When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Naimiṣāraṇya (forest) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naimiṣāraṇya_(forest)

    The Brahmanas derive the name Naimiṣāraṇya from 'nimiṣā', "a twinkling of the eye"; hence Naimiṣāraṇya means "a forest or pool where in the twinkling of an eye sage Gauramukha destroyed an army of Asuras." Naimiṣīyā figure for the first time in the Brāhmaṇas and the Upaniṣadic Literature. These words denote the dwellers in ...

  3. Lake Manyara National Park - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manyara_National_Park

    Lake Manyara National Park is located 126 km (78 mi) south west of Arusha [8] and can be reached by car in an hour and a half. The park can also be reached from Babati the capital of Manyara Region. Lake Manyara Airport is nearby. [4] To the south, situated on the escarpment above the park, is the 35,399 ha Marang Forest Reserve.

  4. Mont-Saint-Michel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel

    1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Mont-Saint-Michel[ 3 ] (French pronunciation: [lə mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Norman: Mont Saint Miché; English: Saint Michael 's Mount) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island [ 4 ] lies ...

  5. Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia_glyptostroboides

    Hu and W.C.Cheng, 1948. Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer. It is the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. It now survives in the wild only in wet lower slopes and montane river and stream valleys ...

  6. Montmorency Forest - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmorency_Forest

    Located in the Laurentian Mountains, the Montmorency forest is drained by the Montmorency River and by one of its tributaries, the Black river. There are four lakes: Lac Piché, Bédard, Laflamme and Joncas. The altitude varies between 600 and 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) with an average of 750 meters. The predominant forest stand is the fir forest ...

  7. List of council camps (Boy Scouts of America) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_council_camps_(Boy...

    Located adjacent to the Mount Jefferson Wilderness area within the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. The camp is located south of Marion Forks, east of Oregon Route 22. Camp Tsilcoos: Renamed: In 1963 Camp Tsilcoos was renamed Camp Alton F. Baker. Camp Wallowa: Blue Mountain Council: Joseph, OR

  8. Cocoa bean - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean

    The cocoa bean, also known simply as cocoa (/ ˈkoʊ.koʊ /) or cacao (/ kəˈkaʊ /), [1] is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted. Cacao trees are native to the Amazon rainforest. They are the basis of ...

  9. Forest County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_County,_Wisconsin

    Website. www.co.forest.wi.gov. Forest County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,179. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Crandon. [ 2 ] The Forest County Potawatomi Community and the Sokaogon Chippewa Community have reservations in Forest County.