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Minyip is a town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, 320 kilometres (199 mi) north west of Melbourne. It is in the Shire of Yarriambiack local government area. At the 2016 census , Minyip had a population of 524.
The World Ocean. For example, the Law of the Sea states that all of the World Ocean is "sea", [8] [9] [10] [b] and this is also common usage for "the sea". Any large body of water with "Sea" in the name, including lakes. River – a narrow strip of water that flows over land from a higher elevation to a lower one
Located on the plains of north-western Victoria, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the city of Horsham, it consists of 99 wind turbines with a maximum tip height of 220m. The project is expected to produce more than 1800 GWh annually, enough electricity to power about 420,000 average Victorian homes each year, displacing up to 1.7 ...
Located in the northern Wimmera region, Sheep Hills is 271 km north-west of Melbourne. [3] The locality is situated on the railway line south-east of Warracknabeal, north of Minyip. [4] The original inhabitants of the area around Sheep Hills were the Wotjobaluk, an Aboriginal Australian people. [5]
After 1244, Jenin flourished economically because of its location on the trade route, until a major earthquake completely destroyed the city. Hama: Levant Syria: c. 2400 BC [84] Erbil: Mesopotamia Iraq: c. 2300 BC [85] The Citadel of Erbil is a fortified settlement in Erbil, Iraq. The city corresponds to the ancient Assyrian city of Arbela.
Binagadi asphalt lake – cluster of tar pits located 1 km southeast from Binagadi settlement, near Hirda-Girrar hillock in urban Baku, Azerbaijan.Fossils from the species of 41 species of mammals, 110 species of birds, 2 reptiles, 1 amphibian and 107 insects recovered from the pits are on display at the Baku Natural-Historical Museum.
World Area Code (WAC) WAC Sequence ID2 WAC Name World area name Country short name Country type Capital Sovereignty Country ISO code State code FIPS code Start date End date Comments Is active 1 101 Alaska United States (Includes territories and possessions) United States Independent State in the World Washington, DC US AK 02 1950-01-01
Additionally, the location which receives the highest average annual rainfall in Australia is Babinda in Queensland with an annual average of 4,279.4 millimetres (168.5 in). [98] Cold ocean currents off the coast of Western Australia result in little evaporation occurring. Hence, rain clouds are sparsely formed and rarely do they form long ...