961 résultats pour "land"

• L'Aquitaine

  • la majeure partie du littoral aquitain est constituée par la Côte d'Argent. Celle-ci est une vaste plage où s'accumule en immenses dunes le sable apporté par la mer. Ces dunes bordent le littoral sur une largeur d'environ 5 kilomètres. • Une forêt a été plantée au XIX' siècle le long de cet immense cordon dunaire qui continue à gagner sur la terre . Autrefois les pins fournissaient la térébenthine. Aujourd'hui, la forêt est exploitée pour le...

• Kyrgyzstan - country.

  are Bishkek, the capital, located on the Chu River in the far north; and Osh, located in the Fergana Valley. A Ethnic Groups Ethnic Kyrgyz make up about 65 percent of the population of Kyrgyzstan. Uzbeks, who live primarily in the Fergana Valley, constitute about 14 percent of thepopulation. Russians, who live principally in Bishkek and other industrial centers, make up about 13 percent of the population. Other ethnic groups include Hui (ChineseMuslims, also known as Dungans), Ukrainians, Uygur...

• Fiji Islands - country.

  the early 1990s. Fishing is done mainly at a subsistence level, but commercial fishing is increasing. The country also receives income from the sale of licenses to foreignvessels to fish in Fiji’s exclusive economic zone. Industry, including mining, manufacturing, and construction, employs 34 percent of Fiji’s wage earners and, in 2006, contributed 26 percent of GDP. The governmentinstituted tax-free incentives in 1988 that created a flourishing garment industry. Ready-made garments are now the...

• France - country.

  In both the Paris and Aquitaine basins, fertile soils derived from limestone and wind-deposited dust, called loess, have supported prosperous agriculture since ancienttimes. Other lowlands in France are scattered and relatively small. They include the Alsace Plain in the east, bordering Germany, the valley of the Rhône River in thesoutheast, and the Languedoc Plain along the Mediterranean coast. A2 Uplands France contains several regions of uplands, the worn down remains of ancient mountain sys...

• Dax. sous-préfecture du département des Landes, sur l'Adour, au sud-ouest

• Europe .

  D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...

• Europe - Geography.

  D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...

• LIESMICH ATLAS VON EUROPA - BESCHREIBUNG DER FUNKTIONEN INHALT: 1 2 3 4 - 56- 789- VORSPANN: AUSWAHL DER SPRACHE EINLEITUNG HAUPTMENÜ DIE

  LIESMICH 4 - DIE LÄNDER A - EINSTIEGSBILDSCHIRM Auf dem ersten Bildschirm sehen Sie eine PHYSISCHE Karte vonEuropa.Wenn Sie den Cursor auf der Karte bewegen, erscheint unten ander Karte der Name des Lands. Wollen Sie dieses Land anzoomen,machen Sie einen Mausklick. B - VERFÜGBARE DATEN Der "Atlas von Europa" bietet Ihnen über Europa und jedes großeLand Informationen, die nach zwei Themenkreisen organisiertsind:• Themenkreis PHYSISCHE GEOGRAPHIE (Relief, Hydrographie,wichtigste Merkmale)• Theme...

• Diplomatie - Politik.

  Außenministerien sind gewöhnlich nach geographischen und sachlichen Gesichtspunkten unterteilt. Sachbearbeiter eines Länderressorts sind Karrierediplomaten, die sichauf bestimmte Aspekte des Landes spezialisieren, für das sie zuständig sind. Instruktionen und Berichte von den Gesandtschaften im Ausland werden zuerst von demSachbearbeiter des zuständigen Länderressorts bearbeitet. Die Sachabteilungen befassen sich mit den Fragen und Problemen, die zweckmäßigerweise nicht unter dieZuständigkeit ei...

• Ancient Greece.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece .

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece - USA History.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Bayern.

  Jahre alte Gräberfunde bei Aufhausen belegen, dass Niederbayern in der Jungsteinzeit dauerhaft besiedelt war. Im 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. wanderten Kelten ins Gebietdes heutigen Bayern ein: Im Westen siedelten die Vindeliker, im Osten die Noriker und im Norden die Bojer, die jedoch später unter dem Druck einrückender Germanennach Böhmen abwanderten. Bedeutende keltische Oppida aus der späteren La-Tène-Zeit-Zeit (ab etwa 225 v. Chr.) waren Michelsberg bei Kelheim und insbesondereManching bei Ingols...

• Jordan (country) - country.

  whom belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, make up about 4 percent of the population. Islam is the state religion and Arabic the official language. C Education Jordan has made significant strides in education in recent decades, despite the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees and the very large share of the nationalbudget assigned to the armed forces. Public education is free and compulsory between the ages of 6 and 15. At the secondary level, about 85 percent of the malechildren and 87 p...

• Gambia - geographie.

  Der Gambia ist über eine Strecke von etwa 240 Kilometern von der Mündung flussaufwärts schiffbar. Wichtigster Hafen ist Banjul. Das Straßennetz hat eine Länge von rund3 742 Kilometern (2004), von denen 1 720 Kilometer ganzjährig befahrbar sind. Durch den Bau einer größeren Hauptstraße hat sich die Bedeutung des Flusses alsHaupttransportweg verringert. Gambia hat keine Eisenbahnlinie. Ein internationaler Flughafen befindet sich in Yundum bei Banjul. 6.5 Tourismus Seit den siebziger Jahren des 20...

• North America - Geography.

  D Climate Although North America has considerable climatic variety, five principal climatic regions can be identified. The northern two-thirds of Canada and Alaska, as well as all ofGreenland, have subarctic and arctic climates, in which long, dark, bitterly cold winters alternate with brief, mild summers. Most of the region, which receives relativelylittle precipitation, is covered with snow and ice during much of the year. A second climatic region is made up of the eastern two-thirds of the U...

• Byzantine Empire .

  Emperor Alexius I, founder of the Comnenian dynasty, nevertheless appealed to the pope for aid against the Turks. Western Europe responded with the First Crusade(1096-99). Although Byzantium initially benefited from the Crusades, recovering some land in Asia Minor, in the long run they hastened the empire's decline. Italian merchant citieswon special trading privileges in Byzantine territory and gained control of much of the empire's commerce and wealth. The Byzantines experienced a superficialp...

• Italienische Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).

  Einer der herausragenden Künstler der Frührenaissance war der humanistische Gelehrte und Dichter Francesco Petrarca. Mit ihm trat ein neues Lebensgefühl in dieabendländische Kultur ein. Im Unterschied zu Dante und anderen mittelalterlichen Denkern wie dem italienischen Vertreter der Scholastik, Thomas von Aquin, und demfranzösischen Philosophen Pierre Abélard, lag Petrarca weniger daran, die Texte der Klassiker der Antike für seine eigenen Absichten zu verwenden, als vielmehr aus demGeist der Kl...

• Mfecane.

  The Kololo, a Sotho people, entered the same region in the early 1820s after being driven from their homeland south of the Vaal River by the Ngwane-Hlubi wars. In1823 the Kololo clashed with the Griqua and turned north into the Kalahari Desert. They eventually crossed the Zambezi and finally settled in what is now westernZambia after overthrowing the powerful Lozi Kingdom in 1840. D Founding of the Sotho Nation The Ngwane-Hlubi wars also drove loosely organized Sotho communities north into the...

• LE PIN DES LANDES de Théophile Gautier (commentaire)

  En ce temps-la, il n'existe pas encore de chemins de fer. C'est au mois de septembre 1840 seulement que fonct'ionnera la ligne Paris-Versailles! On utilise done la patache, dont l'allure plus que sage permet de voir, de fixer les images dans la refine. « Berce par les cahots de Ia voiture, tout en regardant le lent defile du paysage notre voyageur a meme le temps de « retourner dans sa tete quelque lambeau d'hemistiche ». Et a la des- cente, dans la salle d'auberge, it couche sur le papier prose...

• Schweizer Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).

  Weitere bedeutende deutschsprachige Vertreter der Schweizer Literatur im letzten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts sind André Kaminski ( Nächstes Jahr in Jerusalem, 1968), Paul Nizon ( Stolz, 1975; Die Innenseite des Mantels, 1995), Beat Brechbühl ( Mörmann und die Ängste des Genies, 1976), Silvio Blatter ( Zunehmendes Heimweh, 1978), Walter Matthias Diggelmann ( Schatten, 1979), Urs Jaeggi ( Grundrisse, 1981), Jürg Federspiel ( Die Ballade von der Typhoid Mary, 1982), Matthias Zschokke ( Ma...

• Botswana - country.

  at birth was 50.2 years, also a significant improvement. The urban population of Botswana has increased rapidly, from 18 percent of the total in 1981 to 51 percent in 2003. Gaborone, the capital, is the largest city and mainbusiness center. Other business centers are Francistown, Selebi-Pikwe, Molepolole, Kanye, and Serowe. Botswana received its name from the country’s principal ethnic group, the Tswana. Other ethnic groups include the Kgalagadi, Kalanga, and Basarwa. There are also asmall numbe...

• Geographische Entdeckungen - Geschichte.

  Gebietes. Noch immer aber war das Rätsel der Quelle des Nil nicht geklärt. 1856 machten sich Richard Burton und John Hanning Speke daran, den Tanganyikasee zu erkunden. Aufder Rückreise entdeckte Speke den Victoriasee, den größten Süßwassersee des Kontinents, und hielt diesen richtigerweise für die Quelle. Es kam zu ernsthaftenMeinungsverschiedenheiten zwischen den beiden Entdeckern, und erst bei einer zweiten Expedition von 1859 bis 1862 waren Speke und James Grant in der Lage zubestätigen, das...

• Geographische Entdeckungen - geographie.

  Gebietes. Noch immer aber war das Rätsel der Quelle des Nil nicht geklärt. 1856 machten sich Richard Burton und John Hanning Speke daran, den Tanganyikasee zu erkunden. Aufder Rückreise entdeckte Speke den Victoriasee, den größten Süßwassersee des Kontinents, und hielt diesen richtigerweise für die Quelle. Es kam zu ernsthaftenMeinungsverschiedenheiten zwischen den beiden Entdeckern, und erst bei einer zweiten Expedition von 1859 bis 1862 waren Speke und James Grant in der Lage zubestätigen, das...

• Arktis - geographie.

  2.5 Bevölkerung Lange bevor die Europäer die Arktis entdeckten, gab es dort in weiten Teilen des Landes eine verstreut lebende Bevölkerung. Nur Island stellte eine nennenswerteAusnahme dar. Die Ureinwohner gehörten zahlreichen ethnischen Gruppen an und bedienten sich verschiedener Sprachen; sie stammten jedoch alle ursprünglich aus Asien.Die Inuit (Eskimo) erreichten den Atlantischen Ozean im Osten Grönlands und die Lappen (Samen) gelangten nach Norwegen. In den Arktisregionen Russlands gibt es...

• Ghana - country.

  times of depressed cacao prices, Ghana has significantly increased exports of timber to generate needed revenue. In 1988 Ghana initiated a conservation plan called the Forest Resource Management Project. In 1989 Ghana restricted the export of 18 tree species, and in 1994 thecountry banned the export of raw logs. About 4.8 percent (1997) of the country’s land is officially protected, but illegal logging threatens Ghana’s remaining forests. Deforestation, overgrazing, and periodic drought have led...

• Latin American Independence.

  be inferior and were not permitted a university education. In the lowest caste were the African slaves. As the Spanish monarchy tried to increase its authority, it was hampered by the power of the Catholic Church. The church, including various religious orders, hadacquired great wealth, including large holdings of land, in the colonies. The Jesuit order especially had gained extraordinary wealth and political influence, and it alsocontrolled much of the university and high school education in th...

• Switzerland - country.

  formation over higher elevations. The wind reverses direction about sundown and moves down the valley as a cool downdraft. The foehn, which occurs during the wintermonths, is a dry and relatively warm airflow that is drawn northward over the Alps. The foehn can quickly melt snow and ice, increasing the risk of mudslides andavalanches. D Natural Resources Waterpower is the chief natural resource of Switzerland. The principal source of water is runoff from the considerable annual precipitation th...

• Vietnam War.

  rigged, since about 150,000 more people voted in Saigon than were registered. Diem then deposed Bao Dai, who had been the only other candidate, and declaredSouth Vietnam to be an independent nation called the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), with himself as president and Saigon as its capital. Vietnamese Communists and manynon-Communist Vietnamese nationalists saw the creation of the RVN as an effort by the United States to interfere with the independence promised at Geneva. III THE BEGINNING OF THE...

• Vietnam War - History.

  rigged, since about 150,000 more people voted in Saigon than were registered. Diem then deposed Bao Dai, who had been the only other candidate, and declaredSouth Vietnam to be an independent nation called the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), with himself as president and Saigon as its capital. Vietnamese Communists and manynon-Communist Vietnamese nationalists saw the creation of the RVN as an effort by the United States to interfere with the independence promised at Geneva. III THE BEGINNING OF THE...

• Vietnam War - U.

  rigged, since about 150,000 more people voted in Saigon than were registered. Diem then deposed Bao Dai, who had been the only other candidate, and declaredSouth Vietnam to be an independent nation called the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), with himself as president and Saigon as its capital. Vietnamese Communists and manynon-Communist Vietnamese nationalists saw the creation of the RVN as an effort by the United States to interfere with the independence promised at Geneva. III THE BEGINNING OF THE...

• Kap Verde - geographie.

  kurze Zeit später begannen die Portugiesen mit der Besiedlung. 1495 wurde der Archipel zum Kronbesitz erklärt, und in der Folge wurden Sklaven vom afrikanischenKontinent eingeführt, die in der Landwirtschaft eingesetzt wurden. Aufgrund des hohen Wohlstandes wurden die Inseln ein bevorzugtes Ziel für Piraten und Freibeuter ausverschiedenen Nationen, vor allem für Engländer, Holländer und Franzosen, die im Lauf der Jahrhunderte immer wieder angriffen. Als der Sklavenhandel 1876 endgültigabgeschaff...

• Malta - geographie.

  Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) beträgt 6 375 Millionen US-Dollar (2006; Dienstleistungen 62 Prozent, Industrie 34,9 Prozent, Landwirtschaft 3,2 Prozent); daraus ergibtsich ein BIP pro Kopf von 15 702,80 US-Dollar. Die Wachstumsrate liegt bei durchschnittlich 3,40 Prozent, die Inflationsrate ist negativ und liegt bei -2,80 Prozent (2006).Die Handelsbilanz ist negativ. Zu den wichtigsten Exportgütern gehören u. a. Fahrzeuge und Maschinen, Fertigerzeugnisse und Halbwaren. Importiert werden vor alle...

• Baden-Württemberg.

  der Schwäbischen Alb ziehen zahlreiche Touristen an. Mit über 60 Heilbädern, heilklimatischen Kurorten und Kneippkurorten ist Baden-Württemberg das BäderlandDeutschlands. 7 GESCHICHTE Das Bundesland Baden-Württemberg entstand 1952 aus den 1946/47 neu gebildeten Ländern Württemberg-Baden, Baden und Württemberg-Hohenzollern. 7.1 Von der Vorgeschichte bis zum frühen Mittelalter Der mindestens 660 000 Jahre alte Unterkiefer des Heidelbergmenschen ( siehe Evolution des Menschen) und der ungefähr 2...

• V oir la carte État insulaire d'Europe occidentale, densément peuplé et fortement urbanisé, le Royaume-Uni est une vieille monarchie parlementaire qui fait partie de l'Union européenne.

  rencontrent dans le Sud-Est), et connaissent des maxima de 2 100 mm sur les massifs écossais. Elles sont très régulières et bien réparties : 165 jours à Londres, plus de 200 sur les massifs montagneux. Le degré d'humidité se traduit aussi par l'importante nébulosité et par la fréquence des brumes et des brouillards. La combinaison de ces phénomènes naturels ( fog ) avec les émissions de fumées ( smoke ) provoqua les célèbres brouillards polluants ( smog ) dans les agglomérations indus...

• L'Allemagne: géographie & histoire.

  Les corrélats Bavière Berlin Danube Elbe Erzgebirge Hambourg Harz Hunsrück Lüneburg Munich Oder rhénan (Massif schisteux) Rhin Thuringe Weser Les livres Sarre, page 4633, volume 9 Allemagne - paysage des Alpes bavaroises, page 146, volume 1 Allemagne - les landes de Lüneburg, en Basse-Saxe, page 147, volume 1 Allemagne - la Moselle à hauteur de Bremm, en Rhénanie-Palatinat, page 147, volume 1 Allemagne - la forêt de Thuringe, dans le Land du même nom, page 147, volume 1...

• Belgium - country.

  European Union (EU) directives aimed at improving Belgium’s environmental conditions concern water treatment and water quality, both significant issues in such anindustrial center. Before these directives were issued, the Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, had become polluted from steel production wastes. Otherrivers were polluted with animal wastes and fertilizers. However, Belgium failed to meet EU targets set for the early 2000s for protecting its rivers from farm pollutionand for...

• Auto Racing: Notable Land Speed World Records.

• Hagetmau, localité du département des Landes, au sud-ouest de Mont-deMarsan, en Chalosse.

• Moskau - geographie.

  Jefimowitsch Repin. Das Puschkin-Museum der bildenden Künste zeigt neben Exponaten aus Altertum und Antike (u. a. aus Ägypten und Griechenland) auch Werke alterMeister wie Rembrandt sowie eine Sammlung französischer Expressionisten und Postexpressionisten. In der Rüstkammer ist eine Sammlung von Waffen, Rüstungen,Schmuck und Kirchenornaten der vergangenen sieben Jahrhunderte zu sehen. Herausragende historische Museen sind das Museum der Geschichte der Stadt Moskau, derPalast der Bojaren Romanow,...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Proserpine - anthology.

  the furrow, the seed failed to come up; there was too much sun, there was too much rain; the birds stole the seeds—thistles and brambles were the only growth.Seeing this, the fountain Arethusa interceded for the land. 'Goddess,' said she, 'blame not the land; it opened unwillingly to yield a passage to your daughter. I can tellyou of her fate, for I have seen her. This is not my native country; I came hither from Elis. I was a woodland nymph, and delighted in the chase. They praised mybeauty, bu...

• Corpus singularité du poète

  Le pin de Landes, Théophile Gautier   -Gautier décrit d'abord les Landes puis le pin - Dans la dernière strophe, le poète est comparé au pin. > (V.13) « Le poète est ainsi dans les Landes du monde » - Outil de comparaison: « ainsi » - Vision cruelle du poète > (V.6) « avare bourreau de la création » - Le pin est présenté avec « sa plaie au flanc ». Cela montre que le poète souffre. - Champ lexical de la douleur: « plaie, larme, douloureux, blessé, mourir, blessure, entaille profonde »...

• Himalayas - geography.

  result of deforestation the habitat of most of the wildlife has been destroyed. They are now restricted to special protected areas such as the Jaldapara and Kazirangasanctuaries in India ( see Kaziranga National Park) and the Chitawan preserve in Nepal. There are few animals in the Middle Himalayas because of extensive deforestation. In the Great Himalayas musk deer, wild goats, sheep, wolves, and snow leopards are found. The existence of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti has beenreported by highla...

• Yukon Territory - Geography.

  Tourism is the second most important private sector industry in the Yukon. Visitors come to fish, hunt, enjoy the rugged scenery, and see the historic buildings andcreeks associated with the gold rush. Some marten, lynx, muskrat, wolverine, and other fur-bearing animals are still trapped, but the Yukon plays a minor role in Canadian fur production. The Yukon’s manufacturing industries consist almost exclusively of some mineral refining, printing, and sawmilling. Several hydroelectric plants gene...

• Yukon Territory - Canadian History.

  Tourism is the second most important private sector industry in the Yukon. Visitors come to fish, hunt, enjoy the rugged scenery, and see the historic buildings andcreeks associated with the gold rush. Some marten, lynx, muskrat, wolverine, and other fur-bearing animals are still trapped, but the Yukon plays a minor role in Canadian fur production. The Yukon’s manufacturing industries consist almost exclusively of some mineral refining, printing, and sawmilling. Several hydroelectric plants gene...

• Peter the Great I INTRODUCTION Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725), tsar and, later, emperor of Russia (1682-1725), who is linked with the Westernization of Russia and its rise as a great power.

  V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...

• Peter the Great.

  V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...

• The Souls of Black Folk by W.

  in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in onedark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. Inthis merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, f...

• Albaladejo Pierre, né en 1933 à Dax (Landes), joueur de rugby français.

• François Mauriac, Commencements d'une vie

  Visuelles : «ciel d'airain que parfois ternissait le voile de soufre des incendies», (contraste). Correspond à l'été.«Trouble azur du mois d'octobre ». Contact sensible : succession de la chaleur et de la fraîcheur : «Aussi brûlant qu'ait été l'après-midi... unefraîcheur dangereuse » (disparité des rythmes dans la protase1 organisée en masses croissantes et l'apodose2 oùles accents d'intensités sont rapprochés (2, 2, 4 // 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2) — trouble de la fraîcheur. Sensation d'écrasement...