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Wisconsin

Wisconsin lies on the western border of Lake Michigan. Covering some 65,503 square mi (169,652 square km), the state ranks 23rd overall in size.

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Lake Winnipeg

LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg (Cree for “murky or muddy waters”) is 266 mi (428 km) long and has an area of 9,417 square mi (24,390 square km).

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FROM THE TIME THAT the seafaring Phoenicians introduced wine to Egypt—and wealthy Egyptians grew grapes in a warm but otherwise imperfect climate 3,500 years ago—several geographic rules have guided the trade.

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Дата: August 8, 2010, 02:15 PM

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Wetlands

WETLANDS ARE WATER-BASED ecosystems that cover approximately 6 percent of the Earth’s land area. an estimated 3.3 million square mi (8.6 million square km).

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Дата: August 8, 2010, 02:07 PM

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Western Sahara

AS OF 2005, Western Sahara, formerly called Spanish Sahara, was officially occupied by Morocco. Western Sahara is one of the most inhospitable places on earth.

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Дата: August 8, 2010, 01:57 PM

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West Virginia

WITH ITS CAPITAL at Charleston, West Virginia occupies 24,181 square mi (62,629 square km). Its lowest point is the Potomac River at 210 ft (73m) near Harper’s Ferry.

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Weather

THROUGHOUT HISTORY, humankind has always been in awe of the weather. Ancient civilizations considered it to be the work of the gods.

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Дата: August 8, 2010, 01:35 PM

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Washington

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON in the northwest United States has an area of 71,303 square mi (184,674 square km) and a population of 5,894,121 (2000).

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Wallis and Futuna Islands

THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS (overseas territory of France) are a collection of tiny islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Wadi

A WADI IS A RAVINE or gully in the Middle East or northern Africa that is dry for most of the year.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 05:17 PM

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Johann Heinrich von Thünen

JOHANN HEINRICH von Thünen was an important theorist in the science of land use. His work brought together the fields of economics and geography to provide an illustration of the balance between land cost and transportation costs.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 05:13 PM

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Volga River

THE VOLGA RIVER is considered to be the mother of Russian rivers. Europe’s longest, it drains an area of 550,288 square mi (1,410,994 square km), roughly 40 percent of European Russia.

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Virtual geography

THE INTERNET TOGETHER with a new generation of related computer software and hardware is producing a revolution in how we conceptualize and interact with geographic places and spaces.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:59 PM

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Virginia

NAMED FOR QUEEN Elizabeth I of England who was known as the Virgin Queen, the Commonwealth of Virginia is officially known as The Old Dominion State.

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Virgin Islands (U.S.)

A TERRITORY OF THE United States, roughly 65 km (40 mi) east of Puerto Rico, these islands were named by Christopher Columbus in honor of the 11,000 martyred companions of Saint Ursula, Las Once Mil Vírgenes.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:40 PM

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Virgin Islands (British)

AN OVERSEAS TERRITORY of the United Kingdom, and poorer cousins to the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands have looked to their larger and more populous neighbors to the west for much of their economic and cultural influences: most tourists to the islands are from the mainland United States, and the islands have used U.S. currency since 1959.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:38 PM

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Vinson Massif

VINSON MASSIF IS THE highest peak (16,077 ft or 4,901 m) on the Antarctica continent. It forms the southern outlier of the Sentinel Range, the northern range of the Ellsworth Mountains.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:31 PM

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Vietnam

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC of Vietnam was formed into a single country in 1976 when the North and South Vietnam states were united after the withdrawal of American military, which had been engaged in an anticommunist war since the early 1960s.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:14 PM

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Lake Victoria

WITH AN AREA of 26,830 square mi (69,490 square km), Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and, after Lake Superior in North America, the second largest lake in the world.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:10 PM

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Vernacular housing

HUMAN GEOGRAPHERS often distinguish between the natural environment and the built environment. The latter, also known as the cultural landscape, consists of that part of our milieu that has been modified by human action.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:06 PM

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Vermont

BOUNDED BY THE Canadian province of Québec to the north, Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, Vermont covers an area of 9,609 square mi (24,887 square km) and is located in the westernmost portion of the New England region of the United States.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 04:02 PM

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Venezuela

VENEZUELA IS A COUNTRY in northern South America. A former Spanish colony, Venezuela formed part of the country of Gran Colombia after achieving independence in the early 19th century.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 03:56 PM

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Vegetation zones

THE COMPOSITION OF associations among plant species tends to vary regularly across gradients of altitude, latitude, temperature, soil types, and other variables.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 03:49 PM

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Vegetation geography

Geographers are concerned with studying elements of the natural and human environments. They want to determine the relationships between these elements and wish to explain their patterns of location.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 03:44 PM

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Vatican City

THE STATE OF VATICAN City is the world’s smallest independent state. This tiny city situated on a hill in Rome, Italy, is the capital of the Roman Catholic Church and holds the residence of the pope.

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Дата: August 4, 2010, 03:41 PM

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Vanuatu

UPON ACHIEVING independence from France and Great Britain in 1980, the peoples of the islands known as the New Hebrides renamed the island nation Vanuatu—“ forever our land”—in a strident attempt to break with one of the most turbulent colonial histories of the developing world.

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Дата: August 2, 2010, 03:01 PM

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Uzbekistan

THE REPUBLIC OF Uzbekistan, the most populous Central Asian republic of the former Soviet Union, is one of the world’s only countries that is landlocked and bordered entirely by other landlocked states (Liechtenstein is the other).