Yellow Sea - Yellow Sea The Yellow Sea is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a part of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between Mainland China and the Korean peninsula. Its name comes from the sand particles that color its water, originating from the yellow river, Huang He. The innermost bay of the Yellow Sea is called Bohai Sea (previously Pechili Bay or Zhili Bay). Into it flows both Huang He (through the Shandong province and its capital Jinan) and Hai He (through Beijing and Tianjin). The Korea Bay, between the Chinese Liaoning province and northwestern North Korea is also part of the Yellow Sea. The Bohai Sea and the Korea Bay are separated by the Liaodong Peninsula, with Dalian at its southernmost.
Inuvik, Northwest Territories - council. In 1979, with the completion of the Dempster Highway, Inuvik became a part of Canada's highway system and, simultaneously, the most northerly town to which one could drive. Between 1971 and 1990, the town's economy was supported by the local Canadian Forces Station (a naval station that maintained part of the DEW Line) and by petrochemical companies exploring the Mackenzie Valley and the Beaufort Sea for petroleum. This all collapsed in 1990 for a variety of reasons including disappearing government subsidies, local resistance to petroleum exploration and low international oil prices. Geography ; Location : East Channel of the Mackenzie Delta, approximately 100km from the Arctic Ocean and approximately 200km north of the Arctic Circle. ; Coordinates : 68 degrees 19 minutes north latitude, 133 degrees 29 minutes west longitude..
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea is an organisation that promotes marine research in the North Atlantic. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Irish Sea - Irish Sea The Irish Sea separates the islands of Ireland and Britain. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Ireland and Wales in the south and by the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland in the north The Isle of Man lies in the middle of the Irish Sea. Ferry connections between Britain to Ireland via the Irish Sea include the routes from Swansea to Cork, Fishguard and Pembroke to Rosslare, Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire, Stranraer to Belfast and Larne, and Cairnryan to Larne. There is also a connection between Liverpool and Belfast via the Isle of Man. The Irish Sea Forum is an environmental forum concerned with the Irish Sea. The Irish Sea has been subject to heavy radioactive pollution by.
Hanseatic League - chief city of the Hanseatic League was Lübeck, founded by Henry the Lion of Saxony in 1159. Its location on the Baltic gave access to trade with Scandinavia and Russia, putting it in direct competition with the Scandinavians who had previously controlled most of the Baltic trade routes. Competition was ended through a treaty with the traders of Gotland. Through this treaty, the Lübeck merchants also gained access to the Russian port of Novgorod, where they built a trading post. Lübeck, which had access to the Baltic and North Sea fishing grounds, later formed an alliance with Hamburg, another trading city that controlled access to salt routes. The allied cities were able to gain control over most of the salt fish trade. Other such alliances formed throughout the Holy Roman Empire..
Venice - across numerous small islands in a marshy lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in the northeast of Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. Venice is the capital of the region of Veneto. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Transportation 3 Places of note 4 Sinking of Venice 5 Miscellaneous 6 Venice in arts and fiction 6.1 Famous Venetians 6.2 English words of Venetian origin 6.3 See also 7.
Kangxi Emperor of China - movement. He listed three major issues: the flood control of the Yellow River, the repairing of the Grand Canal and the Three Feudatories in South China. The Revolt of the Three Feudatories was raised in 1673 and Burni of the Chakhar Mongols also started a rebellion in 1675. He crushed the latter within two months and incorporated the Chakhar into the Eight Banners. In 1681 he eventually pacified South China and overcame the crisis. After the surrender of the Zheng family, the Qing Dynasty annexed Taiwan in 1684. Russia and the Mongols At the same time, the Emperor was faced with the Russian advance from the north. The Qing Dynasty and the Russian Empire went into battle on the Sahaliyan ula in 1650s, which ended up with the Manchu victory. The.
Kachelotplate - Kachelotplate The Kachelotplate is a sandbank in the North Sea near the German coast west of the island of Juist. Since 2003 a large enough part of it is not any longer flooded during high tide so it can be called an island. Also grass and dunes are settling there. The new island is 2.5 kilometers long and up to 1.3 kilometers wide..
Kandy - 4th century BC until the 8th century AD, when it was replaced by Polonnaruwa, which was capital until the 13th century. From 1592 until the 19th century, Kandy was the capital city and thus the home of the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Tooth. Conquered by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century, Kandy preserved its independence until it finally submitted to the British in 1815. Since then, Kandy has preserved its function as the religious capital of Sri Lanka and a place of pilgrimage for practitioners of the original form of Buddhism. Urban morphology The small city of Kandy, located 500 m above sea level, is filled with trees. Its plan developed around two open spaces: an elongated square at the.
Kavajë - is a city in western Albania (41.20 degrees North, 19.56 degrees East), the centre of the District of Kavajë. It lies at the height of 8 m from the sea level. The population is 28,200 inhabitants (2003); the 10th rank in Albania. In the District of Kavajë there are 78,415 inhabitants (according to the 2001 census). The area of the District is 393 square kilometers. The Italian name of Kavajë is Cavaia. 95% of the population are Muslims. During the disorders of 1997 Kavajë was the only part of Albania that remained peaceful. This was due to patrols formed privately on the basis of religious authority. See also List of cities in Albania.
Karkonosze - Mountains in central Europe. They stretch from north-west to south-east and form the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. The highest mountain is Snezka (1602 metres above sea level - Sněžka in Czech, Śnieżka in Polish) situated on the Czech-Polish border. Huge areas of Krkonose Mountains are preserved as a national park. Krkonose are famous for its skiing resorts and are growing in importance as a local alternative to the Alps for tourism. Important towns in Karkonosze are: Karpacz in Poland Szklarska Poręba in Poland Špindlerův Mlın in the Czech Republic Harrachov in the Czech Republic.
Kandalaksha - Kandalaksha Kandalaksha (Finnish: Kannanlahti) is a city in north western Russia with a population of 54.000 (1989). The city is located in the Murmansk Oblast by the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Kanie, Ama, Aichi - In a neighborhood, Kanie-river , Nikkou-river, and Fukuta-river flow to north and south, and each is flowing into Ise bay. Kanie-cho whose 11.10 square kilometer whole region of the administration total area is above-sea-level the zone of 0m by 36,437 population (as of April, 2002) has the local characteristic that river area occupies 1/4 of the total area..
Kaikoura - of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 180 km north of Christchurch. According to the 2001 New Zealand census of population and dwellings, the permanent resident population is 2,104, a 5% decrease since the 1996 census. The Kaikoura Peninsula extends into the sea south of the town, and the resulting upwelling currents bring an abundance of marine life. The town owes its origin to this effect, since it developed as a centre for the whaling industry. The name 'Kaikoura' means 'The cooking place of crayfish', and the crayfish industry is a major contributor to the economy of the region. However Kaikoura has now become a popular tourist destination, mainly for whale watching and swimming with or near dolphins. There is also a large and.
Kasargod - a port city in the west coast of India. The district has splendid natural beauty and resources, and boundary with Karnataka in the north, Kannur in the south, the forest-covered Western Ghats in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west..
Kenneth I of Scotland - mother was descended from the royal house of Fortrenn, and his great-grand uncle, Alpin Mac Eachaidh had actually reigned as King of Picts until deposed by Oengus I. It is thus that Kenneth Mac Alpin was one of several nobles with a claim to the crown of Picts and Scots. The sources for facts of how Kenneth Mac Alpin, the avenging son of the slain Alpin, became King of Picts and Scots are few and suspect. Two such sources, The Prophecy of St. Berchan, and De Instructione Principus note that in 841 Mac Alpin attacked the remnants of the Pictish army and defeated them (he is lauded as "the raven feeder"). Mac Alpin then invites the Pictish king, Drust IX, and the remaining Pictish nobles to Scone to perhaps settle the.
Key West, Florida - from wrecks. During the American Civil War, while Florida joined the Confederate States of America, Key West remained in US hands thanks to the Naval base. In the late 19th century salt and salvage declined as industries, but Key West gained a thriving cigar making industry. Many Cubans moved to Key West during Cuba's unsuccessful war for independence in the 1860s and 1870s. Key West was the last of the series of Keys connected to the Florida mainland by a series of railroad bridges completed in 1912. In 1935 a hurricane destroyed some of the railroad bridges. The United States Federal Government then rebuilt the rail-ines as an automobile highway, completed in 1938, which became an extension of United States Highway 1. The portion of US-1 through the Keys is called.
Kefallinia - 10,000 in the mid-20th century, and over 20,000 in the 1970s. It is covered by dense vegetation and includes plenty of natural beauty, including beaches, many of them inaccessible from land, and spectacular caves. Mirtos, the most famous of these beaches, is a major tourist attraction, and has ranked fifth worldwide for its scenic view. Its tallest mountain is Mount Ainos or Ainos with an elevation of 1628m (almost the same elevation as Denver, Colorado in North America). To the west-northwest is the Paliki mountains where Lixouri is located. The island is home to two main monasteries in the area. One that is Aghia Panagia in Markopoulo to the southeast, and the other near Argostoli on a small plain that is surrounded by mountains, and near Michata. This monastery has about.
Kelantan - is one of the states in Malaysia. Kelantan is positioned in the north-east of the Malaysian Peninsula. It internationally borders Thailand. Internally, it borders Terengganu, Kedah, and Pahang: other states in Malaysia. The east of Kelantan is the coastal side with South China Sea washing its beach. Historically, it was once part of Siam. Circa 1945, it became the first spot where the Japanese first landed to conquer Tanah Melayu (Malaysia's former name before independence). Amazingly, the Japanese used bicycles to move about all the way down to Singapore and only took 3 days to do so..
Kenneth O'Keefe - that this would avert the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Born in Napa, California; he grew up in Southern California. He graduated from Mira Mesa High School (San Diego) in 1987. He joined the U.S. Marines and was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina where he held the position of SAW gunner (squad automatic machine gun) within his fire team. After serving in the Gulf War he became disillusioned with American values. He embraced ecological values, moved to Hawaii and started his own business called Deep Ecology which took part in green sea turtle rescues. He was also active in the Hawaiian independence movement. He has made several attempts to renounce his U.S. citizenship since then, and is now living as an asylum seeker in the Netherlands. rest of text moved to.
