Reflist DEFAULTSORT HighlandGeography Category Landforms Category Climatology Geo term stub be ...Refimprove date December 2009 The term highland s or upland s is used to denote any mountain ous region or elevated mountainous plateau . Generally speaking, the term upland or uplands tends to be used for ranges of hill s, ref University of California Museum of Paleontology 1995 and later , http www.ucmp.berkeley.edu glossary glossary U.html upland upland , UCMP Glossary ref typically up to 500 600m, and highland or highlands for ranges of low mountain s. The Scottish Highlands refers to the mountainous region north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault . Many countries have areas that are officially or unofficially referred to as highlands. Other than Scotland , these include parts of Nigeria , Ethiopia , Papua New Guinea , Syria and Nova Scotia the latter being Latin for New Scotland due to its resemblance to the country . The Highland council area Highland council area is a local government Scotland local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. Synonymous terms used in other countries include high country , used in New Zealand , New South Wales , Victoria Australia Victoria , Tasmania and Southern Queensland in Australia , and parts of the United States notably North Carolina , and highveld , used in South Africa . Highland is often also used to describe a particular mountain climate , fully termed the highland zone . The highland zone is of relatively low altitude and is distinguished by the growth of thick shrubs such as heather , tussock grass es, and deciduous tree s and bush es. The ground in the highland zone is generally well irrigated. This can be compared to the higher altitude alpine zone , which is generally drier and is noted for the sparseness of trees which are generally coniferous there and shrubs, and the growth of thinner grasses and small flower s. In Australia The highlands in Australia are often ... more details
wiktionary highland Highlands Highland or Highlands may refer to TOCright Places Armenia Armenian Highland ... Province Western Highlands Province United Kingdom Scottish Highlands Highland council area and former region United States Highland by state Highland, Arkansas Highland, California Highland, California, former name of Highland Springs, Lake County, California Highland, Denver , Colorado, a former town, now a neighborhood in Denver not to be confused with Highlands, Denver, Colorado Highland, Illinois Highland, Lake County, Indiana Highland, Vanderburgh County, Indiana Highland, Vermillion County, Indiana Highland, Kansas Highland St. Francisville, Louisiana , National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisiana listed on the NRHP in Louisiana Highland, Maryland Highland MBTA station , a train station in West Roxbury, Massachusetts Highland, Sullivan County, New York Highland, Ulster County, New York Highland, Ohio Highland, Utah Highland Simeon, Virginia , National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia listed on the NRHP in Virginia Highland, Washington Highland, Douglas County, Wisconsin Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin Highland, Wisconsin , a village within the town of Highland in Iowa County The Highlands Highlands Smithfield, Kentucky , National Register of Historic ..., Texas See also Highland City, Florida Highland County disambiguation Highland Heights disambiguation Highland Lake disambiguation Highland Mills, New York Highland Park disambiguation Highland Plantation, Maine Highland Township disambiguation Highland Village disambiguation Education Highland Community College Illinois , a community college in Freeport, Illinois Highland School of Technology , Gastonia, North Carolina Highland High School disambiguation Highland Middle School disambiguation Highlands Elementary School disambiguation Other uses HighlandHighlandgeography , an elevated mountainous region Highland album , album and song by Swedish pop group One More Time Highland band ... more details
orphan date April 2010 Infobox nrhp name The Highland nrhp type image SomervilleMA TheHighland.jpg caption location Somerville, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 23 lat seconds 13 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 5 long seconds 55 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1892 architect Kelley,Samuel D. architecture Other, Romanesque added September 18, 1989 governing body Private mpsub Somerville MPS refnum 89001260 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The Highland , built in 1892, is a historic multiunit residence at 66 Highland Street in Somerville, Massachusetts . The building was designed by Samuel D. Kelley. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. References reflist See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts Registered Historic Places Category 1892 architecture Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Houses in Somerville, Massachusetts SomervilleMA NRHP stub ... more details
Image Laguna Conococha.jpg thumb 280px Conococha lagoon , Puno, Peru Suni or Jalca is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru . It is located in the Andes at an altitude between 3,500 and 4,100 metres above sea level. Suni has a dry and cold weather and there are many glacial valleys. Flora and fauna The flora includes gramine ous plants and shrub s such as the taya taya Caesalpinia spinosa , the Quishuar Buddleja coriacea , and the cantuta Cantua buxifolia a flower considered sacred by the Incas . Even though it is hard for plants to grow because of the weather, people are able to cultivate such crops as quinoa , Ka iwa ca igua , Vicia faba broad beans and ulluco Ullucus tuberosus. The main fauna is the guinea pig and, among numerous other highland birds, the Chiguanco Thrush . ref Pulgar Vidal, Javier Geograf a del Per Las Ocho Regiones Naturales del Per . Edit. Universo S.A., Lima 1979. First Edition his dissertation of 1940 Las ocho regiones naturales del Per , Bolet n del Museo de historia natural Javier Prado , n especial, Lima, 1941, 17, pp. 145 161. ref Overview Image Quinoa.jpg thumb right 120px Quinoa , a flora species. Andean Continental Divide class wikitable Westside Eastside Chala , dry coast Lowland tropical rainforest or Omagua Selva baja Yunga Maritime Yungas Maritime Yungas Highland tropical rainforest or Rupa Rupa Selva alta Yunga Maritime Yungas Maritime Yungas Subtropical cloud forest or Yunga Fluvial Yungas Fluvial Yungas Quechua geography Quechua Montane valleys Quechua geography Quechua Montane valleys Tree line Tree line about 3,500 m Suni, scrubs and agriculture Suni, scrubs and agriculture Mountain Top Mountain passes 4,100 m Puna grassland Andean alpine desert Snow line about 5,000 m Janca rocks, snow and ice Peak See also Climate zones by altitude Altitudinal zonation Literature references coord missing Peru DEFAULTSORT Suni Geography Category Montane ecology Category Physiographic regions of Peru ecoregion stub ay Suni cs Suni de Suni ... more details
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Image ValleColca lou.jpg thumb 310px Valle del Colca , Arequipa, Peru Quechua is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru and is between 2,300 and 3,500 m above sea level. It is composed of big valleys divided by rivers fed by estival rains. Its flora includes Andean alder , gongapa , and arracacha . People who live in this region, cultivate Maize corn , Squash fruit squash , passionflower passionfruit , papaya , wheat , and peach . Notable fauna include birds like the chihuanco or white necked thrush . ref Pulgar Vidal, Javier Geograf a del Per Las Ocho Regiones Naturales del Per . Edit. Universo S.A., Lima 1979. First Edition his dissertation of 1940 Las ocho regiones naturales del Per , Bolet n del Museo de historia natural Javier Prado , n especial, Lima, 1941, 17, pp. 145 161. ref Overview Andean Continental Divide class wikitable Westside Eastside Chala , dry coast Lowland tropical rainforest or Omagua Selva baja Yunga Maritime Yungas Maritime Yungas Highland tropical rainforest or Rupa Rupa Selva alta Yunga Maritime Yungas Maritime Yungas Subtropical cloud forest or Yunga Fluvial Yungas Fluvial Yungas Quechua Montane valleys Quechua Montane valleys Tree line Tree line about 3,500 m Suni geography Suni , scrubs and agriculture Suni geography Suni , scrubs and agriculture Mountain Top Mountain passes 4,100 m Puna grassland Andean alpine desert Snow line about 5,000 m Janca Rocks, Snow and Ice Peak See also Climate zones by altitude Altitudinal zonation Literature references Image Granadillas.jpg thumb right Passionfruit or Granadilla . coord missing Peru Category Montane ecology Category Physiographic regions of Peru ecoregion stub cs Quechua z na de Quechua H henzone es Quechua regi n lt Ke ua qu Qhichwa suyu uk ... more details
Country geography name Croatia map Un croatia.svg continent Europe region Southeastern Europe coordinates Coord 45 10 N 15 30 E km area 56542 percent land 99 km coastline 5835 coastline notes br mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km borders Land borders Total land borders br 2,197 km highest point Dinara br 1,830 m lowest point Mediterranean Sea br 0 m longest river Sava largest lake File Croatia topo.jpg thumb 280px Topographic map Croatia is located in Southeastern Europe aka the western Balkans between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia . ref cite web url http www.vlada.hr en about croatia information identity card title Identity Card Information publisher Government of the Republic of Croatia accessdate 2010 04 26 ref ref cite web title The World Factbook Croatia url https www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook geos hr.html publisher Central Intelligence Agency ref It borders the Adriatic Sea along its 5,835 km coastline. Its size is comparable to that of West Virginia or Nova Scotia . Croatia has a 932 km border with Bosnia and Herzegovina , a 670 km border with Slovenia , a 329 km border with Hungary , a 241 km border with Serbia its Autonomous Province of Vojvodina entirely and a 25 km border with Montenegro . Islands and coastal areas in Croatia have a Mediterranean climate while inland areas have temperate continental climate with hot summers with low overall humidity levels but frequent rainshowers and cold snowy winters. The local terrain is quite diverse given the size of the country. There are flat plains along the Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near the Adriatic coastline and islands. Croatia ... Mediterranean along the coast and a semi highland and highland climate in the south central region ... Speleology showcaves.com Croatia topics state collapsed Geography of Europe Europe topic Climate of Danube DEFAULTSORT Geography Of Croatia Link FA hr commonscat Geography of Croatia Category Geography ... more details
Geography of Georgia can refer to Geography of Georgia country Geography of Georgia U.S. state geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
wiktionary geographyGeography is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. Geography may also refer to Geography album Geography album by Front 242 Geographia , Ptolemy s main work besides the Almagest Geographica , Strabo s 17 volume geographic encyclopedia disambig hr Geografija razdvojba ... more details
2010 ref all would include the Highlandgeographyhighland s of north Indochina north Geography of Vietnam Vietnam and all Geography of Laos Laos , Geography of Thailand Northern Thailand Thailand , the Shan State Geography Shan State of northern Burma , and the mountains of Southwest China , others extend the region as far West as Tibetan Plateau Tibet , north Indian subcontinent Geography India , Geography of Pakistan Pakistan , and Afghanistan . These areas share a common elevated, rugged terrain ... that the highland people crafted their own social worlds in response to the political and natural ... political and social environments. However, Lieberman argues that the highland peoples of Boreno ... tended to underthrust Shan&ndash Thai. Categories DEFAULTSORT Zomia Geography Category Geography of Southeast Asia Category Geography terminology Category Geology of China Category Landforms ... more details
Country geography name Burundi map Burundi map OMC.png map size 250px continent Africa ref https www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook geos by.html CIA World Factbook ref region Central Africa coordinates coord 3 30 S 30 0 E area ranking 153rd km area 27830 percent land 92.2 percent water 12.8 km coastline 0 borders 974 km DROC 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km highest point Mount Heha 2670 m lowest point Lake Tanganyika 772 m longest river largest lake Lake Tanganika MapLibrary Burundi sat.png Burundi Image Burundi Topography.png thumb Topography of Burundi Burundi is located in central Africa , to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , at the co ordinates coord 3 30 S 30 0 E . Physical geography Burundi occupies an area equal to 27,830 square kilometres in size, of which 25,650 km is land. The country has 974 kilometres of land border 233 km of which is shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 290 km with Rwanda and 451 km with Tanzania . As a landlocked country, Burundi possesses no coastline, although it straddles the crest of the Nile Congo River watershed. The farthest headwaters of the Nile, the Ruvyironza River , has its source in Burundi. Climate Burundi in general has a tropical highland climate, with a considerable daily temperature range in many areas. Temperature also varies considerably from one region to another, chiefly as a result of differences in altitude. The central plateau enjoys pleasantly cool weather, with an average temperature of convert 20 C . The area around Lake Tanganyika is warmer, averaging convert 23 C 1 the highest mountain areas are cooler, averaging convert 16 C 1 . Bujumbura s average annual temperature is br convert 23 C 1 . Rain is irregular, falling most heavily in the northwest ... , Cibitoke Province References references Geography of Africa Africa topic Climate of Burundi topics DEFAULTSORT Geography Of Burundi Category Geography of Burundi be es Geograf a ... more details
Retail Geography is the study of where to place retail stores based on where their customers are. The use of retail geography has grown significantly in the past decade due to the use of geographic information systems GIS . See also Marketing geography Geo marketing Economic geography Business geography Human geography Category Economic geography Geo term stub ... more details
rise to the north of the valleys. To the southwest of the Niger there is rugged Highlandgeographyhighland , and to the southeast of the Benue hills and mountains are found all the way to the border ... . The montane or highland climate can be found on different highland regions in the country Nigeria ... reflist Nigeria topics Geography of Africa Africa topic Climate of Category Geography of Nigeria bg ... more details
File South BC NW USA relief OKHighland.png right thumb 300px Location map of the Okanagan Highland The Okanagan Highland is a plateau like hilly area in British Columbia , Canada , and the U.S. state of Washington U.S. state Washington where it is spelled Okanogan Highland . It lies between the Okanagan Okanagan Valley on its west and the Kettle River Columbia River Kettle River on its east, and geologically is more or less an extension of the Thompson Plateau , which lies west of the Okanagan. Its northern perimeter is the valley of the Shuswap River , while its southern limit is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake FDR Reservoir the impounded Columbia River above Grand Coulee Dam in Washington U.S. state Washington State . Some definitions may place the northern limit at the Coldstream Valley , east of Vernon, British Columbia , as that is the southern limit of the Shuswap Highland . The highest summit of the Highland is Big White Mountain , at its northeastern extremity, which is also the highest summit of the Beaverdell Range , a mountain range which extends south from Big White between the Kettle and West Kettle River s. Other notable summits are Okanagan Mountain , Little White Mountain , Mount Baldy , and Mount Bonaparte , which is the highest summit in the US portion of the Highland. The Okanagan Highland is the source of several rivers in addition to the Kettle and West Kettle, including the Sanpoil River . To the east of the Okanagan Highland are the Monashee Mountains , some definitions of which include the Okanagan Highland as well as portions of the Shuswap Highland. See also Quesnel Highland Shuswap HighlandGeography of British Columbia Geology of British Columbia Geology of the Pacific Northwest References S. Holland, Landforms of British Columbia , Province of British Columbia, 1976 BCGNIS 30125 Okanagan Highland Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord 49 35 00 N 119 00 00 W display title Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Landforms ... more details
border 1px aaaaaa solid border collapse collapse font size 95 big big Geography of Scotland big ... The geography of Scotland is highly varied, from rural lowlands to barren uplands, and from large ... is distinguished by the Highland Boundary Fault ndash a geologic fault geological rock fracture ... title Overview of Highland Boundary Fault work publisher Gazetteer for Scotland, University of Edinburgh ... publications on line geology loch lomond stirling highland line.asp title Loch Lomond to Stirling the Highland Line work publisher Scottish Natural Heritage SNH accessdate 2007 08 23 ref The more rugged Highland region contains the majority of Scotland s mountainous terrain, including the highest ... plate s, and subsequent erosion arising from glaciation . The major division of Scotland is the Highland Boundary Fault , which separates the land into highland to the north and west, and lowland .... This event is known as the Caledonian orogeny Caledonian Orogeny , and the Highland Boundary ... boulder clay s. In the present day, Scotland continues to move slowly north. Physical geography .... Much of the highest uplands lie to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault in the Northwest .... ref name autogeneratedgeo http www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk usscotfax geo index.html Geography of Scotland ... of the Highland Boundary Fault, a fault line running from Isle of Arran Arran and Helensburgh ... of the Highland Boundary Fault, but like the fertile plains of eastern Aberdeenshire it has more ... coastline consists of a machair geography machair formation , a dune pasture land formed as sea levels ... 10, 1982 and also at Altnaharra , Highland council area Highland , on December 30, 1995. ref ... 2007 08 21 ref Human geography main Demography of Scotland Image Crofting Township.jpg right 220px ... geography Image Scotland map.png 220px left thumb The territorial extent of Scotland has been ... Rockall and the Cold War . Journal of Historical Geography 32. P627 647. http www.sages.unimelb.edu.au ... more details
Holyrood Park Geology accessdate 2007 07 20 publisher Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh ... accessdate 2009 04 19 publisher Gazetteer for Scotland, Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh ... Highland Showground at Ingliston are located within the zone. ref name greenbelt Similarly ... Reflist Edinburgh Category Edinburgh Category Geography of Edinburgh ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Visual geography is the study of geography in paintings, photos and other forms of the visual arts. Both human geography and physical geography in the visual arts are studied. Typical studies in Visual Geography include the geographical symbols within visual arts. Another is cross referencing the date a piece of visual art was produced with known weather records to see if the art was drawn accurately in the field or from memory in a studio. Category Branches of geography DEFAULTSORT Visual Geography Geo term stub ... more details
The geography of Bolivia is unique among the nations of South America. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries on the continent, and Bolivia is more rural than urban. The main features of Bolivia s geography include the Altiplano , a highland plateau of the Andes , and Lake Titicaca Lago Titicaca , the largest lake in South America and the highest commercially navigable lake on Earth which it shares with Peru . Lake Titicaca The most prominent feature of the Altiplano is the large lake at its northern end, Lake Titicaca . At convert 3810 m ft 0 abbr on above sea level, it is the highest commercially navigable body of water in the world. With a surface area of convert 9064 km2 sqmi 0 abbr on , it is larger than Puerto Rico and is South America s largest lake. Lake Titicaca is also deep, about convert 370 m ft 0 abbr on at its deepest, but with an average depth of convert 215 m ft 0 abbr on its volume of water is large enough to maintain a constant temperature of convert 10 C F . The lake actually moderates the climate for a considerable distance around it, making crops of maize and wheat possible in sheltered areas. Lake Titicaca drains southward through the slow moving, Phragmites reed filled Desaguadero River Bolivia Desaguadero River to Lake Poop . In contrast to the freshwater Lake Titicaca, Lake Poop is salty and shallow, with depths seldom more than four meters. Mountains Image Bolivia Topography.png thumb 300px Topographic map of Bolivia. Image Colors of Altiplano Boliviano 4340m Bolivia Luca Galuzzi 2006.jpg thumb 300px Colors of Altiplano Boliviano. The Cordillera ... Geographic coordinates coord 17 00 S 65 00 W type country Terrain rugged Andes Mountains with a highland ... Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection Geography ... Study . Washington GPO for the Library of Congress , 1989. Bolivia topics Geography of South America South America topic Climate of DEFAULTSORT Geography Of Bolivia Category Geography of Bolivia de Geographie ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Environmental geography is the branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world. It requires an understanding of the dynamics of geology , meteorology , hydrology , biogeography , ecology , and geomorphology , as well as the ways in which human societies conceptualize the environment. The links between cultural and physical geography were once more readily apparent than they are today. As human experience of the world is increasingly mediated by technology, the relationships have often become obscured. Environmental geography represents a critically important set of analytical tools for assessing the impact of human presence on the environment biophysical environment by measuring the result of human activity on natural landforms and cycles. Environmental geography is one of three branches of geography environmental, physical and human. Environmental geography concentrates on the relationship between human and the surrounding world. See also Wikipedia Books Geography Physical geography Meteorology Climate Human geography Environmental social science DEFAULTSORT Environmental Geography Category Human geography Category Physical geography Category Environment Category Environmental social science Geo term stub gl Xeograf a ambiental hi hr Ekolo ka geografija zh ... more details
History of geography sidebar Critical geography takes a critical theory Frankfurt School approach to the study and analysis of geography. The development of critical geography can be seen as one of the four major turning points in the history of geography the other three being environmental determinism , regional geography and quantitative revolution . Though post positivist approaches remain important in geography the critical geography arose as a critique of positivism introduced by quantitative revolution. Two main schools of thought emerged from human geography and one existing school Behavioral geography behavioural geography which made a brief comeback. Behavioural geography sought to counter the perceived tendency of quantitative geography to deal with humanity as a statistical phenomenon ... base left behavioural geography open to critique as merely descriptive and amounting to little more than a listing of spatial preferences. Radical geography emerged during the 1970s and 1980s as the inadequacies ... to problems. The final and, arguably, most successful of the three schools was humanistic geography , initially formed part of behavioural geography but fundamentally disagreed with the use of quantitative ... analysis. Humanistic geography used many of the techniques that the humanities use such as source ..., Cultural geography revived due to humanistic geography new areas of study such as Feminist geography , postmodernist and poststructuralist geography began to emerge. Additional reading Critical Geographies ... , A Radical Journal of Geography, Blackwell Publishing http www.blackwellpublishing.com journal.asp ... in 2009 http jssj.org See also Geography History of geography Quantitative revolution Quantitative Revolution environmental determinism Environmental Determinism Regional geography Regional Geography feminist geography Feminist Geography behavioral geography Behavioral Geography Critical geopolitics Critical theory Human geography DEFAULTSORT Critical Geography Category Human geography Category History ... more details
is the Volc n Bar formerly known as the Volc n de Chiriqu , which rises to 3475 meters. The apex of a highland ... Nearly 500 rivers lace Panama s rugged landscape. Mostly unnavigable, many originate as swift highland ... Timber 94 , Wetlands , Whaling br signed, but not ratified Marine Life Conservation Geography .... loc CIA World Factbook Americas topic Geography of Geography of South America South America topic Climate of Panama topics DEFAULTSORT Geography Of Panama Category Geography of Panama uk ... more details
Highland Heights is the name of several places in the United States of America Highland Heights, Kentucky Highland Heights, Ohio geodis de Highland Heights it Highland Heights nl Highland Heights pl Highland Heights pt Highland Heights sv Highland Heights vo Highland Heights ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 A geography fair is creative approach to learning geography . Each student researches a geographic region, usually a country, and reports to the class using displays, written and oral reports, and other means. Geography fairs are similar to science fair s, except the topic is geographic instead of scientific. External links http www.geographyfair.com Geography Fair site http www.macalester.edu geography mage enrichment fair school fair.htm Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education http www.massgeo.org Fair1.htm Southeast Massachusetts Geography Network Category Educational programs ... more details
can be separated into a western and central highland. The western highlands have peaks reaching ..., but the summer months give enough to sustain crops. The highland regions are interspersed ... territory. ref name cp References reflist Geography of Asia Asia topic Climate of Category Geography of Yemen bn cs Geografie Jemenu de Geographie des Jemen es Geograf a de ... more details
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