Basalt is a dark-colored, fine-grained, igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene minerals. It most commonly forms as an extrusive rock, such as a lava flow, but can also form in small intrusive bodies, such as an igneous dike or a thin sill. It has a composition similar to gabbro. The difference between basalt and gabbro is that basalt is a fine-grained rock while gabbro is a ...
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Covering an area of roughly 287,000 square miles, Borneo is the third-largest island in the world. It is divided into four political regions: Kalimantan belongs to Indonesia; Sabah and Sarawak are part of Malaysia; a small remaining region comprises the sultanate of Brunei. Located southeast of the Malay Peninsula and southwest of the Philippines, Borneo is primarily mountainous, with dense ...
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The Great Victoria is the largest desert in Australia and consists of many small sand hills, grassland plains, areas with a closely packed surface of pebbles (called desert pavement or gibber plains) and salt lakes. It is over 700 kilometers (430 mi) wide (from west to east) and covers an area of 348,750 square kilometers.
The majority of people living in the region are Indigenous ...
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The Murray River is Australia's longest single river. The River Murray rises near Mount Kosciuszko in the Australian Alps and flows 2,530 km to the Southern Ocean, near Goolwa in South Australia. The Murray River forms part of the 3,750 km (2,330 mi) long combined Murray–Darling river system which drains most of inland Victoria, New South Wales, and southern Queensland.
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Ottawa, city, capital of Canada, located in southeastern Ontario. Ottawa was named the capital of the Province of Canada in 1857 and retained that status when Canada became a dominion within the British Commonwealth in 1867. In the eastern extreme of the province, Ottawa is situated on the south bank of the Ottawa River across from Gatineau, Quebec, at the confluence of the Ottawa ...
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Cultural geography is a sub-field within human geography. Though the first traces of the study of different nations and cultures on Earth can be dated back to ancient geographers such as Ptolemy or Strabo, cultural geography as academic study firstly emerged as an alternative to the environmental determinist theories of the early Twentieth century, which had believed that people and societies ...
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Mesopotamia is generally credited with being the first place where civilized societies truly began to take shape. Situated in a vast expanse of delta between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, the people of Mesopotamia learned to tame the dry land and draw sustenance from it.
Tanks tread there now, and companies pump oil from beneath the ancient soil. Today, much of the area lies in ...
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A boom refers to a period of increased commercial activity within either a business, market, industry or economy as a whole. For an individual company, a boom means rapid and significant sales growth, while a boom for a country is marked by significant GDP growth. A company or industry boom results in an increase of output, jobs and investment in that industry.
Certain events can be ...
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A bust is a period of time during which economic growth decreases rapidly. In the stock market, busts are usually associated with bear markets. During busts, inflation decreases, and in extreme cases, can cause deflation. In addition, unemployment rises, income falls and demand decreases. Because of the cyclical nature of the economy, a bust usually follows a boom in what is called the "boom ...
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Copenhagen (København) is the capital city, and the largest in Denmark. The city is situated on the east coast of the island of Zealand. Another small portion of the city is located on Amager Island. Copenhagen and Malmö, Sweden are separated by the strait of Øresund which can be crossed by road or by train across the Øresund Bridge. If you are driving the trip takes ...
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