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Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2 ] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3 ]
Gerardus Mercator (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d ə s m ɜːr ˈ k eɪ t ər /; [a] [b] [c] 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) [d] was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.
Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία geōgraphía; combining gê 'Earth' and gráphō 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. [1] Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also ...
1 Preface and list of contents, lists of authorities 2 Astronomy, meteorology: II 3–6 Geography and ethnography: 7 Anthropology and human physiology: III 8–11 Zoology, including mammals, snakes, marine animals, birds, insects: IV–VII 12–27 Botany, including agriculture, horticulture, especially of the vine and olive, medicine: VIII 28–32
Weird US is a series of guide books written by various authors and published by Sterling Publishing of New York City. The series originated with Weird NJ , a magazine published by Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman that chronicles local legends and other peculiarities in New Jersey.
The Encyclopedia of Geography. National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.), United States. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency, 1981–. ISSN 0277-1527. . [5] Rand McNally Encyclopedia of World Rivers (1980), Rand McNally; Pitzl, Gerald R. (2004). Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-32010-1.
Coastal geography is the study of the dynamic interface between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, geology, and oceanography) and the human geography of the coast.
Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...