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making it feasible to study the element's chemical properties. The isotope ... the determination of some of the element's properties. Curium-244 can ...

* Svir River from Lake Onega (south-east, discharge: 790 m³/s); * Volkhov River from Lake Ilmen (south, discharge: 580 m³/s); ...

It constitutes about 38 parts per million (ppm) of the Earth’s crust. ... ones are 150Nd, with a half-life (T½) of >1.1×1019 years; 144Nd, with ...

element. Rose was unaware of Hatchett's work and gave the element a ... Cyclic N-acyliminium Ion Derived from (S)-malic acid." J. Braz ...

northern hemisphere (Boreal). The world's largest wetlands are the bogs ... bogs cover the northern areas of the U.S. states of Minnesota and Michigan ...

controlled South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). Namibia ... president. SWAPO is still the country's largest party, winning fifty ...

Resembling in shape a figurehead on a ship's prow, the Sultanate ... 3,000 meters. They afford the country's only moderate temperatures ...

formed within two branches of Africa's Great Rift Valley. ... because of its position in the continent's interior and for the suffering ...

in Benin is hot and humid. The country's elevation varies little from ... The core of the nation's economic, political, and cultural life ...

Army officers dissatisfied with Nkrumah's dictatorial ways deposed him ... forts along the coastline of today's Ghana provided departure points ...

economy, closely tied to South Africa's, is dominated by mining (especially ... citizens of Botswana, remain the country's major ethnic group today. Prior ...

Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. Africa's oldest republic, Liberia had ... a recurrent theme in the country's subsequent history, therefore ...

formerly known as French Guinea. Guinea's territory has a curved shape ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...

New Zealand's total land area, nearly 270,000 km², is about ... New Zealand's landscape ranges from the fjord-like sounds of ...

flows to the southwest, is the country's only river to flow year-round ... The country's game preserves - the most important of which are ...

Africa. It is one of sub-Saharan Africa's most densely populated countries ... obtain independence. A growing European and U.S.-educated African elite became ...

Mozambique remains one of the world's least developed countries. ... Mozambique's first inhabitants were San hunters and gatherers ...

and suffered hyperinflation. With Mugabe's resignation in November 2017 ... 1975), and the Zimbabwe African People's Union, led by Joshua Nkomo ...

to economic development include the CAR's landlocked position, a poor ... or rolling plateaus savanna, typically about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea ...

sea level. Most of the country is less than 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea ... world, generating nearly all of Paraguay's demand for electricity. Another ...

Despite the Ivorian government's ruling, "Ivory Coast" ... * The Guardian newspaper's Style Guide says: "Ivory Coast ...

unique in the world; it contains Africa's highest and lowest points, ... Northern Tanganyika's famed Olduvai Gorge has provided rich evidence ...

to which Algeria, long the Polisario's patron, would influence such ... up toward the end of Francisco Franco's rule, and in combination with ...

and the Middle East. Although Suriname's population remains relatively ... covering about 80 percent of Suriname's land surface. ...

It is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the north ... southwest. There are over 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) of coastline. ...

and largest city in Nairobi. Kenya's territory lies on the equator ... Kenya's location on the eastern coast of Africa and central highlands ...

was due to foreign investment in Zambia's mining sector and higher copper ... Rhodesia developed into one of the world's leading producers of copper. ...

for just under half of the country's total surface area, though ... the Galápagos Islands, some 620 miles (1,000 km) west of the mainland ...

Today, Iceland is a highly developed country, the world's fifth ... small island of Grímsey, off Iceland's northern coast, lies atop the ...

western sections of the Sea. Its coastline is 1,148 kilometers in length. In ... of Tunisia, the land reaches elevations of 1,050 meters. The Sahil is a ...

significantly reduced the government's role in the economy, encouraged ... River, which at 741 feet is the world's highest single-drop waterfall ...

approximately two percent of adult men and 1.5 percent of adult women. ... square kilometers) Thailand is the world's forty-ninth-largest country ...

expedition along the northwestern coast's Gulf of Venezuela. On reaching ... Martín Fernández de Enciso, a member of Vespucci and de Ojeda's ...

relatively stable since 1996, Guatemala's recent history has been plagued ... Guatemala is about the size of the U.S. state of Tennessee. About ...

Paul Biya, and his Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, and corruption ... of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight ...

the east, where Mount Bintumani rises to 6,390 feet (1,948 m). ... next to Sierra Leone Harbor, the world's third largest natural harbor ...

sits North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), which declared ... South Korea is also one of the world's most technologically advanced ...

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked ... The country's name in the Lao language is "Muang Lao." ...

Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations ... The Pacific Ocean forms the country's entire western border, ...

is the home of five percent of the world's plant and animal species, 80 ... power through trade with Madagascar's Indian Ocean neighbors, notably ...

its highest point, the Halti at 4,357 feet (1,328 meters), is found in the ... since the last ice age, the country's area is growing by about 2 ...

from 1998-2000 still simmers. Eritrea's government has been accused ... Its area is approximately that of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, though ...

has a very elongated shape; the country's extensive coastline along the ... 15,535 miles (25,000 km). Norway shares a 1,580 mile (2,542 km) land border ...

filament. Power ratings range from about 0.1 watt to about 10,000 watts, and up. ... The most significant feature of Swan's lamp was that there was little ...

up and rebirth. In this, Uzbekistan's good relationship with other ... is approximately the size of Morocco or the U.S. state of California and is ...

to the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the southeast. ... is about the same size as the state of the U.S. state of Nebraska, with a ...

(207,600 sq km), slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Kansas. It is landlocked ... Belarus's natural resources include peat deposits, small quantities ...

by area, or slightly larger than the U.S. state of Arizona. ... The busy port of Manila, on the country’s largest island of Luzon ...

its landscapes and for having the world's largest artistic patrimony; ... drained by the Po River—which is Italy's biggest river with 652 km—and ...

federation. Following the end of the TFG's interim mandate the same month ... Africa's easternmost country, Somalia is slightly smaller than ...

France ranks among the world's most influential centers of cultural ... France's natural resources includes coal, iron ore, bauxite, ...

border with Afghanistan, and Tajikistan's mountains are the major source ... Most of Tajikistan's lakes are of glacial origin and are located ...

kilometers), slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Delaware. The terrain ... are the main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers. ...

in cotton, Turkmenistan is in the world's top 10-15 producers. It also ... kilometers), Turkmenistan is the world's 52nd-largest country. It is ...

meeting point of two continents, Turkey's culture has a unique blend ... Turkey's area, including lakes, occupies 300,948 square miles ...

governed by the Baath Party, and Syria's president in 2007 was Bashar ... plateau. Fertile land is the nation's most important natural resource ...

Iraq was known in ancient times as Mesopotamia, the world's first ... that up to 90 percent of the country's oil resources remain unexplored. ...

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... Soviet-back communist Democratic People's Republic in 1948. It is now ...

The country's name is derived from "Nicarao," the name ... Ronald Reagan, concerned by Nicaragua's close relationship with the ...

With a population decline of 1.5 million since 1989, Bulgaria faces ... The Danube is Bulgaria's main river. Other major rivers include ...

exclave, to the north. The country's total area is 120,728 square ... Poland’s territory extends across five geographical regions. In ...

independent again after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. ... Ukraine's culture has unique art, architecture, cuisine, dance ...

Greece's climate is divided into three classes: * A Mediterranean ... in the seas around Greece, while Greece's forests provide home to brown ...

mountainous, and many are volcanic; Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, ... countries of China and Korea. Japan's cultural development has been ...

England ranks among the world's most influential centers of cultural ... The Kingdom of England was a separate state until May 1, 1707, when ...

Spain's history includes long periods of religious struggle involving ... to function highly independently. Spain's decentralized government operates ...

is a modern great power, the world's third largest economy, and ... to become the European Union's most populous and most economically ...

almost a quarter of the world's land surface. It is a developed ... Britain was the world's foremost power during the nineteenth ...