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- (also known as Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean see Kiribati. ... in the Indian Ocean, 1645 miles (2650 km) northwest of Perth in Western Australia ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- November to March is the wet season—the northwest monsoon—which is typically ... the most important battles fought in the Pacific theater. ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- were allowed to return to the Pacific Northwest, although many, including ... Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest. Boston: Mariner, 1997 ...16 KB (2,627 words) - 15:25, 10 December 2023
- |Region = Asia-Pacific |Year = 2001 |Session = 25th ... and a relief of the Hindu trinity to the northwest. Kumar, Encyclopaedia ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- Business Machines (IBM)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ... position of Battelle Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. ...24 KB (3,447 words) - 10:15, 28 September 2023
- | Region = Asia-Pacific | Year = 2004 | Session = ... Wu Nu Shan situates in the northeast of Huanren County and the northwest ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- south of the taiga, such as in the Pacific Northwest of North America, but ... temperate forest, or more locally (on the Pacific Ocean coasts of North America ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:48, 27 February 2023
- Libraries Digital Collections – Pacific Northwest Sheet Music Collection] This collection contains historical sheet music from and about Washington ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- *Clark, Ella E. 2003. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0520239261 *Opler, Morris E ...11 KB (1,808 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
- * Indo-Pacific gecko, Hemidactylus garnotii — Also known as a fox ... Native to southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 06:31, 18 April 2024
- sought to reclassify the Pacific Northwest seaboard as a different climate from California, and New England from the Gulf Coast. The Holdridge ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 08:03, 23 January 2023
- are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Their name for themselves ... in almost any other language. Like other Northwest Coast peoples, the Tlingit ...47 KB (7,545 words) - 03:50, 1 May 2023
- expedition led by Donald McKenzie of the Northwest Company. However, other ... range, providing a shortcut to the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:45, 19 September 2021
- millions of years. The slow drift of the Pacific Plate will eventually carry ... remains in a fixed position, while the Pacific Plate drifts over it at ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- result of its scenic location between the Pacific Ocean and B.C.'s coastal ... at UBC is a leading museum of Pacific Northwest Coast First Nations ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located 128 ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in ... (523,865 km²) and a width between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- small. The largest is Chechen, in the northwest, followed by Tyuleny, Morskoy ... which connected to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans fifty to sixty million ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to the Pacific Coast. ... War for a decade, during which time the Northwest was growing wealthier and ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- inhabited island group in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is ... northwest is Yosemite Rock. Podesta Island reported further west is ...22 KB (3,070 words) - 05:59, 10 May 2024
- The State of Idaho is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city, and capital, is ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- California on the west, Oregon to the northwest, and Idaho to the northeast. ... Monsoon will cause summer thunderstorms; Pacific storms may blanket the area ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- Guinea drifted north, it collided with the Pacific Plate as well as a number ... systems that drain in roughly northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest ...29 KB (4,293 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2023
- The Burke Musem in Seattle, Washington, displays many Pacific Northwest Indian artifacts. Some of the museum's research-related focus is ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 17:39, 16 August 2023
- Valley of Flowers National Park to the northwest, UNESCO designated the ... A 13-person team climbed a difficult new route, the northwest buttress ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2022
- The Canadian Pacific Railway was instrumental in Banff's early ... The Canadian Rockies consist of several northwest-southeast trending ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north ... Columbia (west), Saskatchewan (east), Northwest Territories (north), and ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- *Columbia River Gorge in the Pacific Northwest of America. *Cotahuasi Canyon along the Cotahuasi River in Arequipa, Peru, the deepest canyon in ...14 KB (2,019 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- several front-line fighter units from Pacific war zones for homeland defense ... 1943 became commanding general of the Northwest African Strategic Air Forces ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- corner, at 3,125 feet (952 m). In the northwest are the Absaroka, Owl Creek ... The Teton Range in the northwest extends for 50 miles (80 km) and ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- southeast of San Francisco and 20 miles northwest of San Jose in Stanford ... Boulevard, and Sand Hill Road, in the northwest part of the Santa Clara ...29 KB (4,059 words) - 19:49, 9 February 2023
- is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the ... and up the Rio Grande and then down the Pacific coast to Sinaloa, Mexico ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- | Region = Asia-Pacific | Year = 1999 | Session = 23rd ... against the inflow of cold air from the northwest and retain warm moist air ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- in the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, and after defending ... During this period, Boas made five more trips to the Pacific Northwest ...37 KB (5,468 words) - 05:16, 9 April 2024
- American expansion and settlement into the Old Northwest. ... The Americans destroyed the power of the native people of the Northwest ...42 KB (6,479 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- (8,983 square kilometers), mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming. The ... and northern Mexico and some areas of the Pacific Coast. The eruption left ...33 KB (5,106 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- The northwest corner of the state is part of the Chicago metropolitan ... Indiana, roughly demarcates suburban northwest Indiana from the rest of ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- scandal, this scandal involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit ... on April 5, 1879, known as the War of the Pacific. In January 1881, Chile ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 21:14, 20 March 2024
- from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward ... the North-Western Territory to form the Northwest Territories, where Métis ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- Cards: What About Porcupines?"] Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Category:Life sciences Category:Animals Category:MammalsCategory:Rodents ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 04:07, 26 November 2022
- River (now mostly built over), which runs northwest to southeast. The city ... During the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), Bolivia lost its seacoast ...25 KB (3,650 words) - 05:31, 4 March 2023
- the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Panama ... both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia ...42 KB (6,441 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- New Zealand is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific ... most of the remainder are of Asian and Pacific Island origin. British migrants ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 18:04, 25 July 2023
- 8-75 km (5-47 miles) in width along the Pacific coast of the United States ... of western and southern Europe, the Pacific Northwest of North America north ...28 KB (4,391 words) - 18:22, 27 July 2022
- North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin ... After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, a new fast tempo Northwest ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in ... With a tropical climate and prevailing winds from the northwest, one ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- central boundary, Prospect Peak in the northwest corner, and Raker Peak ... and lake margins provide habitat for the Pacific tree frog, Western terrestrial ...22 KB (3,291 words) - 17:48, 25 October 2022
- is located about 400 miles (640km) northwest of Darwin, Australia. ... who later colonized the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Lastly, proto-Malays ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- * Pacific Northwest * Southeast * Southern California * Texas ===Membership=== The MLA offers membership on a yearly basis. Costs vary depending ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- is in use in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, in which the combine is retrofitted with a hydraulic sidehill leveling ...16 KB (2,512 words) - 00:04, 8 January 2024
- Central Highlands area, 165 km (102 mi) northwest of the capital city, Hobart ... Walls Of Jerusalem National Park is located 144 km (90 mi) northwest ...24 KB (3,392 words) - 04:34, 27 February 2023
- ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... events that opened the Gulf of Aden to its northwest. The archipelago ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- the South China Sea linking the Indian and Pacific oceans. ... the Philippines), and the islands off the northwest tip of Borneo. The sultanate ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- genus of astacid crayfish is found in the Pacific Northwest and the headwaters of some rivers east of the Continental Divide. Cambaroides is native ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- type include the Haida and Tlingit of the Pacific Northwest, whose societies are based on moiety lineages. Haida society is divided into two groupings ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- from Nanjing to the present location of northwest Beijing, selected the site ... Qīng dōnglíng), located 125 kilometers northwest of Beijing, stand as one ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- lush forests, lakes and rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Large game such as ... of Indigenous cultures along the Pacific Northwest coast of North America ...60 KB (8,901 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- from the main portion of the hotel along Pacific Avenue. ... 10.40 percent Asian, 0.06 percent Pacific Islander, 13.76 percent ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- de Balboa to all lands touching the Pacific Ocean, the Spanish rapidly ... the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the west coast ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- and Settlement on the North American Pacific Rim (University of Chicago ... "reserves" were located in the Northwest Territories: Saskathewan ...38 KB (5,415 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- Alaska, and the Alutiiq (Sug'piak or Pacific Eskimo) of southcentral ... and Alaska and Arctic coasts of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec ...45 KB (6,702 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- Lake Pleasant Regional Park is located in Northwest Phoenix. ... Winter storms moving inland from the Pacific Ocean occasionally produce ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- the House in language modeled after the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: ... #039; simply be extended west to the Pacific. This was voted down 89 ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- Caribbean Sea, bordered by Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west ... Belize is the only country in Central America without a Pacific coastline ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 11:57, 9 May 2024
- cfm?uid=019ADDOR0003269U00000000 Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections] ... * Ratnaghar Chaitya - Northwest of the Temple, this small prayer hall ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- * The Columbia River, the principal river of the Pacific Northwest United States * The Congo, the principal river of central Africa ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- dance were present throughout much of the Pacific Northwest including the Columbia plateau (a region including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts ...15 KB (2,439 words) - 18:46, 8 December 2022
- marine sediments until rifting opened the Pacific Ocean. Additional sedimentation ... is five mountain ranges removed from the Pacific Ocean. Three of these are ...35 KB (5,565 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- |Region = Asia-Pacific |Year = 1982 |Session = 6th ... strategically situated with major ports northwest and northeast. The city ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- of Alexandria is shown in yellow, to the northwest (click to enlarge).]] ... His attitude toward the Jews was even less pacific, and the precedent he set ...19 KB (2,930 words) - 07:26, 12 January 2024
- located approximately 16 miles (25 km) northwest of the city center. ... An Economy in Transition. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press at the Australian ...16 KB (2,289 words) - 02:47, 8 March 2023
- Island Arc, which includes Sumatra to the northwest and Bali to the east. Located ... Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is located on the northwest area ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- village, or thirty kilometers north-to-northwest of Kharkhorin. The Orkhon ... northwest of Duolun. The capital formed a square shape, with each ...26 KB (3,693 words) - 02:16, 18 November 2022
- to locate Hudson and navigate the Northwest Passage. He is credited ... Fur trading forts were built by both the NorthWest Company and the Hudson ...41 KB (6,242 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- and by the early 1920s the Union Pacific Railroad became interested ... as a supply and repair ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet from September 15 ...23 KB (3,572 words) - 16:49, 22 November 2023
- lies to its north and the Bohai Bay in the Pacific Ocean lies to the east. are located on the Bohai Gulf in the Pacific Ocean. It serves a vital ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- to the west and Valparaíso to the northwest, thus providing an outlet ... Antonio to the west and Valparaíso to the northwest. [[image:Santiago ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the northwest ... *the Pacific coast, south of the mountains; and *the Petén region ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... diagonal through the state from northwest to south-central, splitting ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- North America and may include Alaska in the northwest of the continent (both separated by Canada), while excluding Hawaii in the middle of the Pacific ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- In 1859, Scott traveled to the Pacific Northwest to settle a dispute with the British over San Juan Island, which had escalated to the so-called ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean. leading the expedition through the Northwest to the Pacific Coast. ...26 KB (4,027 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- quot;—that is, plates pulling apart. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples ... back more than 3,000 years but in the Pacific Northwest of the United States ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- , the Tunica, and the Koroa. Central and northwest Louisiana was home to a ... (along the Red River in present-day northwest Louisiana) was established ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- and ravens includes the eponymous Pacific Northwest Native figures Raven ... Pacific island species *Mariana Crow, C. kubaryi *Hawaiian Crow or ...26 KB (3,938 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- States of America located in the extreme northwest portion of the North American ... 236 acres (77, 090 sq km). Much of the northwest Arctic coastal area west ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- Isle of Mull, Scotland. When the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area ... of Airdrie to the north, Cochrane to the northwest, Strathmore to the east ...52 KB (7,693 words) - 18:23, 25 November 2023
- It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and ... the War of the Triple Alliance and the War of the Pacific. ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- Sydney is in a coastal basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the ... an important financial center in the Asia Pacific region. The Australian Stock ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- and the newspaper library at Colindale, northwest London. However, since ... Collections (OIOC), now called APAC (Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 02:43, 22 November 2023
- carved and painted war canoe from the Pacific Northwest, the massive Cape York ... collections: Asian Peoples, Pacific Peoples, Man in Africa, ...26 KB (3,976 words) - 06:38, 25 July 2023
- By 1616, trade was restricted to Nagasaki and Hirado, an island northwest ... in 1843 and the Americans feared losing Pacific Ocean access. ...32 KB (5,039 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- html#Portland The Olmsteds in the Pacific Northwest.] Retrieved November 2, 2007. *Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City, finished 1868) ...19 KB (2,631 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- occur along plate boundaries, with the Pacific Plate's Ring of Fire ... below sea level (for example most of the Pacific Plate), while the continental ...57 KB (8,619 words) - 02:46, 8 January 2024
- The Anangu have resided mostly in the northwest area of the state ... strikes of dry electrical storms from the northwest. When the storms arrive ...28 KB (4,287 words) - 01:31, 3 May 2023
- time of the blueberry harvest, while in the Pacific Northwest the blackberries are often the festival fruit. == Notes== ==References== ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- launched from Tinian airbase in the West Pacific, approximately a six hour ... This was nearly 3 kilometers (2 miles) northwest of the planned hypocenter; ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- 50,000 members, concentrated in the Northwest, among dock workers, agricultural ... both in the Deep South and the Pacific Northwest of the United States ...43 KB (6,639 words) - 20:09, 4 March 2024
- #039;s Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest area of Senegal, near the ... Asia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean propagated in West ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- and culture as their homelands in the Northwest fell progressively under ... who was not present for the great Pacific Scandal debate of 1873 that ...46 KB (7,007 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
