19 résultats pour "crest"
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GENLIS, Caroline Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, comtesse de, dite Mme de
filles de la duchesse (1777), elle pratique sa propre réforme à l'instar de J.-J. Rousseau; elle entre en précep torat comme on entre en religion et s'installe avec ses élèves dans un pavillon du couvent de Bellechasse. En 1782, elle est nommée (( gouverneur)> des enfants d'Orléans. Parmi ses élèves figure aussi Valois, le futur roi Louis-Philippe. Son échec au prix Montyon, puis son ouvrage la Religion considérée comme l'unique base du bonheur et de l...
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Modelado costero - geografía.
mar plenamente desarrollado. Durante una tormenta, este tipo de mar generará olas de distintos tamaños que darán origen a una superficie caótica. Una determinadavelocidad del viento dará lugar a olas de una altura máxima, lo que generalmente se denomina altura de ola significante. El valor de esta característica oscila entre el cero,cuando el viento está en calma (su velocidad es de 0 en la escala de Beaufort) y 15 m o más durante las fuertes tormentas y huracanes (cuando la velocidad del viento...
- Genlis ( Félicité Stéphanie du Crest de Saint-Aubin.
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Missouri - geography.
Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...
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Missouri - USA History.
Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...
- GENLIS, Stéphanie-Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, comtesse de (1746-1830) Elevée dans l'esprit des philosophes du XVIIIe siècle, la célèbre gouvernante des enfants d'Orléans, éducatrice intelligente et hardie, commence à écrire pour ses élèves.
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Plate Tectonics.
ridges. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an underwater mountain range created at a divergent plate boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of a worldwidesystem of ridges made by seafloor spreading. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is currently spreading at a rate of 2.5 cm per year (1 in per year). The mid-ocean ridges today are60,000 km (about 40,000 mi) long, forming the largest continuous mountain chain on earth. Earthquakes, faults, underwater volcanic eruptions, and vents, oropenings, along...
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Oregon - geography.
B Rivers and Lakes The Columbia River forms most of the Oregon-Washington boundary, and with its tributaries this great river drains a large portion of Oregon. From the point where theColumbia first touches the state, at Wallula Gap, the river runs in a shallow gorge, deepening as it approaches the Cascades. This part of the river once had manyrapids and falls, but is now navigable by large vessels because of dams and locks that have been built along much of its length. An important tributary o...
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Oregon - USA History.
B Rivers and Lakes The Columbia River forms most of the Oregon-Washington boundary, and with its tributaries this great river drains a large portion of Oregon. From the point where theColumbia first touches the state, at Wallula Gap, the river runs in a shallow gorge, deepening as it approaches the Cascades. This part of the river once had manyrapids and falls, but is now navigable by large vessels because of dams and locks that have been built along much of its length. An important tributary o...
- GENLIS, Stéphanie-Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, comtesse de (1746-1830) Elevée dans l'esprit des philosophes du XVIIIe siècle, la célèbre gouvernante des enfants d'Orléans, éducatrice intelligente et hardie, commence à écrire pour ses élèves.
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Aves de corral - ciencias de la naturaleza.
La gallina es uno de los primeros animales domésticos que se mencionan en la historia escrita. Se hace referencia al animal en antiguos documentos chinos que indican que“esta criatura de Occidente” había sido introducida en China hacia el año 1400 a.C. En tallas babilónicas del año 600 a.C. aparecen gallinas, que son también mencionadaspor los escritores griegos primitivos, en especial por el dramaturgo Aristófanes en el año 400 a.C. Los romanos la consideraban un animal consagrado a Marte, su d...
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Aves de corral - ciencias de la naturaleza.
La gallina es uno de los primeros animales domésticos que se mencionan en la historia escrita. Se hace referencia al animal en antiguos documentos chinos que indican que“esta criatura de Occidente” había sido introducida en China hacia el año 1400 a.C. En tallas babilónicas del año 600 a.C. aparecen gallinas, que son también mencionadaspor los escritores griegos primitivos, en especial por el dramaturgo Aristófanes en el año 400 a.C. Los romanos la consideraban un animal consagrado a Marte, su d...
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Tectónica de placas - ciencias de la naturaleza.
continentales señalada por el famoso geólogo vienés Eduard Suess, hacia 1880. Reconoció un ‘tipo atlántico’ de margen, identificado por el truncado abrupto de antiguascadenas montañosas y por estructuras hendidas, y un ‘tipo pacífico’, marcado por montañas dispuestas en cordilleras paralelas, por líneas de volcanes y por terremotosfrecuentes. Para muchos geólogos, las costas de tipo pacífico parecen estar localizadas donde los geosinclinales se deforman y se elevan para formar montañas. 3 EXPANS...
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Eagle - biology.
States, is a member of this group found only in North America. It is named for its snow-white head. However, the name bald does not refer to a lack of feathers but comes instead from an outdated word meaning marked with white, as in piebald. The adult bald eagle is blackish brown, with a white head and tail. Its bill, legs, and feet are bright yellow. The bill, which is longer and heavier than the gray bill of golden eagles, is useful for piercing the skin of fish. Bald eagles vary in size....
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Atom - chemistry.
Atoms have several properties that help distinguish one type of atom from another and determine how atoms change under certain conditions. A Atomic Number Each element has a unique number of protons in its atoms. This number is called the atomic number (abbreviated Z). Because atoms are normally electrically neutral,the atomic number also specifies how many electrons an atom will have. The number of electrons, in turn, determines many of the chemical and physical properties ofthe atom. The ligh...
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Atom
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INTRODUCTION
Water Molecule
A water molecule consists of an oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms, which are attached at an angle of 105°.
spontaneously break apart and change, or decay, into other atoms. Unlike electrons, which are fundamental particles, protons and neutrons are made up of other, smaller particles called quarks. Physicists know of six different quarks.Neutrons and protons are made up of up quarks and down quarks —two of the six different kinds of quarks. The fanciful names of quarks have nothing to do with their properties; the names are simply labels to distinguish one quark from another. Quarks are unique amo...
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Native American Art
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INTRODUCTION
Native American Art, the visual works crafted by indigenous people of North America, starting after their arrival on the continent thousands of years ago and continuing
until the present.
artists in the Ohio area cut delicate flat forms from sheets of mica in the shape of birds, human figures, and large hands. They also carved quite natural-looking birdsand animals on stone platform pipes. These figures sat on the pipe’s flat base, or platform, and on some pipes they were part of the pipe bowl. Prominent people ofthese cultures were buried with a wealth of ornaments, such as jewelry of shells and copper, and headdresses elaborated with animal forms. The period of Mississippian cu...
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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...
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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...