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Moreton Island |
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Moreton Island
Moreton Island satellite image
Geography
Location
Australia
Coordinates
27°10′S 153°24′ECoordinates: 27°10′S 153°24′E
Area
170 km²
Highest point
Mount Tempest
280 m
Administration
Australia
State
Queensland
LGA
Moreton Bay Regional Council
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Rogue planet |
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A rogue planet is an object which has equivalent mass to a planet and is not gravitationally bound to any star, and that therefore moves through space as an independent object. Several astronomers claim to have detected such objects (for example, S Ori 70), but those detections remain unconfirmed.
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Colorado River Drought |
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The south-western US is suffering its eighth consecutive year of drought. There are concerns that the Colorado River, which has sustained life in the area for thousands of years, can no longer meet the needs of the tens of millions of people living in major cities such as Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
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Iraq's Anbar Province |
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** Anbar is an overwhelmingly Sunni Arab region in the west of Iraq that borders Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Its capital is Ramadi. The Euphrates River flows through the largely desert province. It will be the first Sunni Arab province to be transferred to Iraqi security control. All other provi ...
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Artic Sea Ice Melt |
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Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than last year, despite a cold winter.
Data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) shows that the year began with ice covering a larger area than at the beginning of 2007.
But now it is down to levels seen last June, at the beginning of a summer ...
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How Yugoslavia Vanished |
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A REGION TRANSFORMED
Created out of the ashes of Austria-Hungary's defeat in WWI, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - changed to Yugoslavia in 1929 - was in theory a single autonomous state, but ethnic tensions were not far from the surface.
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Japan Earthquakes |
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A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 rocked rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least six people, injuring more than 200 and sending landslides sweeping down mountainous hillsides.
Following are some facts about Japan and earthquakes.
* Japan, situated on the "Ring o ...
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Changing Africa |
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The changing face of Africa
The rapid transformation of the landscape of Africa has been brought into sharp focus by the publication of an atlas by the United Nations Environment Programme.
The 400-page document, also published online, highlights major changes in each of the continent's nat ...
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2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season |
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Forecasters are predicting that the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends November 30, will be more active than usual.
The noted Colorado State University research team issued a forecast on Tuesday for 15 tropical storms and eight hurricanes, unchanged from its April predictio ...
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Category:Navigational equipment |
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Subcategories
There are 2 subcategories in this category, which are shown below. More may be shown on subsequent pages.
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Electronic navigation
S
Sonar
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