Inundation
61Effects of global warming on Australia — This article is about predicted impacts of Climate change and Global warming on Australia and its climate. Australia is the highest emitter of greenhouse gases per capita in the developed world. [ [http://www.cana.net.au/index.php?site var=337… …
62Historic tsunamis — Location= Tsunamis occur most frequently in the Pacific Ocean, but are a global phenomenon; they are possible wherever large bodies of water are found, including inland lakes, where they can be caused by landslides. Very small tsunamis, non… …
63426 BC Maliakos Gulf tsunami — The 426 BC Maliakos Gulf tsunami was a tsunami devastating the coasts of the Maliakos and Euboic Gulf, Greece, in the summer of 426 BC. [Antonopoulos, John: The Tsunami of 426 BC in the Maliakos Gulf,Eastern Greece , Natural Hazards , Vol. 5… …
64Dalles des Morts — Dalles des Morts, also known as Death Rapids in English, was a famously violent stretch of the Columbia River upstream from Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, now submerged beneath the waters of the Lake Revelstoke Reservoir. Contents 1… …
65Inundierung — Inundierungsplan der Neuen Holländischen Wasserlinie mit 46 Forts auf 85 Kilometer Länge, 19. Jahrhundert Inundierung dient in der Fachsprache der Geographen als Synonym für eine natürlich bedingte Überflutung von Trocken oder Feuchtflächen. Im… …
66Festung — (hierzu Tafel »Festungsbau I III«), eine Ortsbefestigung, die ringsum solche Stärke besitzt, daß sie ohne äußere Hilfe von außen gegen Überlegenheit behauptet werden kann. Der Besitz des Ortes ist Hauptsache, man will aber an Besatzung sparen,… …
67Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …
68flood — floodable, adj. flooder, n. floodless, adj. floodlike, adj. /flud/, n. 1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged. 2. any great outpouring or stream: a flood of tears. 3. the Flood, the universal deluge… …
69river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …
70Cretaceous Period — Interval of geologic time from с 144 to 65 million years ago. During the Cretaceous the climate was warmer than today. In the seas, marine invertebrates flourished, and bony fishes evolved. On land, flowering plants arose, and insects, bees in… …
