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A dry line (also called a dew point line, or Marfa front, after Marfa, Texas) [1] is a line across a continent that separates moist air and dry air. One of the most prominent examples of such a separation occurs in central North America , especially Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, where the moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets dry air from the ...
The line down the middle of this 1911 map is the prime meridian, shown passing through Greenwich. Saxavord and Balta at the top of the map are in the Shetland Islands, the most northerly parts of Scotland and the United Kingdom. Shetland lies 1° W of the prime meridian.
A flat or very gently sloping area on the floor of a deep ocean basin. absolute dating The process of determining a specific date (in years or some other unit of time) for an archaeological, geological or paleontological site or artifact. accident A sudden discontinuity of ground, such as a fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ...
This set of maps shows you how all of the rooms are connected in the game, and where to find the special tasks, puzzles, games and searchable locations. Special Mystery Case Files: Return to ...
A map projection in which all bearings are laid off correctly from the centerpoint of the map, so that all points on the map are true in distance and direction from the center. [4] Aztecs A Mesoamerican civilization that flourised between 1300-1521. They spoke Nahuatl, believed in a polytheistic religion, and were organized in city-states.
Map of Honey Lake watershed. The lake received its name from the honeydew produced by the abundant aphids inhabiting the area. [7]During the Pleistocene, Honey Lake and the entire Honey Lake Valley were part of Lake Lahontan in western Nevada, with a lake water level of 1,332 m (4,370 ft) [8] a level of approximately 115 m (377 ft) higher than the 1984 level of Honey Lake. [1]
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Initially there was a loop serving dries 1 and 2, with a line extending back then diverging to give access to dries 3 to 6 which were set back further from the main running line. The first part of the loop by dries 3-6 and associated access, including the facing point, were removed between 1920 and 1922, at which time the loop to dries 1 and 2 ...