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TROPICAL CYCLONE — Severe atmospheric disturbance in tropical oceans. Tropical cyclones have very low atmospheric pressures in the calm, clear centre (the eye) …
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WIND — I. ˈwind, chiefly poetic ˈwīnd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wind, winde, from Old English …
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WEATHER FORECASTING
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WEATHER — state of the atmosphere at a particular place during a short period of time. It involves such atmospheric phenomena as …
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TROPICAL CYCLONE — severe atmospheric disturbance in the tropical oceans between latitudes of approximately 5 and 30 in both hemispheres. These storms are …
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FAMINE — extreme and protracted shortage of food, causing widespread and persistent hunger, emaciation of the affected population, and a substantial increase …
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EDDY — fluid current whose flow direction differs from that of the general flow; the motion of the whole fluid is the …
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CAY — also spelled Key, small, low island, usually sandy, situated on a coral reef platform. Such islands are commonly referred to …
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CANTON — political subdivision in France, Switzerland, and other European countries. In France the canton, a subdivision of the arrondissement, is a …
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YOKOHAMA — city and port, capital of Kanagawa ken (prefecture), Japan, and part of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area, which is the largest …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: EARTH-AND-SPACE-SCIENCES — Earth Sciences Geology and Geochemistry In 2000 J.L. Kirschvink (California Institute of Technology) published a novel report (with six coauthors …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: ARCHITECTURE
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: EARTH-AND-SPACE-SCIENCES — ASTRONOMY The year 1995 presented astronomers with another set of exciting discoveries. As insights into cometary dynamics and gas-planet atmospheric …
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WAKAYAMA — ken (prefecture), south-central Honshu, Japan. It occupies the Kii Peninsula, which faces the Kii Strait (west) and the Pacific Ocean …
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URDANETA, ANDRS DE — born 1498, Villafranca de Oria, Spain died June 3, 1568, Mexico City navigator and monk whose discovery of a favourable …
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TYPHON
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TOKYO — formerly (until 1868) Edo, city and capital of Tokyo to (metropolis) and of Japan. It is located at the head …
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TAIWAN STRAIT — also called Formosa Strait, Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ai-wan Hai-hsia, or (Pinyin) Taiwan Haixia, arm of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles (160 …
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SWATOW — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Shan-t'ou, or (Pinyin) Shantou, city in eastern Kwangtung sheng (province), southern China. Swatow lies on the coast of …
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SAMAR — island in the east-central part of the Philippines, the third largest (after Luzon and Mindanao). One of the Visayas group, …
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RYUKYU ISLANDS — also called Nansei Islands, Japanese Ryukyu-Shoto, or Nansei-Shoto, Ryukyuan Okinawa archipelago, extending almost 400 miles (650 km) southwest from Kyushu, …
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PHILIPPINES, FLAG OF THE — national flag consisting of horizontal stripes of blue and red with a white hoist triangle incorporating a golden sun and …
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PHILIPPINE SEA — section of the western North Pacific Ocean, lying east and north of the Philippines. The floor of this portion of …
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OSAKA — city and capital of Osaka fu (urban prefecture), south-central Honshu, Japan. The city, together with its neighbouring city Kobe and …
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MINAMI-TORI ISLAND — Japanese Minami-tori-shima, also called Marcus Island coral atoll rising to 204 feet (62 m), in the central Pacific Ocean, 700 …
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MICRONESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of those Pacific Islands grouped as Micronesia. The islands include Kiribati (formerly …
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MICRONESIA — officially Federated States of Micronesia, country in the western Pacific Ocean. It is composed of more than 600 islands and …
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LEGASPI — also spelled Legazpi, chartered city, capital of Albay province, southeastern Luzon, Philippines, near an inlet on Albay Gulf. Founded c. …
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KOBE — city and capital of Hyogo ken (prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. Kobe, its neighbouring city Osaka, and nearby Kyoto are the …
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KII PENINSULA — Japanese Kii-hanto, peninsula of southern Honshu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean (east and south) and the Kii Strait and the …
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CHINA SEA
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