67 résultats pour "corbie"
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Mauritania - geografía.
Paisaje de MauritaniaEste país se localiza por completo dentro del Sahara, a excepción de una estrecha franja en el sur. En el centro de su territoriodesértico, se alzan espectaculares mesetas de areniscas. Las precipitaciones anuales oscilan desde menos de 130 mm hasta unos 660mm.Nik Wheeler/Corbis El 80% de Mauritania se encuentra en el Sahara, y años de sequía combinados con la sobreexplotación del pastoreo y la deforestación están incrementando el riesgo dedesertización que corre el país. La...
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océanographie.
Relief du fond des océans© Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés. À cette panoplie s’ajoutent les satellites, qui fournissent une vision plus vaste d’une partie ou de la totalité des océans ; à l’aide de radiomètres, de radars et autres capteursembarqués, ils fournissent des renseignements sur l’état de surface des océans : température, couleur, agitation, étendue de la banquise. En outre, les satellites peuventcollecter les données enregistrées par les divers engins de surface, ce qui acc...
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Níger - geografía.
El clima de Níger es cálido y, en la mayor parte de las áreas, seco. Las precipitaciones, que en el norte son insignificantes, llegan hasta los 813 mm anuales en el sur, dondehay una temporada de lluvias desde junio hasta octubre. La temperatura en Niamey alcanza un promedio anual de 29,4 ºC. 2.2 Flora y fauna La región desértica del norte de Níger tiene muy poca vegetación. En el sur hay una extensa sabana y en las tierras bajas crece una gran variedad de árboles como elbaobab, el tamarindo, e...
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Scandinavian Mythology
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Scandinavian Mythology, pre-Christian religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people.
Werner Forman/Corbis Many ancient mythological heroes, some of whom may have been derived from real persons, were believed to be descendants of the gods; among them were Sigurdthe Dragon-slayer; Helgi Thrice-Born, Harald Wartooth, Hadding, Starkad, and the Valkyries. The Valkyries, a band of warrior-maidens that included Svava andBrunhild, served Odin as choosers of slain warriors, who were taken to reside in Valhalla. There the warriors would spend their days fighting and nights feasting untilR...
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Walt Disney
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Walt Disney
Walt Disney, an American cartoonist and film producer, started an entertainment empire with his creation of animated
movies and world-renowned amusement parks.
Donald DuckDonald Duck waves to visitors at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The Disney Studios created the excitable duck in1934.Kelly-Mooney Photography/Corbis In 1923 Disney moved to Hollywood, California. He, his brother Roy O. Disney, and Iwerks began producing short animated films. In 1927 Disney created the cartooncharacter Oswald the Rabbit. A year later he produced another character, a mouse called Mortimer, but shortly after changed the name to Mickey. In 1928 MickeyMouse starred...
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Agricultura - geografía.
animales de carne, como las ovejas, las vacas, las cabras y los cerdos; las aves, como los pollos, los patos y los pavos; y productos como la leche, el queso, los frutos secosy los aceites. La fruta, las verduras y las aceitunas son también importantes fuentes de alimentos para el ser humano. Los granos para pienso de animales incluyen la soja,el maíz forrajero y el sorgo. Los artículos independientes sobre plantas y animales en concreto contienen información adicional. Véase también Gramíneas...
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Arthur
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King Arthur
Legend and lore surround the life of Arthur, a medieval king of the Britons.
Arthur Receiving ExcaliburAccording to legend, soon after King Arthur became ruler of Britain, he received his magnificent sword Excalibur from ahand that rose mysteriously from a lake. With Excalibur, Arthur led his armies to many victories over Britain’s enemies.Corbis Because of his humble origins, Arthur must overcome strong opposition from the British nobles to his royal claim, but eventually he is crowned. To help him in his taskof leading Britain, he receives a great sword, Excalibur, off...
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Union européenne [UE] - relations internationales.
États tiers. 2.2. 2 Le Conseil des ministres Le Conseil des ministres est composé de vingt-sept ministres représentant chacun des gouvernements et compétents dans le domaine abordé lors de chaque réunion (ilexiste ainsi un Conseil des ministres de l’Économie et des Finances et un Conseil des ministres de l’Agriculture, par exemple). Le Conseil est assisté par le Comité desreprésentants permanents, constitué des représentants permanents de chaque État membre. Instance intergouvernementale, le Co...
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Parques nacionales y reservas naturales - geografía.
vertiente meridional del parque está moteada de taiga (una formación boscosa de arbustos de hoja perenne), mientras que en el norte sólo se encuentra la rala vegetaciónde la tundra ártica. Por el parque deambulan enormes rebaños de caribúes. En África, el Parque nacional Serengeti (Tanzania), de 14.763 km 2, y la colindante Reserva nacional Masai Mara (Kenia), de 1.510 km 2, fueron creados para proteger a las manadas de elefantes, gacelas, impalas y cebras existentes en los mismos. Las praderas...
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Fruto - ciencias de la naturaleza.
penetra en el óvulo, donde puede fecundarlo. Si lo fecunda, el óvulo se transforma en semilla y el receptáculo que protege el ovariose ensancha y forma la carne o pulpa del fruto.© Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos. En los casos típicos, el fruto se limita al ovario maduro, como ocurre en la vaina del guisante (chícharo); en cambio, la manzana incluye ovario y receptáculo —el conjuntode las demás piezas florales soldadas—; la fresa es en realidad una infrutescencia formada por...
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Claude Monet
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Monet's Gardens at Giverny
From 1890 until his death in 1926, Claude Monet lived and painted in the small village of Giverny, near Paris.
small works, Monet’s quick daubs of fresh colors aptly capture the movement of the water and gaiety of the scene. Despite his father's disapproval, in 1870 Monet married Camille, who had already borne him a son. To escape the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), during whichGerman troops threatened Paris, the couple went to London, then to Holland. They returned in 1872 and settled in Argenteuil, a sailing center on the Seine Riveroutside Paris. Monet painted numerous vibrant, light-filled views of...
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Odyssey
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Odyssey, ancient Greek epic poem in 24 books attributed to the poet Homer.
Ulysses in the Cave of PolyphemusOn their return from the Trojan War, Odysseus (also known as Ulysses) and his men are taken prisoner by the one-eyedgiant Polyphemus, who is gradually eating them. After blinding Polyphemus, the remaining men escape by holding on tothe belly of the giant’s sheep. Knowing that the Greeks will try to escape, Polyphemus touches each sheep as it leaves thecave but fails to check underneath. This painting by 17th-century Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens is in the Pushkin...
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Antarctica - geography.
The geographic South Pole lies near the center of the continent in East Antarctica. This point is where all map lines of longitude converge at the southern end ofEarth’s axis of rotation. Distinct from the geographic south pole is the south magnetic pole, where the lines of force of Earth’s magnetic field emerge vertically,arching upward over the planet to enter Earth again at the north magnetic pole. The south-seeking end of a compass needle points to the south magnetic pole. Thesouth magnetic...
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Chinese Literature
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Chinese Literature, writings of the Chinese people, with a continuous history of more than 3,000 years.
(Huang) River basin region in the north. The verses are in lines of four characters (or syllables) and use rhyme and alliteration (repetition of the initial letter). Confuciusquoted them in his works. Because he described them as “without depraved thoughts,” all the verses in the Shi jing have been treated as moral allegories. (4) The Li ji (Book of Ritual ) contains detailed discussions of the principles of conduct at court and in private ceremonies. Although the Han dynasty and later ruler...
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Chinese Literature
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Chinese Literature, writings of the Chinese people, with a continuous history of more than 3,000 years.
(Huang) River basin region in the north. The verses are in lines of four characters (or syllables) and use rhyme and alliteration (repetition of the initial letter). Confuciusquoted them in his works. Because he described them as “without depraved thoughts,” all the verses in the Shi jing have been treated as moral allegories. (4) The Li ji (Book of Ritual ) contains detailed discussions of the principles of conduct at court and in private ceremonies. Although the Han dynasty and later ruler...
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Poetry
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Phyllis McGinley
American poet and author Phyllis McGinley composed light, witty verse, much of which deals with family life.
repetition of certain lines and the rhyming of certain lines. The Provençal sestina features a set of six words that end lines (end-words), repeated in a dizzyingly complexpattern. The range of effects created by the poetic line varies tremendously depending on its length, its patterns of repetition, and whether the sentence stops at the end of theline (end-stopped) or carries over the end of the line (enjambed). Many of the earliest examples of Old English poetry feature an accentual line with...
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Comics
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Comics, series of drawings arranged to tell a story.
is still used to refer to sensationalistic techniques that publishers use to draw more readers to their newspapers. Outcault finally won the right to continue his strip andgradually adopted the panel style and balloon narration that mark “The Yellow Kid” as the first true comic strip. Other early comics included “Little Bears” by JamesSwinnerton, which first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner in 1892, and “The Katzenjammer Kids” by Rudolph Dirks, which first appeared in The American Humo...