WebA sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Scorpaeniformes. As of 2006, this superfamily contains 11 families, 149 genera, and 756 species. Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, …

WebTench-class submarines were a type of submarine built for the United States Navy (USN) between 1944 and 1951. They were an improvement over the Gato and Balao classes, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a slightly improved internal layout.One of the ballast tanks was converted to carry fuel, increasing range from 11,000 …

WebThe fish family Psychrolutidae (commonly known as blobfishes, toadfishes, flathead sculpins, tadpole sculpins,) contains over 35 recognized species in 8 genera. This family consists of bottom-dwelling marine sculpins shaped like tadpoles, with large heads and bodies that taper back into small, flat tails.The skin is loosely attached and movable, and …

WebThese tests followed the Operation Sculpin series, and were the last before negotiations began for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Nuclear tests Diamond Fortune. Shot Diamond Fortune was to investigate blast flow field produced by a modern nuclear weapon. The shot was fired in a half-spherical cavity with an 11-metre (36 ft) radius, with a 4 ...

WebThe great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.It is a rare vagrant to coastal Spain, the Azores, and areas of far southern Europe.An all-white population found …

WebThe Red Deer River is a river in Alberta and a small portion of Saskatchewan, Canada.It is a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan River and is part of the larger Saskatchewan-Nelson system that empties into Hudson Bay.. Red Deer River has a total length of 724 km (450 mi) and a drainage area of 45,100 km 2 (17,400 sq mi). Its mean discharge is 70 m 3 …

WebFlathead Lake (Salish: člq̓etkʷ, Kutenai: yawuʔnik̓ ʔa·kuq̓nuk) is a large natural lake in northwest Montana.. The lake is a remnant of the ancient, massive glacial dammed lake, Lake Missoula of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake is a natural lake along the mainline of the Flathead River.It was dammed in 1930 by Kerr Dam at its outlet on Polson …

WebOperation Buster–Jangle was a series of seven (six atmospheric, one cratering) nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in late 1951 at the Nevada Test Site. Buster–Jangle was the first joint test program between the DOD (Operation Buster) and Los Alamos National Laboratories (Operation Jangle).As part of Operation Buster, 6,500 …

WebLake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw, meaning "the lake") is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m), it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City.Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes …

WebThe Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins.It is the largest sculpin family, with about 275 species in 70 genera. They are referred to simply as cottids to avoid confusion with sculpins of other families.. Cottids are distributed worldwide, especially in boreal and colder temperate climates. The center of diversity is the northern …