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Sea lion is the common name for various eared seals currently comprising ... *** South American sea lion, O. flavescens ** Genus Phocarctos ...

in seven genera commonly known either as sea lions or fur seals. ... *** South American sea lion, O. flavescens ** Genus Phocarctos ...

size and a more pointed snout than the sea lions in the same family ... species and variously known as either fur seals or sea lions. ...

(otarids) and include fur seals and sea lions. As with all pinnipeds ... *** South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens *** Australian Sea Lion ...

The Sea of Okhotsk (Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре; English ... This expansive sea—611,000 square miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered ...

The Bering Sea is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean that ... The Bering Sea is separated from the Gulf of Alaska by the Alaska ...

In technical discourse, however, as in American usage, the term "weasel ... (skunks), as well as the pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses). ...

of the unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion's tail, and cloven hooves ... unicorn, as does the narwhal, which, while a sea animal, has the only type ...

Beringov proliv) is a formidable sea strait linking the icy Arctic ... of man and mammal from Asia to the North American continent. Its crossing ...

part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern South America that claimed it in 1832. ... ====Baltra (South Seymour)==== During World War II Baltra was established ...

archipelago at the extreme southern tip of South America, separated from the ... Half of this island, and the islands west and south of it, are part ...

Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, separating the Sea of Okhotsk on the west from ... by seabird excrements and higher levels of sea salt. However, many of the ...

a seventh century C.E. port city of the South Indian dynasty of the Pallavas ... temple grounds remained preserved from harm by the sea. ...

or a derivation, sometimes accompanied by a lion cub on a leash. She is the ... embracing each other within the primeval sea. Ninhursag/Ki is thus both ...

from Greek mythology, means the "Sea of Atlas." The oldest ... Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific ...

the northern Pacific coast of California south of the Oregon border. The ... Salmon, Northern Spotted Owl, and Steller's Sea Lion. ...

and Greenland to Iceland, the Barents Sea and as far south as the Bay ... the food chain, it too may be preyed upon by sea lions, orcas, sharks, and ...

South of the border lie the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila ... The larger mammals include the black bear, mountain lion, coyote, ...

David Livingstone was born in the village of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire ... completed his internship and met South African missionary Robert ...

oppression. Against the European-North-American stereotype that Africa has ... Eritrea and the southeastern part of the Red Sea coast of Sudan, it is considered ...

1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American ... Campaign, just before the Battle of South Mountain, Hood was in the ...

call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea. Bert Rudels, The Physical Oceanography ... includes the North Pole region. Extending south to about 60°N, the ocean ...

the influential French supporter of the American Revolution. It was the first ... rock faces. The cliffs above the Tarn, south of Bar Harbor on Route 3 ...

m). The name “Shenandoah” is a Native American word meaning “Daughter ... famous Skyline Drive, which runs north to south for the length of the park ...

on its west, with no natural outlet to the sea. The Great Basin Desert is ... in elevation are from 282 feet (86 m) below sea level in Death Valley to the ...

Zhejiang and Shanghai municipality to the south. Its name comes from jiang ... over a thousand kilometers along the Yellow Sea, with the Yangtze River passing ...

Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into ... of the Great Sioux Reservation to be all of South Dakota west of the Missouri ...

in the Panthera genus, along with the lion (Panthera leo), jaguar (Panthera ... being a cross between a male Panthera leo (lion), and a female Panthera tigris ...

of the low-lying Burrard Peninsula (to the south) from the slopes of the North ... On September 23 1981, Chief Dan George died of natural causes at the ...

M. Nadeau (eds.), Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife (ABC ... * Performance of dragon and lion dances, popular in southern China ...

or steep stairs, usually placed on the south wall of the room, as were ... and traded for items such as Mediterranean sea shells and flint from Syria. ...

Plateau some 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and ... sparrows, red Fox, kangaroo rat, mountain lion, midget faded rattlesnake ...

American Empire is a term relating to the political, economic, military ... was first widely applied to the US by the American Anti-Imperialist League ...

who sided with the British during the American Revolutionary War that arrived ... visited in 1460, gave the name Serra Lyoa (Lion Mountains), later changed ...

9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m), whereas the south rim of the Grand Canyon sits ... stay. In winter, the mule deer, mountain lion, and coyotes will migrate ...

National Park located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park ... Part of the Rocky Mountains, the north-south-trending Teton Range ...

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected ...

Britain, America, Europe, Australasia, and South Africa. ... the 1870s and 1880s. Although British and American musicals of the 1890s and ...

informed of the Yellowstone region to the south, but did not investigate it. ... Hills region of in what is now the state of South Dakota, the party neared ...

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author ... and soon become an iconic part of American culture. Part fairy tale ...

Magellan) and from the Muslims in the south. The formidable appearance ... the integration of Spanish and Latin American architecture to indigenous ...

(also "lady air"), Goddess of the South wind and wife of Enlil. The ... the malevolent Anzu birds as a "lion-headed" and pictures ...

book is one of the best-known stories in American literature, and the Library ... of a Tin Woodman, and meets a Cowardly Lion. The Scarecrow wants a brain ...

large valley that stretches from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. ... Rekem is an ancient name for Petra and appears in Dead Sea scrolls ...

and inundating coastal communities across South and Southeast Asia, including ... at a depth of 30 km (19 mi) below mean sea level (initially reported ...

were superseded as the deciding factor at sea by aircraft carriers. The ... from the cogs which traded in the North Sea and Baltic, had an advantage ...

designation today. Five years later, the American Red Cross was founded through ... Europe and North America to Central and South America (Argentina, Brazil ...

to more than 8,500 feet (2,600 meters) above sea level. The northernmost point ... and valleys running roughly north and south; many of these ridges peak ...

to pay for the war resulted in the American Revolutionary War. Great ... In 1721, the economic disaster of the South Sea Bubble allowed Sir ...

in most cases recover, aircraft, acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft carriers ... As "runways at sea," modern aircraft carriers have a flat ...

land borders with the United States to the south and northwest. Canada has ... with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation ...

region of Japan and wildlife is abundant. Sea turtles return yearly to the ... points to Melanesian cultural strains from the South. Background and ...

fast-running emus of Australia and rheas of South America, as well as the much ... and the Sahel of Africa, both north and south of the equatorial forest ...

from the islands of the Maldives in the South to as far North as the banks ... Sangam. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, History of South India from Prehistoric Times ...

continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal ... Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea, it is joined to Asia at its ...

United States located on the Pacific coast south of Washington and north of ... Oregon is 295 miles (475 km) north to south and 395 miles (636 km ...

In the South Atlantic, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee ... Maginot Line, built after World War I, further south. In the first ...

Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... base. Argentina is considered by many as South America’s leading Spanish ...

planned invasion of Great Britain called Operation Sea Lion. ... called for landings on Great Britain's south coast, backed by an airborne ...

Native American tribes have played an influential role in the state ... settled, with most population along the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers ...

East. The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for ... along the shoreline of the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy between ...

the water would not enter Israel, and the Sea of Galilee, but rather flow ... rights in the demilitarized zone south-east of Lake Tiberias." ...

than 10,000 seabirds, dolphins, seals, and sea lions. As a reaction to this ... quoted a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution as saying, "subversive ...

===A possible Etruscan sea people=== records a victory of Ramesses III over Sea Peoples, including some named ...

Bombay to the town of Thane. During the American Civil War (1861–1865) ... into one of the largest seaports on the Arabian Sea. Mariam Dossal ...

extreme northwest portion of the North American continent, is the largest ... object toward which the action of the sea is directed." ...

boy he enjoyed stargazing and reading old American science fiction pulp magazines ... married Marilyn Mayfield, a 22-year-old American divorcee with a young son ...

Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now one of ... Nebraska is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east ...

from the eastern coast of the Baltic sea were first mentioned in the ... The Vikings reached south to North Africa and east to Russia and Constantinople ...

unification as a small state just to the south of the Soninké empire of ... ===The Lion Prince=== During the rise of Kaniaga, Sundiata of the Keita ...

to 1898. After the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the United ... walled cities in the Far East. During the American Period, some semblance of ...

Arthur John Gielgud was born in South Kensington in London to a Protestant ... This series was co-produced by the American Broadcasting Company. Orson ...

San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish American War and was noted for his ... of the Russo-Japanese War—the first American to win a Nobel Prize in ...

Indian Reservation is located west and south of the park. When the Blackfoot ... together they work in conjunction with American Indian tribes, states, local ...

possessions in Africa, after the Anglo-American invasion of North Africa ... Europe and number one on the Mediterranean Sea); the promotion of the Caravelle ...

that she assisted her mother in crossing the sea to Delos the next day to birth ... , mice and griffins (mythical eagle-lion hybrids of Eastern origin). ...

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... source of Spanish wealth and power in South America. The vice-royalty ...

quot; forces deployed from bases along the south coast of England, the most ... before the invasion. On April 28, 1944, in south Devon on the English coast ...

to be made. An example of this occurs in South Africa's Beaufort Formation ... Due to a substantial fossil record found in North American sedimentary ...

their subject. Soon after the march to the sea, the alafin of Oyo sent cavalry ... of literary and popular works. In 1971, American novelist Frank Yerby published ...

- Project Gutenberg eText 12536.png|200px|A Sea-Change. Tory chorus (to Winston ... (née Jennie Jerome), daughter of American millionaire Leonard Jerome ...

Massachusetts has been a significant state in American history. The ... Vermont; on the west by New York; on the south by Connecticut and Rhode ...

story, from where it was shoveled into the sea through a trapdoor. Precious ... Noah caused a pair of cats to come from the lion's nose. ...

of later kings, a certain Theophila in the south also probably held a satrapal ... of India" following his victories south of the Hindu Kush. ...

29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and naval officer ... Sandy.Robert Timberg John McCain, An American Odyssey (Simon and Schuster ...

region of marshes, lagoons, mudflats, and reed banks in the south ... areas of rain-fed agriculture to the south where irrigation of agriculture ...

Some 12,000 years ago it was occupied by Native American populations ... Plains run from a high plateau in the north south to the Pecos River. Rivers ...

army was being supplied and supported by sea. Using the fleet they might ... army while the Persian navy was defeated at sea. Another theory is that the ...

Kazakhstan to the northwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west. At 188,457 square ... Turkmenistan's average elevation is 100 to 220 meters above sea ...

surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the ... is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the ...

Yalta Conference of February 1945, the American, British, and Russian delegations ... to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea, passed in the absence ...

of the Greater Punjab: Rivers flow north to south, the mountains are relatively ... rasabha), buffalo (Mahisa), wolf, hyena, lion (Simha), mountain goat (sarabha ...

and France, with a short coastline on the North Sea. Straddling the ... extending to the southeast from the North Sea and The Netherlands and rising ...

in the east, Austria and Switzerland in the south, France and Luxembourg in ... at 9,718 feet (2,962 meters), in the south, to the shores of the North ...

is a landlocked country in central and south-eastern Europe, covering ... provinces—Kosovo and Metohija in the south that was under the administration ...

Pericles' birth, that she had borne a lion.Herodotus, VI, 131.Plutarch ... Athenian Disaster in Egypt," American Journal of Philology" ...

of water (the Bering Strait, the Baltic Sea, and La Pérouse Strait, respectively ... are part of the open oceans; the Barents Sea, White Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev ...

The name Persia comes from a region in the south of Iran, called Fars ... The only large plains are found along the coast of the Caspian Sea ...

and his allies landed their forces in the south of the island and slowly ... (1861–1867), and occupied for a year by American troops in the framework ...