The Country Quiz Drainage 1 of 2 Han River, South KoreaRock cliffs along the Han River in North Chungcheong province, South Korea. 2 of 2 Geum River, South KoreaDaecheong Dam on the Geum River, west-central South Korea. South Korea’s three principal rivers, the Han, Geum, and Nakdong...
(Placename) the capital of Russia and of the Moscow Autonomous Region, on the Moskva River: dates from the 11th century; capital of the grand duchy of Russia from 1547 to 1712; capital of the Soviet Union 1918–91; centres on the medieval Kremlin; chief political, cultural, and industrial...
With the exception of some forestry activities, the region’s main economic value is for recreation. A large part of it has been designated as a wilderness preserve by the state. St. Lawrence RiverPassenger ship near source of St. Lawrence River at Lake Ontario.(more) The St. Lawrence ...
We are connecting on Native Land. The Capital Region sits at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers on the traditional lands of the people of the Delaware, Mohawk Haudenosaunee, and Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohicans. The Capital Region Transportation Council recognizes that we l...
Strolling across the Santiago Calatrava-designed Trinity Footbridge on a sun-dappled afternoon, voluminous clouds scudding across the horizon and the white lines of the bridge glinting like the strings of a harp over the River Irwell, the sense of renewal in this city is...
The area of the Yellow River Wetland Park in Yinchuan,capital of Ningxia Hui autonomous region,was once a place local people avoided:the waste water caused awful smells and almost nograss could grow on the land. Now,the park has not only become a popular destination for locals to take a ...
Treaties forced tribes to reservations in Oklahoma and Montana, however, an 1877 agreement allowed the Arapaho and Shoshone to share land on the Wind River Reservation in Fort Washakie, which remains the state’s only Indian reservation. Statehood and Women’s Suffrage History Shorts: The ...
The integrated eco-environment assessment of the red soil hilly region based on GIS—A case study in Changsha City, China The development of remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) provides an effective means for studies of regional eco-environmental change... ZW Li,GM Zeng...
Prague lies in the temperate climate region of the northern hemisphere of the Earth, thus theclimate is mild,with average temperatures a bit higher than other locations of the same geographical latitude. Find more information on theweather in Prague here. ...
On 26 November, the U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, and his wife, Ms. Elizabeth Baylies, hosted the latest Ambassadors for Nature event at their residence. Entitled “Unexpected Biodiversity of Beijing”, the centrepiece was a lecture by Peking University Professor Luo Shu-Jin about...