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"We cut over the fields at the back with him between us – straight as the crow flies – through hedge and ditch." [1] While crows do conspicuously fly alone across open country, they do not fly in especially straight lines. [3] While crows do not swoop in the air like swallows or starlings, they often circle above their nests. [3]
As the Crow Flies is a novel by Jeffrey Archer. The novel was originally published in hardback by HarperCollins in May 1991. HarperCollins and Random House both published paperback version of this book in 1992. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The length of the English mainland is delineated by the distance between Land's End and Marshall Meadows Bay in Northumberland. The distance is 556 miles (895 km) by road or 426 miles (686 km) as the crow flies. The traversal of the length of England is sometimes used to define charity events such as walks and cycle-rides.
Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
Name used in the default map caption; image = Mumbai area locator map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 19.3274 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 18.8894 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 72.7692 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 73.1165 ...
1.010 Mm – distance from San Diego to El Paso as the crow flies; 1.100 Mm – length of Italy; 1.200 Mm – length of California; 1.200 Mm – width of Texas; 1.500 Mm – length of the Gobi Desert; 1.600 Mm – length of the Namib, the oldest desert on Earth; 2.000 Mm – distance from Beijing to Hong Kong as the crow flies
The region has an area of 6,328 square kilometres (2,443 sq mi) [8] and with a population of over 26 million it is among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. [ 9 ] Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of nine municipal corporations and eight smaller municipal councils.
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]