In geology, Chellian was the name given by the French anthropologist G. de Mortillet to the first epoch of the Quaternary period when the earliest human remains were discovered. The word is derived from the French town Chelles in the department of Seine-et-Marne. The climate of the Chellian epoch was warm and humid as evidenced […]
An infant bed (commonly referred to as a cot in British English and a crib, cradle or stock) is a small bed specifically for infants, generally up to three years old.
Infant beds are typically used as a bed for a baby after it is no longer safe to leave them in a bassinet. Infant beds […]
Teleoceras is an extinct genus of grazing rhinoceros that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch, which ended about 5.3 million years ago, all the way to the early Pliocene epoch. Teleoceras had shorter legs than modern rhinos, and a barrel chest, making its build more like that of a hippopotamus than a […]
Raw water is water taken from the environment, and is subsequently treated or purified to produce potable water in a water purification works. Raw water should not be considered safe for drinking or washing without further treatment.
In Eastern Europe, the term “raw” water is also used when making tea and describes water that has not […]
The National Maritime Museum in Galle, Sri Lanka is located within the Galle fort. This museum specializes in the fauna and flora of the sea. Artifacts consist of underwater artifacts and scaled-down models of whales and fish.
Other exhibits include life-size dioramas of the traditional methods of fishing and the “walk into the sea” diorama, showing […]
Painted Hills is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon It totals 3,132 acres (12.7 km²) and is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon and 75 miles east of Bend. Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of […]
Summerlin Hospital for-profit hospital is owned and operated by Universal Health Services and is the only hospital in Summerlin, Clark County, Nevada. The hospital, which provides 281 beds, is on Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada and is located in the Summerlin village of The Crossings.
The hospital also contains a 17 bed neonatal intensive care […]
Mesotrophic lakes are lakes with an intermediate level of productivity, greater than oligotrophic lakes, but less than eutrophic lakes. These lakes are commonly clear water lakes and ponds with beds of submerged aquatic plants and medium levels of nutrients.
The term mesotrophic is also applied to terrestrial habitats. Mesotrophic soils have moderate nutrient levels.
Water jet has several meanings including :
a jet of water under pressure, like in an ornamental fountain
Pump-jet, a marine propulsion mechanism for jetskis and other types of boats
Water jet cutter, a tool for cutting and the machining of engineering materials
Water jet (recreation), a personal-use water cannon that can be turned to spray […]
The wave base is the maximum depth at which a water wave’s passage causes water motion.
Water is moved in a circular motion when a wave passes. The radius of the circle of motion for any given water molecule decreases with depth. The maximum depth of influence of a water wave is half the wavelength. Below […]
In geology, the Bala Series is a group of dark slates and sandstones with beds of limestone which occurs in the neighborhood of Bala, Gwynedd, in north Wales.
It was first described by Adam Sedgwick, who considered it to be the upper part of his Cambrian System. The series is now placed at the top of […]
Bracklesham Beds, in geology, are a series of clays and marls, with sandy and lignitic beds, in the Middle Eocene of the Hampshire Basin, England.
They are well developed in the Isle of Wight and on the mainland opposite; and receive their name from their occurrence at Bracklesham in Sussex. The thickness of the deposit is […]
Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) is a high-security state prison near Boise, Idaho, USA. It opened in November 1989 to confine Idaho’s most violent offenders.
The compound is located within a double perimeter fence reinforced with razor wire, an electronic detection system and a 24-hour armed perimeter patrol. The offender population is comprised of a large […]
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Divčibare (Serbian: Дивчибаре) is a small town and a well-known mountain resort situated on Mt. Maljen (1104m), south-east of Valjevo, at the altitude of 980 metres above sea level. The population of the town is 235 people (2002 census).
The local […]
A Murphy Bed or Wallbed is a bed that flips up at the head end for storage inside a closet. To achieve this, the mattress is attached to the bed frame, often with a bolt at each corner. Murphy beds are used for space-saving purposes, much like a trundle bed is. Due […]
The Bullock Creek Fossil site is one of three known vertebrate fossil sites in the Australia’s Northern Territory, along with the Alcoota Fossil Beds on Alcoota Station and the Kangaroo Well site on Deep Well Station. It is located about 550km south-southeast of Darwin, on Camfield Station.
The Bullock Creek Fossil Site is part of the […]
The Yoredale Series, in geology, is a local phase of the lower Carboniferous rocks of the north of England. The name was introduced by J. Phillips on account of the typical development of the phase in Yoredale (Wensleydale), Yorkshire.
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In the Yorkshire dales the Carboniferous rocks assume an aspect very different from that which […]
Speeton Beds, in English geology, a series of clays well exposed at Speeton, near Filey on the Yorkshire coast.
Peculiar interest attaches to these beds for they are the principal representatives in Britain of the marine phase of the Lower Cretaceous system. The Speeton Clays pass downwards without break into the underlying Kimeridgian; they are capped […]
In geology, the Purbeckian refers to the highest and youngest member of the Jurassic system of rocks, also known as the Purbeck Beds. Either name is derived from the district known as the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset where the strata are splendidly exposed in the cliffs west of Swanage. The rocks include clays, shales […]
Hertfordshire puddingstone is a puddingstone, a type of conglomerate sedimentary rock, which is largely confined to the English traditional county of Hertfordshire. Superficially, it resembles concrete, but it is entirely natural, comprised of rounded flint pebbles bound with a younger matrix of silica quartz. Its name derives from a resemblance to Christmas pudding.
The flints were […]
The San Leandro Oyster Beds in San Leandro, California, were the origin of the oyster industry in the U.S. state of California. During the 1890s the oyster industry thrived until it became the single most important fishery in the state. Moses Wicks is supposed to have been the first to bring seed oysters around Cape […]
A four poster bed is a bed with four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, or upper (usually rectangular) panel. There are a number of antique four poster beds extant dating to the 16th century and earlier; many of these early beds are highly ornate and are made from oak. […]
The Bovey Beds are a deposit of sands, clays and lignite, 200–300 ft. thick, which lies in a basin extending from Bovey Tracey to Newton Abbot in Devonshire, England. The deposit is evidently the result of the degradation of the neighbouring Dartmoor granite; and it was no doubt laid down in a lake. O. Heer, […]
Lake Chalco was an endorheic lake formerly located in the Valley of Mexico and was important for human development in central Mexico. The lake was named after the city of Chalco on its eastern shore.
Lake Chalco and the other Mexican great lakes (the brackish lakes Texcoco, Zumpango and Xaltocan and the freshwater Xochimilco) formed […]
Barry Stevens is the name of the following people:
Barry Stevens, an American Gestalt therapist
Barry Stevens, a British choreographer, actor and director living in The Netherlands
Barry Stevens, an ABA head basketball coach, Coach of the Hammond Rollers
Barry Stevens, an English Video Editor, living in the UK.