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• Les navigateurs et explorateurs

  XVII' ET XVIII ' SIÈCLES SAMUEL DE CHAM PLAIN (v. 1567 -163 5) Explorateur et colonisateur français. Il visite en 1599 les Antilles et les territoires espagnols de l'Amérique puis explore le Canada en 1603 et 1604.11 y retourne en 1 pour fonder Québec, puis en 1611 pour établir un poste à Montréal et en 1613, en tant que gouverneur, pour le compte du vice-roi de Nouvelle-France, Henri de Condé. Il explore les lacs Huron et Ontario. WILLIAM BAFFI...

• Douglas, famille

• L'électronique accompagne aujourd'hui l'homme dans chacun de ses gestes, elle assiste, directement ou non, toutes les actions qu'il entreprend, et l'on prévoit que ce rôle ne fera que s'amplifier dans les décennies à venir.

  donnant par exemple une structure npn. Les deux zones n sont inégalement dopées. La moins dopée est l'émetteur, l'autre le collecteur. La zone p constitue la base. C'est du couplage entre ces deux jonctions que provient l'effet transistor : si l'on polarise en inverse la jonction émetteur-base et en direct la jonction base-collecteur, le très faible courant de la jonction inverse assure le contrôle du courant beaucoup plus fort qui circule de l'émetteur au collecteur. Cet effet d'amplif...

• Article de presse: La princesse au grand coeur

  Privé, public... Où se situe la frontière ? La princesse brouille les cartes en la pulvérisant, introduisant du privé dans la sphèrepublique. Autrement dit en chargeant d'affectivité et d'émotion les devoirs et fonctions de sa charge. Il n'y a plus de carapace,plus de protection, plus le moindre surmoi. L'engagement est sincère et il est maximal. Risqué aussi. Les foules le sentent depuis lepremier jour, séduites par sa compassion, et sa complicité immédiate avec la rue. L'Establishment, les pol...

• Klassizismus.

  Ilias und Odyssee, welche auf Tiefe und illusionistische Lichtmodellierung gänzlich verzichteten. Er beeinflusste besonders die Nazarener, William Blake oder Ingres, wie dessen Frühwerk Achill empfängt die Abgesandten Agamemnons (1801, Musée de l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris) belegt. Formal ist auch der Schweizer Johann Heinrich Füssli dem Klassizismus verpflichtet, wenngleich der von Irrationalismus und Visionen geprägte Inhalt seiner Bilder denIdealen dieser Epoche (wi...

• Article de presse: Diana, du mariage de "conte de fées" aux révélations qui ébranlèrent Buckingham

  d'embrasser longuement sur la bouche un officier du régiment des dragons à la sortie d'une soirée. S'effondrant en larmes, elle sefait remettre la pellicule. " Je me suis fait avoir par son charme. Quand je lui ai donné la bobine, comme par enchantement, elle acessé de pleurer ", se souvient le paparazzi. Malgré le parfum de scandale qui flotte subrepticement dans son sillage, les braves gens continuent de l'aimer et de la respecter.Ils lui savent gré d'être moins distante qu'Elizabeth II, m...

• Natation (hommes) : palmarès JO - sport.

  1900 Frederick Lane(Australie) 2'25'2 Zoltan vonHalmay(Hongrie) 2'31'4 Karl Ruberl(Autriche) 2'32'0 1904 Charles Daniels(États-Unis) 2'44'2 Francis Gailey(États-Unis) 2'46'0 Emil Rausch(Allemagne) 2'56'0 1968 Mike Wenden(Australie) 1'55'2 Don Schollander(États-Unis) 1'55'8 John Nelson(États-Unis) 1'58'1 1972 Mark Spitz(États-Unis) 1'52'78 Steven Genter(États-Unis) 1'53'73 Werner Lampe(Allemagne del'Ouest) 1'53'99 1976 Bruce Furniss(États-Unis) 1'50'29 John Naber(États-Unis) 1'50'50 Jim Mon...

• "I wanted to hurt him.

  "There's ayoung manhere tosee you," thewoman behindthedesk saidintothephone, anditmade mefeel soweird to think thathewas onthe other endofthe line, even ifIknew Iwas getting confused aboutwho"he" was. "Yes," shesaid, "a very young man."Thenshesaid, "No." Thenshesaid, "Oskar Schell." Thenshesaid, "Yes. Hesays tosee you." "May Iask what thisconcerns?" sheasked me."Hesays hisdad," shesaid intothephone. Thenshesaid, "That's whathe says." Thenshesaid, "OK." Thenshesaid tome, "Go down thehallway. Hisd...

• Art Deco I INTRODUCTION Art Deco Historic District The Art Deco Historic District is located at the southern end of Miami Beach, Florida.

  At the 1925 exposition several French masters unveiled work that created an international stir. Elegant inlaid wood furniture by Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, functionallacquerwork by Jean Dunand, silver jewelry by Jean Puiforcat, and glass vases by Lalique were hailed for their modernity and original lines. Ruhlmann designed a seriesof rooms for the exposition that had a far-reaching effect on American and European taste. Lalique later created a similarly streamlined decorative scheme for theluxuriou...

• common law v equity

  were named sheriffs. The Lords performed judicial functions and perceived the tax. They were itinerant judges and watched on the occasion of their judicial tour that royal decrees were observed but also that the peace of the kingdom was maintained. On returning to the Big Council(Advise), these Lords were involved in the legislative decisions which belonged to king. The first specialized court was the Court of Exchequer who already...

• Rhode Island - geography.

  C (73° F). Along the northern state line, the January mean temperature is about 1° C (about 2° F) colder than in Warwick in January. Along the ocean coast, theJanuary mean temperature is -1° C (30° F). Warm season temperatures are also influenced by the ocean and bay, so temperatures are usually cooler along the coastthan in the interior. The difference tends to be greatest in spring and early summer. Winter temperatures in Rhode Island are usually above -7° C (20° F), buttemperatures colder by...

• Rhode Island - USA History.

  C (73° F). Along the northern state line, the January mean temperature is about 1° C (about 2° F) colder than in Warwick in January. Along the ocean coast, theJanuary mean temperature is -1° C (30° F). Warm season temperatures are also influenced by the ocean and bay, so temperatures are usually cooler along the coastthan in the interior. The difference tends to be greatest in spring and early summer. Winter temperatures in Rhode Island are usually above -7° C (20° F), buttemperatures colder by...

• Vocabulaire: CONSCIENCE, substantif féminin.

  conscience correspond exactement ? la puissance de choix dont l'?tre vivant dispose; elle est coextensive ? la frange d'action possible qui entoure l'action r?elle?: conscience est synonyme d'invention et de libert?. Or, chez l'animal, l'invention n'est jamais qu'une variation sur le th?me de la routine. HENRI BERGSON, L'?volution cr?atrice, 1907, page 264. ? [La conscience en tant qu'elle est pr?t?e ? l'univers dans les visions po?tiques, animistes] Dans toute la Nature, il [l'artiste] s...

• Golf Tournament Winners.

  2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman Source: Professional Golfers' Association ofAmerica.. United States Open Championship.Year Winner 1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Hard 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson 1902 L. Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alex Ross 1908 Fred McLeod 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith 1911 John McDermott 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet* 1914 Walt...

• encyclopédie.

  encyclopédiques modernes et les encyclopédies comme le Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (1866-1876), de Pierre Larousse, illustrent le principe des petites rubriques. L’autre approche a conduit à des encyclopédies qui tiennent davantage de la compilation de monographies et d’articles de synthèse. 3. 2 Les dictionnaires encyclopédiques On peut considérer que la première encyclopédie de type « dictionnaire » est le Grand Dictionnaire historique, ou le Mélange curieux de l’histoire...

• romantisme - littérature.

  Le romantisme d’Iéna est avant tout un projet, un programme tracé pour la littérature. Il est en premier lieu une affirmation de la poésie, conçue comme une exploration des territoires de l’imagination transcendantale. Novalis parle, en effet, de former un monde poétique autour de soi pour vivre dans la poésie, de produire l’extérieur à partir de l’infinité de l’intérieur, et de rêver le monde dans la totalité de ses aspects ( Henri d’Ofterdingen, 1802 ; les Disciples à Saïs, 1798-1799 ; les...

• Frank Lloyd Wright.

  C Usonian Houses Wright achieved his goal of low-cost, democratic American architecture with his Usonian houses of the 1930s. Usonia was Wright’s term for the United States of North America, with an i added for a pleasing sound. The Usonian house had a simple design, usually with an L-shaped floor plan. This plan separated the noisier living space on one leg of the L from the quieter bedroom space on the other leg. The floor was made of concrete slabs, typically in a square grid of 4 by 4...

• Antarctique.

  limitée à environ trois cent cinquante espèces, pour la plupart des lichens, des mousses et des algues. Il existe des étendues luxuriantes de ces végétaux dans la péninsuleantarctique et on a découvert des lichens poussant sur des montagnes isolées à 380 km du pôle Sud. Il existe également trois espèces de plantes à fleurs dans la péninsuleantarctique. 2.6 Faune Il n'existe aucun vertébré terrestre en Antarctique. Les invertébrés, en particulier les mites et les tiques, qui supportent les basse...

• Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.

  1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles).Year Name Country Winn...

• Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.

  1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles)Year Name Country Winni...

• Cincinnati - geography.

  and managed the Reds. The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team enjoyed considerable success in the 1990s. IV ECONOMY Cincinnati, from its earliest beginnings, has functioned as a major port on the Ohio River. Distribution of raw materials as well as manufactured goods is one of the city’schief economic activities. Although Cincinnati remains one of the world’s leading centers for the distribution of bituminous (soft) coal, this trade is gradually declining. Coal from Kentucky and W...

• Woman Suffrage - U.

  form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. For many years thereafter the association worked to advance women’s rights on both the state and federallevels. Besides Stone, Anthony, and Stanton, leaders and supporters of the association included the noted American feminists Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia Ward Howe,Clara Barton, Jane Addams, and Carrie Chapman Catt. Largely as a result of agitation by the association, suffrage was granted in the states of Colorado (1893), Utahand Idaho (18...

• Principal Provisions of the Magna Carta The Magna Carta was signed by King John of England in response to the complaints of his barons, and thus its emphasis is on the limits of royal authority and the proper relationship between king and subject.

  39. No free man shall be taken, or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or banished, or in any way injured, nor will we go upon him, nor send upon him, exceptby the legal judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. 40. To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay, right or justice. 41. All merchants shall be safe and secure in going out from England and coming into England, and in remaining and going through England, as well by land as bywater, for buying and selling, free...

• Frank Lloyd Wright I INTRODUCTION Robie House The Frederick C.

  Hills/DeCaro HouseAmerican architect Frank Lloyd Wright, a pioneer of modern architecture, lived and worked in the Chicago area during thelate 19th and early 20th centuries. He designed many single-family houses, known as prairie houses. The Hills/DeCarohouse in Oak Park, west of Chicago, is one of more than 20 houses Wright designed while living in the town between 1890and 1910.© 2007 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Photo: Mary Ann Hemphill/Photo Researc...

• Amerikanischer Film.

  1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Wem die Stunde schlägt), Sam WoodHeaven Can Wait (Ein himmlischer Sünder), Ernst Lubitsch 1944 Cover Girl (Es tanzt die Göttin), Charles VidorLaura (Laura), Otto PremingerTo Have and Have Not (Haben und Nichthaben), Howard Hawks 1945 Mildred Pierce (Solange ein Herz schlägt), Michael CurtizThe Lost Weekend (Das verlorene Wochenende), Billy WilderThe Spiral Staircase (Die Wendeltreppe), Robert Siodmak 1946 Gilda (Gilda), Charles VidorMy Darling Clementine (Tombstone/...

• Apollo, programme - astronomie.

  3 LES MISSIONS APOLLO La technique de rendez-vous orbital utilisée pour les missions Apollo comporte plusieurs étapes : lancement du vaisseau spatial sur une orbite terrestre stable ; envoi versla Lune ; mise en orbite autour de la Lune ; alunissage du Lem ; décollage du Lem de la Lune et mise en orbite lunaire ; jonction et amarrage avec le CSM ; et enfin retourdu vaisseau spatial sur Terre. Au cours du retour vers la Terre, le vaisseau spatial est freiné par la résistance de l’air à l’entrée...

• Benjamin Franklin.

  Copley Medal for distinguished contributions to experimental science. Franklin also exerted a great influence on education in Pennsylvania. In 1749 he wrote thepamphlet Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania; its publication led to the establishment in 1751 of the Academy of Philadelphia, later to become the University of Pennsylvania. The curriculum he suggested departed considerably from the study of the Greek and Roman classics then in vogue. Instead itemphasized Engl...

• Benjamin Franklin - USA History.

  Copley Medal for distinguished contributions to experimental science. Franklin also exerted a great influence on education in Pennsylvania. In 1749 he wrote thepamphlet Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania; its publication led to the establishment in 1751 of the Academy of Philadelphia, later to become the University of Pennsylvania. The curriculum he suggested departed considerably from the study of the Greek and Roman classics then in vogue. Instead itemphasized Engl...

• Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland - geographie.

  Wild lebende Großsäugetiere sind Rothirsche und Rehe sowie die eingebürgerten Damhirsche, Sikahirsche, Wasserrehe und Muntjaks (die beiden letzteren in Südengland).Die früher heimischen Wölfe und Wildschweine wurden ausgerottet. In Exmoor, auf den Shetland-Inseln und im New Forest gibt es halbwilde Ponys. Insgesamt entsprichtdie Säugetierfauna Großbritanniens weitgehend derjenigen Mitteleuropas. Das Eichhörnchen wird durch das ausgesetzte nordamerikanische Grauhörnchen verdrängt. InSüdengland le...

• Elizabeth I I INTRODUCTION Elizabeth I (1533-1603), queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603), daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.

  Catholic challenges and plots persisted through much of Elizabeth’s reign, and Elizabeth reacted to them strongly. In 1569 a group of powerful Catholic nobles innorthern England rose in rebellion but were savagely repressed. The northern earls were executed, their property and those of their followers was confiscated, and theirheirs were deprived of their inheritance. In 1570 the pope excommunicated Elizabeth, sanctioning Catholic efforts to dethrone her. In 1571 an international conspiracywas u...

• Elizabeth I.

  Catholic challenges and plots persisted through much of Elizabeth’s reign, and Elizabeth reacted to them strongly. In 1569 a group of powerful Catholic nobles innorthern England rose in rebellion but were savagely repressed. The northern earls were executed, their property and those of their followers was confiscated, and theirheirs were deprived of their inheritance. In 1570 the pope excommunicated Elizabeth, sanctioning Catholic efforts to dethrone her. In 1571 an international conspiracywas u...

• Elizabeth I .

  Catholic challenges and plots persisted through much of Elizabeth’s reign, and Elizabeth reacted to them strongly. In 1569 a group of powerful Catholic nobles innorthern England rose in rebellion but were savagely repressed. The northern earls were executed, their property and those of their followers was confiscated, and theirheirs were deprived of their inheritance. In 1570 the pope excommunicated Elizabeth, sanctioning Catholic efforts to dethrone her. In 1571 an international conspiracywas u...

• United Kingdom - country.

  B Natural Regions and Topography The island of Great Britain can be divided into two major natural regions—the highland zone and the lowland zone. The highland zone is an area of high hills andmountains in the north and west. The lowland zone in the south and east consists mostly of rolling plains. The zones are divided by an imaginary line running throughEngland from the River Exe on the southwest coast to the mouth of the River Tees on the northeast coast. The lowland zone has a milder climat...

• James Buchanan.

  John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...

• James Buchanan

  John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...

• Middle Ages .

  Saints were very important in Late Antiquity. They were considered both models of virtue and powerful miracle workers. One of the most well-known saints of the periodwas Saint Anthony. Anthony gave away all his possessions and left his hometown in Egypt to live alone in the desert and pray. Anthony was one of the first Christianmonks. The word monk comes from a term meaning 'alone.' Gradually Anthony attracted followers, and he eventually became the center of a whole community of monks who wis...

• Neptune (planet) - astronomy.

  The gaseous atmosphere of Neptune contains hydrogen, helium, and about 3 percent methane. It extends about 5,000 km (about 3,000 mi) above the planet’s ocean.Light reflected from Neptune’s deep atmosphere is blue, because the atmospheric methane absorbs red and orange light but scatters blue light. In 1998 astronomersalso identified molecules of methyl in Neptune’s atmosphere. Methyl molecules each contain one carbon atom and three hydrogen atoms. Methyl molecules are knownas hydrocarbon radical...

• World War I .

  and troops to Europe from the United States and other overseas sources. In 1914 Britain implemented a sea blockade of Germany to prevent the delivery of importssuch as food and war materials. The same year, Germany began using submarines to disrupt Allied seaborne traffic and prevent supplies from reaching Britain. In 1915Germany instituted a submarine blockade around Britain. From February 1915 to September 1915 and again in 1917, Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare,sinking ships withou...

• Apollo Program - astronomy.

  Moon’s orbit; rendezvousing and docking with the CSM; and finally, setting a course home to Earth. On return to Earth, the spacecraft was slowed by drag from Earth’satmosphere and by parachutes (just before splashdown), before landing in the ocean. The transit time to and from the Moon was approximately three days each way.Depending on the specific mission, the time in lunar orbit ranged from less than one day for Apollo 8 to over six days for the final three missions, and the time on thelunar s...

• Apollo Program - U.

  Moon’s orbit; rendezvousing and docking with the CSM; and finally, setting a course home to Earth. On return to Earth, the spacecraft was slowed by drag from Earth’satmosphere and by parachutes (just before splashdown), before landing in the ocean. The transit time to and from the Moon was approximately three days each way.Depending on the specific mission, the time in lunar orbit ranged from less than one day for Apollo 8 to over six days for the final three missions, and the time on thelunar s...

• Alaska - geography.

  depression surrounded by highlands and have the coldest winter and hottest summer temperatures in Alaska. Once the Kuskokwim River passes through theKuskokwim Mountains, it forms the southern edge of a vast lake-studded alluvial plain bounded on the north by the Yukon River. This water-logged lowland is a majorsummer nesting area for birds. Fairbanks is the major city in this region, while Fort Yukon is the major community in the Yukon Flats and Bethel the largest settlementon the Lower Kuskokwi...

• Alaska - USA History.

  depression surrounded by highlands and have the coldest winter and hottest summer temperatures in Alaska. Once the Kuskokwim River passes through theKuskokwim Mountains, it forms the southern edge of a vast lake-studded alluvial plain bounded on the north by the Yukon River. This water-logged lowland is a majorsummer nesting area for birds. Fairbanks is the major city in this region, while Fort Yukon is the major community in the Yukon Flats and Bethel the largest settlementon the Lower Kuskokwi...

• Abolitionist Movement.

  The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799), widely seen as revolutions by citizens against oppressive rulers, transformed thisEnlightenment assertion into a call for universal liberty and freedom. The successful slave revolt that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 was part of this revolutionary age. Led by François Dominique ToussaintLouverture, black rebels overthrew the colonial government, ended slavery in the colony, and in 1804 established th...

• Abolitionist Movement - U.

  The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799), widely seen as revolutions by citizens against oppressive rulers, transformed thisEnlightenment assertion into a call for universal liberty and freedom. The successful slave revolt that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 was part of this revolutionary age. Led by François Dominique ToussaintLouverture, black rebels overthrew the colonial government, ended slavery in the colony, and in 1804 established th...

• Federal Republic of Germany - country.

  B Rivers and Lakes Rivers have played a major role in Germany’s economic development. The Rhine River flows in a northwesterly direction from Switzerland through much of westernGermany and The Netherlands into the North Sea. It is a major European waterway and a pillar of commerce and trade. Its primary German tributaries include theMain, Mosel, Neckar, and Ruhr rivers. The Oder (Odra) River, along the border between Poland and Germany, runs northward and empties into the Baltic; it provides an...

• Religion.

  By the end of the 19th century, scholars were making religion an object of systematic inquiry. Müller’s comparative approach was adopted in many European andJapanese universities, and as a result the common features of world religions (such as gods, prayer, priesthood, and creation myths) were the subjects of sustainedscholarly investigation. In addition, field anthropologists had begun to compile firsthand accounts of the religions of peoples who previously had been dismissed assavages. The stu...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• Maryland - geography.

  Maryland has no large natural lakes. The largest body of water is a reservoir, Deep Creek Lake, which has a surface area of only 18 sq km (7 sq mi). It lies on theAllegheny Plateau, behind a dam on a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. C Coastline The deeply indented shoreline has a length of 5,134 km (3,190 mi), of which only 50 km (31 miles) fronts on the Atlantic Ocean. The most significant coastal feature isChesapeake Bay. In the bay are many islands and Kent Island is the largest. The sta...

• Maryland - USA History.

  Maryland has no large natural lakes. The largest body of water is a reservoir, Deep Creek Lake, which has a surface area of only 18 sq km (7 sq mi). It lies on theAllegheny Plateau, behind a dam on a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. C Coastline The deeply indented shoreline has a length of 5,134 km (3,190 mi), of which only 50 km (31 miles) fronts on the Atlantic Ocean. The most significant coastal feature isChesapeake Bay. In the bay are many islands and Kent Island is the largest. The sta...