(Encyclopedia) PietermaritzburgPietermaritzburgpēˌtərmărˈĭtsbûrgˌ [key], city, part and seat of Msunduzi local municipality and capital of KwaZulu-Natal prov., E South Africa, in the foothills of the…
The following table lists the worst floods, landslides, avalanches, tidal waves and mudslides in history.
1228 Holland: 100,000 people reputedly drowned by sea flood in Friesland.
1642 China…
A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessive heat, generally ten degrees or more above average, often combined with excessive humidity. This kind of heat kills. After only…
THE ROCK CYCLE WHAT ARE IGNEOUS ROCKS? WHAT ARE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS MADE OF? HOW ARE METAMORPHIC ROCKS CREATED? MINERALS CRYSTALS GEMSTONES FIND OUT MORE
Earth’s crust is made of rock…
(Encyclopedia) Frick, Henry Clay, 1849–1919, American industrialist, b. Westmoreland co., Pa. He worked on his father's farm, was a store clerk, and did bookkeeping before he and several associates…
(Encyclopedia) Labrador-UngavaLabrador-Ungavalăbˈrədôrˌ-əngāˈvə, –əngävˈə [key], peninsular region of E Canada, c.550,000 sq mi (1,424,500 sq km), bounded on the W by Hudson Bay, on the N by Hudson…
(Encyclopedia) cadmiumcadmiumkădˈmēəm [key] [from cadmia, Lat. for calamine, with which cadmium is found associated], metallic chemical element; symbol Cd; at. no. 48; at. wt. 112.411; m.p. 321℃; b.p…
