45 résultats pour "offshore"
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Le pompage offshore (TPE)
Une fois le forage effectué, le navire ou la plate-tonne de forage sera tracté vers d'autres zones de travail. La plate-fonne de production est ensuite amenée sur place et commence l'exploitation du gisement Les plus petites plates-lonnes sont entièrement construites à terre. Elles sont ensuite chargées sur des barges ballastées, dont la coque peut être entièrement immergée pour libérer la plate-forme dans l'eau. Les plus grosses plates-lonnes s...
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California - geography.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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California - USA History.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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Newfoundland and Labrador - Geography.
Precipitation averages about 1,120 mm (about 44 in) yearly in Newfoundland. In Labrador precipitation varies from about 1,020 mm (about 40 in) in the southeast toabout 510 mm (about 20 in) in the extreme north. Heavy winter snowfalls are common, especially in Newfoundland. D Plant Life About one-third of Newfoundland is forested, and most of the rest of the island is made up of barren areas of reindeer moss and lichens. The forests consist almostentirely of conifers. The most important species...
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Newfoundland and Labrador - Canadian History.
Precipitation averages about 1,120 mm (about 44 in) yearly in Newfoundland. In Labrador precipitation varies from about 1,020 mm (about 40 in) in the southeast toabout 510 mm (about 20 in) in the extreme north. Heavy winter snowfalls are common, especially in Newfoundland. D Plant Life About one-third of Newfoundland is forested, and most of the rest of the island is made up of barren areas of reindeer moss and lichens. The forests consist almostentirely of conifers. The most important species...
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Louisiana - geography.
lakes are on the Red River and its tributaries. In addition, small oxbow lakes are numerous in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Oxbow lakes are formed when a river cutsthrough the neck of one of its loops, or meanders, thus establishing a shorter course and leaving the former loop as a lake separate from the river. Louisiana also hassome artificially created reservoirs. C Coastline Louisiana’s long and irregular coastline extends along the Gulf of Mexico from the Pearl River on the east to the S...
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Louisiana - USA History.
lakes are on the Red River and its tributaries. In addition, small oxbow lakes are numerous in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Oxbow lakes are formed when a river cutsthrough the neck of one of its loops, or meanders, thus establishing a shorter course and leaving the former loop as a lake separate from the river. Louisiana also hassome artificially created reservoirs. C Coastline Louisiana’s long and irregular coastline extends along the Gulf of Mexico from the Pearl River on the east to the S...
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Florida - USA History.
accidentally introduced into the region in the 1880s, and it spread with alarming rapidity throughout the upper reaches of the river. The plant is very difficult toeradicate, and it has also clogged the channels of other Florida rivers. To increase drainage of the Everglades, which drain naturally to Florida Bay and the Gulf ofMexico, a number of drainage channels and canals have been built across southern Florida. Among the rivers flowing from the peninsula to the Gulf of Mexico are the Suwanne...
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China - country.
North China lies between the Mongolian Steppe on the north and the Yangtze River Basin on the south. It stretches west from the Bo Hai gulf and the Yellow Sea to theeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Administratively, North China includes Beijing and Tianjin municipalities; Shandong and Shanxi provinces; most of Hebei, Henan,and Shaanxi provinces; and portions of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Gansu provinces. Humans have lived in the agriculturally rich region of Nor...
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L'OFFSHORE (Travaux Pratiques Encadrés - Espaces pédagogiques interactifs)
Une fois le forage effectué, le navire ou la plate-forme de forage sera tracté vers d'autres zones de t ravail. L a plate-forme de prod uction est ensuite amenée sur place e t commence l'exploitation du gise m en t. Les plus petites p lates-formes sont e ntiè r ement construi tes à terre. Elles sont ensuite chargées sur des barges ballastées , don t la coque peut être entiè rement immergée pour libérer la p late-forme dans l'eau . Les plus grosses plate...
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World Energy Supply.
In the 1990s, oil production by non-OPEC countries remained strong and production by OPEC countries rebounded. The result at the end of the 20th century was aworld oil surplus and prices (when adjusted for inflation) that were lower than in 1972. Experts are uncertain about future oil supplies and prices. Low prices have spurred greater oil consumption, and experts question how long world petroleum reservescan keep pace with increased demand. Many of the world’s leading petroleum geologists beli...
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Nova Scotia - Geography.
summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...
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Nova Scotia - Canadian History.
summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...
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Îles Vierges britanniques (1998-1999): Contrôler le secteur financier
"offshore"?
La croissance économique de ce territoire dépendant du Royaume-Uni et grand...
Îles Vierges britanniques (1998-1999): Contrôler le secteur financier "offshore"? La croissance économique de ce territoire dépendant du Royaume-Uni et grand paradis fiscal s'est élevée à 6,8 % en 1998, grâce notamment au secteur financier offshore, qui a attiré 1 700...
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Îles Vierges britanniques 1998-1999
Contrôler le secteur financier "offshore"?
La croissance économique de ce territoire dépendant du Royaume-Uni et grand...
Îles Vierges britanniques 1998-1999 Contrôler le secteur financier "offshore"? La croissance économique de ce territoire dépendant du Royaume-Uni et grand paradis fiscal s'est élevée à 6,8 % en 1998, grâce notamment au secteur financier offshore, qui a attiré 1 700...
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Hawaii (state) - geography.
limestone along the coast. The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are all so-called shield volcanoes, or lava domes. Unlike the volcanoes of Alaska and South America, those of Hawaii were notcreated by very explosive eruptions. Formed mostly by lava flows, they are great rounded mountain masses, rather than steep-sided cones. Mauna Kea, dormant forcenturies, is the highest mountain in the state. It rises to 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level, and its summit is dotted with cinder cones formed by...
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Hawaii (state) - USA History.
limestone along the coast. The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are all so-called shield volcanoes, or lava domes. Unlike the volcanoes of Alaska and South America, those of Hawaii were notcreated by very explosive eruptions. Formed mostly by lava flows, they are great rounded mountain masses, rather than steep-sided cones. Mauna Kea, dormant forcenturies, is the highest mountain in the state. It rises to 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level, and its summit is dotted with cinder cones formed by...
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forage, plate-forme de
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forage, plate-forme de, structure fixée, flottante ou sous-marine, qui supporte des appareils de forage.
Le premier système de production flottant du monde fut utilisé dans le gisement Argyll en 1974. Les plates-formes de production flottantes, avec installations de traitement intégrées, permettent l'exploitation de gisements de pétrole et de gaz plus petits qui n'auraient pas justifié les investissements d'une installation fixe. Elles permettent également d'éviter les problèmes techniques liés à l'installation de plates-formes fixes sur des grands fonds et risquent moins de souffrir de dégâts stru...
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Silvio Berlusconi, mégalomane ressuscité
Le parti du leader socialiste et la Démocratie chrétienne sont pratiquement anéantis par le scandale « Mani pulite » (Mainspropres). Il y a un énorme vide politique à combler. En homme astucieux qu'il est, Silvio Berlusconi saisit l'opportunité. Enquelques jours, Forza Italia, sa formation, est lancée à partir de rien. Une construction artificielle, sans racines, sans identité, unparti-plastique pour mettre en mouvement ce qu'il appelle le « nouveau miracle italien », dont le premier objectif es...
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Cameroon - country.
seminomadic herders of the north. Cattle, goats, and fowl are the most commonly raised animals. B Forestry and Fishing Timber is traditionally one of Cameroon’s most valuable exports, consisting mainly of mahogany, ebony, and teak. The timber cut in 2006 amounted to 11.4 million cu m(401 million cu ft). Most of the fish caught in Cameroon come from the country’s rivers and lakes and are consumed locally. However, deep-sea fishing activity isincreasing, especially from the port of Douala. Some 1...
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Côte d'Ivoire - country.
D Culture Traditional artistic expressions in Côte d’Ivoire include woodcarvings (particularly masks), decorative fabrics, and acrobatic dancing. Urban populations have beengreatly influenced by French culture. The French language is almost universally used in the written literature of Côte d’Ivoire, to the exclusion of the African languages. IV ECONOMY About 60 percent of Côte d’Ivoire’s total labor force is employed in farming and forestry. Government efforts to avoid dependence on a small...
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Water Pollution.
Cryptosporidium in the water supply of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sickened more than 400,000 people and killed more than 100. H Thermal Pollution Water is often drawn from rivers, lakes, or the ocean for use as a coolant in factories and power plants. The water is usually returned to the source warmer than when itwas taken. Even small temperature changes in a body of water can drive away the fish and other species that were originally present, and attract other species in placeof them. Thermal pol...
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Saudi Arabia - country.
C Natural Resources Some of the world’s largest oil and natural gas fields lie beneath Saudi Arabia and its offshore waters, representing the country’s most economically important naturalresource. In 2007 Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves were estimated at 264 billion barrels. Before the discovery and exploitation of these reserves in the mid-20th century,Saudi Arabia was one of the poorest countries in the world. Its relatively small population subsisted in a harsh environment with little agricultur...
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Massachusetts - geography.
mi). Other large artificial lakes include Wachusett Reservoir, East Brimfield Reservoir, and Cobble Mountain Reservoir. Assawompsett Pond, covering about 10 sq km(about 4 sq mi), is the largest natural lake. North Watuppa Pond and Long Pond are other large natural lakes. Lake Chaubunagungamaug, near Webster, is usuallycalled Webster Lake, because the Algonquian name is difficult to pronounce and spell. The full version of the Native American name is said to be the longest place-namein North Amer...
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En 1992, l'économie norvégienne a encore fonctionné à deux rythmes. Le secteur
offshore des hydrocarbures a prospéré plus que jamais:...
En 1992, l'économie norvégienne a encore fonctionné à deux rythmes. Le secteur offshore des hydrocarbures a prospéré plus que jamais: la production a augmenté de 12,4% (134 millions de tep, tonnes-équivalent-pétrole), les investissements et les exportations, de 18 et 11%, plaçant la Norvège au quatrième rang des exportateurs de pétrole (50% de la production européenne). L'excédent des comptes courants (22 milliards de couronnes) a ainsi dépassé 3% du PNB, grâce aussi à la progression (+4,2%) des...
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Montserrat: 1992-1993
Le secteur financier offshore a été réorganisé avec la fermeture de 319 banques.
La Communauté européenne a fait...
Montserrat: 1992-1993 Le secteur financier offshore a été réorganisé avec la fermeture de 319 banques. La Communauté européenne a fait un don de 13,5 millions de dollars E.C. sur quatre ans à cette dépendance britannique pour le développement de son port et de son réseau routier. Après avoir été accusés de fraude financière, l'ex-Premier ministre John Osborne et...
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Dominique 1997-1998
Le gouvernement a renforcé, en 1997, le secteur financier offshore, qui comprend déjà des casinos sur
Internet, "...
Dominique 1997-1998 Le gouvernement a renforcé, en 1997, le secteur financier offshore, qui comprend déjà des casinos sur Internet, " domiciliés " dans l'île, et la vente de passeports aux étrangers qui s'engagent à y investir (" citoyenneté économique "). Il veut...
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L'économie, dominée par le tourisme et le secteur financier offshore, a progressé en 1997. Ce paradis
fiscal accueille environ 3...
L'économie, dominée par le tourisme et le secteur financier offshore, a progressé en 1997. Ce paradis fiscal accueille environ 3 500 sociétés financières et 42 000 sièges sociaux d'entreprises. Le ministre du Développement communautaire McKeeva Bush a été limogé en octobre 1997, à la suite d'un...
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Îles Vierges britanniques (1999-2000): De la coiffure des immigrés
L'expansion du secteur financier offshore et du tourisme s'est poursuivie dans...
Îles Vierges britanniques (1999-2000): De la coiffure des immigrés L'expansion du secteur financier offshore et du tourisme s'est poursuivie dans ce territoire dépendant britannique, avec la modernisation de l'aéroport et la mise en œuvre d'efforts en...
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Îles Vierges britanniques 1999-2000
De la coiffure des immigrés
L'expansion du secteur financier offshore et du tourisme s'est poursuivie dans...
Îles Vierges britanniques 1999-2000 De la coiffure des immigrés L'expansion du secteur financier offshore et du tourisme s'est poursuivie dans ce territoire dépendant britannique, avec la modernisation de l'aéroport et la mise en œuvre d'efforts en...
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Trinidad et Tobago (1997-1998)
La compagnie pétrolière Amoco a annoncé, fin 1997, la découverte de réserves de
gaz offshore sans...
Trinidad et Tobago (1997-1998) La compagnie pétrolière Amoco a annoncé, fin 1997, la découverte de réserves de gaz offshore sans précédent (85 milliards de mètres cubes). En janvier 1998, elle a trouvé son plus grand champ de pétrole (jusqu'à 70 millions de barils) depuis vingt-cinq ans. Mais le cours mondial du pétrole s'est effondré début 1998, et le gouvernement a dû réviser à la baisse son budget calculé sur la base d'un prix trop optimiste. Le PIB, auquel le secteur de l'énergie...
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Peut-on réguler la finance mondiale ?
s'opposent deux conceptions : la conception libérale qui défend une auto -régulation du système financier et une conception plus keynésienne qui prône la nécessaire intervention des instituions pour réguler la finance. A - Une finance théoriquement vertueuse : la thèse libérale ... Pour comprendre la thèse libérale il suffit de penser aux trois principes fondateurs du libéralisme, à savoir la liberté, la responsabilité et la propriété. Ainsi ils estiment que la liberté est in...
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Antigua and Barbuda - country.
The monetary unit of Antigua and Barbuda is the East Caribbean (EC) dollar of 100 cents (2.70 East Caribbean dollars equal U.S.$1, a fixed rate since 1976). VI ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS The growth of the tourist industry has created some environmental problems, including uncontrolled disposal of sewage from hotels on the beach. Hotel developmentalso threatens the Antiguan mangrove trees. Water management is another major area of concern because of limited natural freshwater resources. Coral reefs...
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Les paradis fiscaux
nettoyer l'argent au sens propre du terme. Plus tard, dans les années 1920, une nouvelle génération de paradisfiscaux apparaît: des zones comme les Bahamas, la Suisse ou le Luxembourg commencent à développer deslégislations permettant notamment aux étrangers de venir déposer leurs capitaux pour échapper à l'impôt. Beaucoup de ces territoires, après la seconde guerre mondiale, appartiennent aux «oubliés du Plan Marshall». Pourfinancer leur développement, certains se spécialisent dans le...
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Miami (Florida) - geography.
VI EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Colleges and universities in the area include the University of Miami, Florida International University, Barry University, St. Thomas University, and Florida MemorialCollege. Miami-Dade Community College, one of the nation’s largest two-year colleges, has six campuses in the region. Leading museums include the Historical Museumof Southern Florida, the Miami Museum of Science, the Miami Art Museum, the Lowe Art Museum on the campus of the University of M...
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Belize - country.
Education is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Attendance at primary schools was nearly universal in 2002–2003, but only 78 percent of children ofsecondary school age were enrolled in school. Higher education is available at colleges in Belize City and Corozal. The literacy rate of 93 percent is one of the highest inLatin America. C Government Belize is governed under a constitution that became effective at independence in 1981. Belize recognizes the British monarch as its o...
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Tunisia - country.
mixture of Berber and Arab stock, and they regard themselves as Arabs. Nearly everyone speaks Arabic. The population of Tunisia is concentrated in the coastal plain. It is fairly dense in the hilly north, but the arid plateau, basin, and south are thinly settled. About two-thirds of the country’s people live in urban areas. A Principal Cities The capital and largest city of Tunisia is the seaport of Tunis. Other important cities include Sfax, a port and center of trade on the eastern coast; Sūs...
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Ocean and Oceanography.
of sediment. When studied in sedimentary core samples, which can represent many millions of years of deposits, they provide a detailed and continuous history of theearth’s environmental changes. The record is particularly informative for the most recent 2 million to 5 million years, during which major fluctuations in global climatehave occurred. Successive ice ages can be traced by the relative scarcity or abundance of the shells of warm-water and cold-water diatoms in various layers of asedimen...
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Ocean and Oceanography - Geography.
of sediment. When studied in sedimentary core samples, which can represent many millions of years of deposits, they provide a detailed and continuous history of theearth’s environmental changes. The record is particularly informative for the most recent 2 million to 5 million years, during which major fluctuations in global climatehave occurred. Successive ice ages can be traced by the relative scarcity or abundance of the shells of warm-water and cold-water diatoms in various layers of asedimen...
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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...
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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...
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Argentina - country.
Patagonia lies in the rain shadow of the Andes and so receives little moisture. As a result it is used primarily for grazing sheep, although some crops are grown on smallfarms in irrigated valleys. Several major oil fields also are in Patagonia. At the southern tip of Patagonia is Tierra del Fuego, a large mountainous island shared byArgentina and Chile. B Rivers and Lakes Most of Argentina’s rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Three rivers—the Paraná, Paraguay, and Uruguay—flow generally sou...
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New Jersey - geography.
C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...
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New Jersey - USA History.
C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...
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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...