Web13-10-2013 · But think about this: In the 1400s and 1500s, their daring and navigational skill made little Portugal -- smaller than the state of Indiana -- the first global sea power. And very rich. How it ...

WebEarth's mountain-building machinery formed the Black Sea basin several million years ago. Large-scale movements of the Earth's crust uplifted the mountain ranges that divided the ancient Tethys Ocean into several water basins, such as the Paratethys Ocean.The megalake of the late Miocene was probably the largest lake in Earth's history and …

WebEthiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to …

Web10-05-2022 · Uzbekistan is a country South-Central Asia and borders of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It is doubly landlocked, but includes the southern shoreline of the Aral Sea. The country has a rich history, being in the middle of the Silk Road and has many Soviet-era architecture.

WebSome geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries.. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are mainland Europe and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each …

Web20-11-2022 · As a kid growing up in landlocked Worthington, Ohio, sea ducks were the stuff of pipe dreams. Smitten with birds since about the age of 8, but with limited mobility in those earlier years, I read ...

WebWhite sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes.They are an anadromous fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, California.However, some are landlocked in the Columbia River Drainage, Montana, and Lake Shasta in California, …

WebThe IGFA maintains the World Records for all species of game fish. You cans earch all IGFA World Records for freshwater and saltwater fishes.

WebThe Republic of Austria, commonly just Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state.A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, …

WebCentral Asia is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, which are colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as the …