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  2. Glossary of wildfire terms - Wikipedia

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    A heat detection system used for fire detection, mapping, and hot spot identification. initial attack The actions taken by the first resources to arrive at a wildfire to protect lives and property and to prevent further expansion of the fire. Usually done by trained and experienced crews, and taking place immediately after size-up. interface zone

  3. Hotspot (geology) - Wikipedia

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    In geology, hotspots (or hot spots) are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle. [1] Examples include the Hawaii , Iceland , and Yellowstone hotspots .

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    device (usu. oil or gas-fired) for heating water for central heating or hot water *, "central heating boiler" (US furnace); vessel in which steam is generated; A car (1930s slang) bomb a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive ...

  5. Hotspot - Wikipedia

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    Hot spot (casting), a metal casting defect; Hot Spot (cricket), an infrared tracking system; Airport hot spots, locations where aircraft collisions with ground equipment may occur; Hotspot camp, a refugee camp that serves as an initial reception point; Pyotraumatic dermatitis (also known as hot spots), a common skin dog infection

  6. Biodiversity hotspot - Wikipedia

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    Map of the world's biodiversity hot spots, all of which are heavily threatened by habitat loss and degradation. A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation.

  7. Wi-Fi hotspot - Wikipedia

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    The public can use a laptop or other suitable portable device to access the wireless connection (usually Wi-Fi) provided.The iPass 2014 interactive map, that shows data provided by the analysts Maravedis Rethink, shows that in December 2014 there are 46,000,000 hotspots worldwide and more than 22,000,000 roamable hotspots.

  8. Yellowstone hotspot - Wikipedia

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    The eastern Snake River Plain is a topographic depression that cuts across Basin and Range Mountain structures, more or less parallel to North American Plate motion. Beneath more recent basalts are rhyolite lavas and ignimbrites that erupted as the lithosphere passed over the hotspot.

  9. East Australia hotspot - Wikipedia

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    Map of hotspots. The East Australia hotspot is marked 30 on map. View inside the crater of Mount Schank from the rim. The East Australia hotspot (which is now believed by some scientists to represent multiple hotspots including a southwestern Cosgrove hotspot) is a volcanic province in southeast Australia which includes the Peak Range in central Queensland, the Main Range on the Queensland-New ...