morphology , soil classification . Soil geography studies the spatial distribution of soils as it relates to topography , climate (water, air, temperature), soil life (micro-organisms, plants, animals) and mineral materials within soils ...
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Morehead State University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010).Read our methodology here.. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.
Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. [2]
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -30.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.”
A former co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets who spent millions on his Citibank credit card claims the bank “unceremoniously dumped” him — and his 29 million “Thank You Points” worth $300,000.