The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Outline of Knowledge. Propaedia |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 65
Page 30
Characterized by lagoons and lowlying swampy areas east of the abrupt
escarpment formed by the Sierra Madre Oriental, the triangular northern portion
of the plain is more than 100 miles wide near the U.S. border but tapers toward
the south.
Characterized by lagoons and lowlying swampy areas east of the abrupt
escarpment formed by the Sierra Madre Oriental, the triangular northern portion
of the plain is more than 100 miles wide near the U.S. border but tapers toward
the south.
Page 260
Submarine channels etched into the escarpment serve as waterways down
which shallow-water carbonate sediment can be transported by turbidity currents
capable of redistributing them as apronlike deposits on the oceanic abyssal plain
.
Submarine channels etched into the escarpment serve as waterways down
which shallow-water carbonate sediment can be transported by turbidity currents
capable of redistributing them as apronlike deposits on the oceanic abyssal plain
.
Page 976
The major physical features are the Nafusah Plateau and the Al-Jifarah (Gefara)
Plain in the northwest, the Akhdar Mountains in the northeast, and the Saharan
plateau, occupying much of the rest of the country. The Al-Jifarah Plain covers ...
The major physical features are the Nafusah Plateau and the Al-Jifarah (Gefara)
Plain in the northwest, the Akhdar Mountains in the northeast, and the Saharan
plateau, occupying much of the rest of the country. The Al-Jifarah Plain covers ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
CONTENTS METAPHYSICS 27 MEXICO | 27 |
MEXICO CITY | 51 |
MICHELANGELO | 55 |
Copyright | |
47 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anatolia ancient appears areas atoms become body called central centre century changes chemical clay common complex composition consists contain continued crystals cuttlefishes deposits developed direction early economic electron example existence experience fact feldspar Figure given gods grains human igneous important increase individual industrial Italy king known land later layers less light major mantle material means mental metamorphic metaphysics Mexican Mexico microscope mimicry mind minerals nature object occur organic originally percent period person philosophers physical pigeonite political population present pressure produced properties quartz range region relatively religion religious represented result rocks sedimentary rocks sediments shell silicate social society species structure surface temperature things thought tion typically United various
Bibliographic information
| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Outline of Knowledge. Propaedia |
| Author | Encyclopaedia britannica inc |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0852296339, 9780852296332 |
| Length | 744 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |