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  • that the valveless horn, or "natural horn," was a better instrument ... ===Natural Horn=== The natural horn is the ancestor of the modern horn ...
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  • The Horn of Africa is a large extension of land that protrudes from ... In a more general way, the term "Horn of Africa" is also ...
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  • sondaicus). These are characterized by one horn (actually thickly matted hair ... and also is illegally poached for its horn and faces the threat of loss ...
    11 KB (1,596 words) - 20:50, 16 April 2023
  • The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially a small natural horn with no valves. All pitch control is done by varying ...
    10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
  • —Heb: שופר) is a horn that is used as a musical instrument for ... is usually constructed from a ram's horn, although the horns of many ...
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  • horse, but with a single—usually spiral—horn growing out of its forehead ... of a horse, with a single (usually spiral) horn growing out of its forehead ...
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  • * Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. ... Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda and the Horn of Africa, which includes ...
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  • Cape Horn island ( Kaap Hoorn ; Cabo de Hornos ; named after the city ... Cape Horn is widely considered to be the most southerly point of South ...
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  • except the trombone: the trumpet, horn (also called French horn) ... * Natural horn (no valves or slides—except tuning crooks in some cases) ...
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  • while some females also have horns. A bovid horn consists of a bony protrusion ... jpg|thumb|right|A shofar made from the horn of a kudu.]] ...
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  • desertification. Recurring droughts in the Horn of Africa have created grave ... * War over natural resources, including water and food. ...
    11 KB (1,569 words) - 09:42, 15 January 2023
  • shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn, intended to awaken the listener ... shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn, marking the beginning of ...
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  • often sought by hunters only for their horn. Four of the five species ... and the other two Asian types have a single horn. Behaviorally, it has been ...
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  • *Woodwinds: Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets ... the alto clarinet, and the baritone horn. ===Beethoven’s influence=== ...
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  • Alpaca fleece is a lustrous and silky natural fiber. While similar ... The fiber comes in more than 52 natural colors as classified in Peru ...
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  • Humans have almost completely exterminated natural populations of ... Cape and Free State (Taylor 2004). The natural populations of this species ...
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  • the Upper Yellowstone River, in the Big Horn and Absaroka Range (also Absalaga ... River, and in the river valleys of the Big Horn, Powder River, and Wind River ...
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  • (three feet) long. The front and larger horn also had a flattened shape ... rhinoceros with a single two-meter-long horn in the forehead, had a more ...
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  • ==History and natural occurrence== Sometime after its discovery around ... the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Big Horn Basin of Montana. Sodium bentonite ...
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  • Oman, United Arab Emirates), Pakistan, the Horn of Africa nations, and India ... ===Wildlife and Natural Resources=== A rich and varied aquatic habitat ...
    10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023

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