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  2. Salvia yangii - Wikipedia

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    Salvia yangii, previously known as Perovskia atriplicifolia (/ p ə ˈ r ɒ v s k i ə æ t r ɪ p l ɪ s ɪ ˈ f oʊ l i ə /), and commonly called Russian sage, [2] is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant and subshrub. Although not previously a member of Salvia, the genus widely known as sage, since 2017 it has been included within them.

  3. Salvia subg. Perovskia - Wikipedia

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    Salvia subgenus Perovskia is a group of species within the flowering plant genus Salvia, which prior 2017 were treated as the separate genus Perovskia. [2] Members of the group are native to southwestern and central Asia.

  4. SAGE III on ISS - Wikipedia

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    The first SAGE instrument was launched on 18 February 1979, to collect data on the various gases in the atmosphere, including ozone. The data collected on SAGE I and the following instrument SAGE II, which began taking measurements in October 1984, were critical to the discovery of the Earth's ozone hole and the creation of 1987 Montreal Protocol, which banned ozone-depleting substances, such ...

  5. Water supply and sanitation in Russia - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, water supply systems had a total capacity of 90 million cubic metres a day. The average residential water use was 248 litres per capita per day. [2] One quarter of the world's fresh surface and groundwater is located in Russia. The water utilities sector is one of the largest industries in Russia serving the entire Russian population.

  6. Freshwater environmental quality parameters - Wikipedia

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    Freshwater environmental quality parameters are those chemical, physical and biological parameters that can be used to characterise a freshwater body. Because almost all water bodies are dynamic in their composition, the relevant quality parameters are typically expressed as a range of expected concentrations.

  7. Soviet–American Gallium Experiment - Wikipedia

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    SAGE was devised to measure the radio-chemical solar neutrino flux based on the inverse beta decay reaction, 71 Ga + + 71 Ge. The target for the reaction was 50-57 tonnes of liquid gallium metal stored deep (2100 meters) underground at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory in the Caucasus Mountains in Russia .

  8. Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental ...

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    Licensing of certain activities within the competence of the Service in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation; State records of surface water and maintenance of public water inventory in terms of surface water bodies; Maintenance of the Uniform State Fund data on the state of the environment and its pollution;

  9. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    Russian sage: repels wasps Rue: repels cucumber and flea beetles Sarracenia pitcher plants are especially proficient at trapping yellowjacket wasps Spearmint: repels fleas, moths, ants, beetles, rodents, [4] aphids, squash bugs, and the cabbage looper [3] Spiny amaranth: repels cutworms: Stone root: repels mosquitoes [5] Summer savory: repels ...