Web Sites (51 - 60 of 4698): North America

Bolivia * - The Altiplano: Lauca National Park Lauca National Park, in northern Chile. [31K] Llamas Grazing llamas, Bolivia. [75K] Bolivian village Village in the altiplano, late afternoon. [43K]
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Jaguar * - Panthera onca Endangered The Jaguar is the largest cat native to the Western Hemisphere. Ranging from central Patagonia in South America, it has, on occasion, been found as far north as the southern United States. In size and marking it looks v...
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Reform Judaism * - Reform Judaism took root in North America more than 130 years ago under the leadership of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, one of several European rabbis who brought the changes in Judaism occurring in Europe to these shores. Reform Judaism is now the largest Jewi...
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Surface Observations * - The surface meteorological charts above depict the current surface conditions at chosen sites across North America.
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John Mitchell's Map * - John Mitchell's Map An Irony of Empire Being the promotion and dissolution of British power in North America, charted upon the red line map, 1755-1898; as remarked on the occasion of Patriot's Day in the State of Maine and the Commonwealth of Massachuset...
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Hieros Gamos - The Law and Government Portal * - FrontPage Frames Wizard; use the Open or Open With option from the FrontPage Explorer's edit menu. This page must be saved to a web before you can edit it with the Frames Wizard. Browsers that don't
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Trumpeter Swan * - Cygnus buccinator By the end of the nineteenth century, the trumpeter swan was nearly extinct in North America. Today, some 3,000 of these birds nest in Alaska, and winter in coastal lakes and rivers in British Columbia as far south as Vancouver I...
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Potato Production Guide for Commercial Producers * - The potato is a member of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) and originated in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes of South America. Related plants in the nightshade family include peppers, eggplants and tomatoes, and weeds like hairy nightshade and black nig...
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Terrestrial Mammals of the Arctic * - The total number of species of land mammals occurring in the Arctic is 48 (Appendix 2 shows their distribution in the Soviet Union, North America and Greenland). The nomenclature used here follows Corbet (1978) for the Soviet Union (with minor chages as i...
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Box Turtle Conservation - Box turtles are the only terrestrial turtle found in the state of North Carolina and are common around Davidson College. They are amazing animals that play an important role in the ecosystems of eastern North America. Unfortunately, the habits and life hi...
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