Search results for "South American Sea Lion" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Sea lion is the common name for various eared seals currently comprising ... *** South American sea lion, O. flavescens ** Genus Phocarctos ...11 KB (1,599 words) - 02:40, 21 April 2023
- in seven genera commonly known either as sea lions or fur seals. ... *** South American sea lion, O. flavescens ** Genus Phocarctos ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- 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. ...12 KB (1,705 words) - 07:37, 23 January 2023
- (otarids) and include fur seals and sea lions. As with all pinnipeds ... *** South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens *** Australian Sea Lion ...18 KB (2,671 words) - 02:44, 21 April 2023
- The Sea of Okhotsk (Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре; English ... This expansive sea—611,000 square miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- In technical discourse, however, as in American usage, the term "weasel ... (skunks), as well as the pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses). ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- Beringov proliv) is a formidable sea strait linking the icy Arctic ... of man and mammal from Asia to the North American continent. Its crossing ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern South America that claimed it in 1832. ... ====Baltra (South Seymour)==== During World War II Baltra was established ...33 KB (5,083 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- 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 ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 23:33, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- a seventh century C.E. port city of the South Indian dynasty of the Pallavas ... temple grounds remained preserved from harm by the sea. ...31 KB (4,590 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- 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 ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- from Greek mythology, means the "Sea of Atlas." The oldest ... Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- the northern Pacific coast of California south of the Oregon border. The ... Salmon, Northern Spotted Owl, and Steller's Sea Lion. ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- 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 ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- South of the border lie the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila ... The larger mammals include the black bear, mountain lion, coyote, ...17 KB (2,701 words) - 03:47, 1 October 2023
- David Livingstone was born in the village of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire ... completed his internship and met South African missionary Robert ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- 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 ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American ... Campaign, just before the Battle of South Mountain, Hood was in the ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 05:57, 3 August 2022
- call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea. Bert Rudels, The Physical Oceanography ... includes the North Pole region. Extending south to about 60°N, the ocean ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- 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 ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- 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 ...18 KB (2,728 words) - 02:26, 19 December 2022
- 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 ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- 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 ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- 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 ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- 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 ...18 KB (2,892 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- M. Nadeau (eds.), Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife (ABC ... * Performance of dragon and lion dances, popular in southern China ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- 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. ...13 KB (2,061 words) - 19:11, 29 November 2023
- Plateau some 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and ... sparrows, red Fox, kangaroo rat, mountain lion, midget faded rattlesnake ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- American Empire is a term relating to the political, economic, military ... was first widely applied to the US by the American Anti-Imperialist League ...48 KB (7,076 words) - 03:33, 24 July 2023
- who sided with the British during the American Revolutionary War that arrived ... visited in 1460, gave the name Serra Lyoa (Lion Mountains), later changed ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- 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 ...23 KB (3,572 words) - 16:49, 22 November 2023
- National Park located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park ... Part of the Rocky Mountains, the north-south-trending Teton Range ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:45, 19 September 2021
- South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- Britain, America, Europe, Australasia, and South Africa. ... the 1870s and 1880s. Although British and American musicals of the 1890s and ...33 KB (5,216 words) - 19:34, 10 November 2022
- 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 ...33 KB (5,106 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- 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 ...23 KB (3,507 words) - 15:58, 26 September 2023
- Magellan) and from the Muslims in the south. The formidable appearance ... the integration of Spanish and Latin American architecture to indigenous ...20 KB (2,841 words) - 08:18, 20 September 2023
- (also "lady air"), Goddess of the South wind and wife of Enlil. The ... the malevolent Anzu birds as a "lion-headed" and pictures ...47 KB (7,623 words) - 08:39, 8 March 2023
- 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 ...56 KB (8,538 words) - 21:33, 6 June 2023
- 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 ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- and inundating coastal communities across South and Southeast Asia, including ... at a depth of 30 km (19 mi) below mean sea level (initially reported ...44 KB (6,499 words) - 06:40, 13 June 2023
- 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 ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- designation today. Five years later, the American Red Cross was founded through ... Europe and North America to Central and South America (Argentina, Brazil ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- 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 ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 10:33, 10 March 2023
- to pay for the war resulted in the American Revolutionary War. Great ... In 1721, the economic disaster of the South Sea Bubble allowed Sir ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- in most cases recover, aircraft, acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft carriers ... As "runways at sea," modern aircraft carriers have a flat ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
