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This page features a list of biogeographic provinces that were developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975, [1] [2] later modified by other authors. [according to whom?] Biogeographic Province is a biotic subdivision of biogeographic realms subdivided into ecoregions, which are classified based on their biomes or habitat types and, on this page, correspond to the floristic kingdoms of botany.
The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range.The desert is a geographical region that largely overlaps the Great Basin shrub steppe defined by the World Wildlife Fund, and the Central Basin and Range ecoregion defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and United States Geological Survey.
Desert Aire is located near the southwest corner of Grant County at (46.685121, -119.924811), [4] on the east bank of the Columbia River where it is part of Priest Rapids Washington State Route 243 forms the eastern edge of the CDP; the highway leads north 5 miles (8 km) to Mattawa and 20 miles (32 km) to Interstate 90 across the Columbia River ...
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [9]
The seismically active southern end of the Taupō Rift beyond Mount Ruapehu has a number of mainly east to west orientated termination faults where the western wall Raurimu Fault and eastern wall Rangipo Fault (Desert Road Fault) terminate in the Ruapehu Graben, of the central North Island of New Zealand. [3]
Das Island airport is the only airport on the island, and the runway was expanded and relocated in 2018. Das Island is a noted breeding site for turtles and seabirds . Despite oil and gas production, turtles still feed safely in the area and Das Island has remained an important landfall for migrant animals.
A planned artificial desert river, swimming pools and golf courses raised concerns among environmentalists. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Critics oppose those plans, calling instead for an inclusive plan for the green vitalization of existing population centers, investment in Bedouin villages, clean-up of toxic industries and development of job options for the ...
AIAN (for American Indian and Alaska Native Resources [1]) is an abbreviation used by the United States Census Bureau to count population within the Native American and Alaska Natives areas within the United States.