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3877
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Few passes exist, although one that is about 4985 feet above sea level provides the major city of Cali with an outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
4,985
3,878
3878
27
3
0
The Río Cauca rises within 124 miles of the border with Ecuador and flows through some of the best farmland in the country.
124
3,879
3879
86
3
0
Its crystalline rocks form a towering wall dotted with snow-covered volcanoes that is 500 miles long.
500
3,880
3880
56
5
0
There are no plateaus in this range and no passes under 10825 feet .
10,825
3,881
3881
62
5
0
The highest peak in this range, the Nevado del Huila, reaches 17602 feet above sea level.
17,602
3,884
3884
195
4
0
In the basin of Cundinamarca, where the Spanish encountered the regional Chibcha Indians, the European invaders established the town of Santa Fe de Bogotá (present-day Bogotá) at an elevation of 2650 meters above sea level.
2,650
3,885
3885
191
4
0
Still farther north, where the Cordillera Oriental makes an abrupt turn to the northwest near the border with Venezuela, the Sierra Nevada de Cocuy, the highest point of this range, rises to 5493 meters above sea level.
5,493
3,886
3886
122
4
0
In the southern part rises the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain system with peaks reaching heights over 5700 meters and slopes generally too steep for cultivation.
5,700
3,887
3887
29
2
0
Barranquilla is located some 25 miles from the Caribbean coastline but it is a more developed city, with a greater number of industries and commercial places, widely known for its skilled workers in producing all forms of metalwork and accomplishing construction.
25
3,888
3888
58
2
0
At Bogotá, for example, the average annual temperature is 15 °C , and the difference between the average of the coldest and the warmest months is less than 1 °C (1.8 °F).
15
3,890
3890
78
4
0
The treeless regions adjacent to the cold zone and extending to approximately 4500 meters are high, bleak areas (usually referred to as the páramos), above which begins the area of permanent snow (nevado).
4,500
3,891
3891
22
4
0
Precipitation exceeds 7600 mm annually in most of the Pacific lowlands, making this one of the wettest regions in the world.
7,600
3,892
3892
98
5
0
The highest average annual precipitation in the world is estimated to be in Lloro, Colombia, with 13299 mm . [
13,299
3,894
3894
206
3
0
Considerable variations occur because of local conditions that affect wind currents, however, and areas on the leeward side of the Guajira Peninsula receive generally light rainfall; the annual rainfall of 350 mm recorded at the Uribia station there is the lowest in Colombia.
350
3,896
3896
71
2
0
For example, rainfall in parts of the Guajira Peninsula seldom exceeds 30 inches per year.
30
3,897
3897
68
3
0
Colombia's rainy southeast, however, is often drenched by more than 200 inches of rain per year.
200
3,898
3898
40
4
0
The "tierra caliente" (hot land), below 1000 meters , is the zone of tropical crops such as bananas.
1,000
3,899
3899
6
4
0
Above 4500 meters , where temperatures are below freezing, is the "tierra helada", a zone of permanent snow and ice.
4,500
3,900
3900
144
4
0
Snowfields and glaciers in Colombia are limited to the highest peaks and ranges in the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental and above the 4700 meters elevation on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
4,700
3,905
3905
14
4
0
However, only 2611 kilometers of lines are still in use.
2,611
3,906
3906
131
3
0
The oldest archaeological finds are from the Pubenza archaeological site and El Totumo archaeological site in the Magdalena Valley 100 kilometers southwest of Bogotá.
100
3,907
3907
223
6
0
The relationship between the two Latin American countries has evolved amid conflicts over the San Andrés y Providencia Islands located in the Caribbean close to the Nicaraguan shoreline and the maritime boundaries covering 150000 sqkm that included the islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and the banks...
150,000
3,908
3908
68
4
0
The cultivation of coca reduced between 1995 and 1999 from 3,020 to 1100 sqkm , primarily in areas where government control is more active.
1,100
3,909
3909
144
4
0
It is surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudetes with its part Krkonoše, containing the highest point in the country, the Sněžka at 1603 meters .
1,603
3,910
3910
49
5
0
The Czech Republic also possesses Moldauhafen, a 30000 meters square enclave in the middle of Hamburg docks, which was awarded to Czechoslovakia by Article 363 of the Treaty of Versailles to allow the landlocked country a place where goods transported downriver could be transferred to seagoing ships; this territory rev...
30,000
3,911
3911
49
4
0
The Czech Republic has a total railway length of 9435 kilometers .
9,435
3,912
3912
20
4
0
The vast majority ( 9341 kilometers ) is standard gauge.
9,341
3,913
3913
34
5
0
The Czech Republic has, in total, 55653 kilometers of roads.
55,653
3,914
3914
7
4
0
It has 1247 kilometers of motorways.
1,247
3,915
3915
80
4
0
Throughout the past decades, Liechtenstein continuously claimed restitution for 1600 sqkm , or an area roughly ten times the size of Liechtenstein, of land currently located in the Czech Republic.
1,600
3,916
3916
11
3
0
They share 362 kilometers of common border, which can be crossed anywhere without border control due to the Schengen Agreement.
362
3,917
3917
21
3
0
Both countries share 815 kilometers of common borders.
815
3,918
3918
11
3
0
They share 796 kilometers of common border, which can be crossed anywhere without border control due to the Schengen Agreement.
796
3,919
3919
66
2
0
It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal with a melting point of 28 Coulomb , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature.
28
3,920
3920
80
6
0
The most reactive of all metals, it is pyrophoric and reacts with water even at -116.0 Coulomb .
-116
3,922
3922
26
2
0
It has a melting point of 28 Coulomb , making it one of the few elemental metals that are liquid near room temperature.
28
3,923
3923
55
3
0
In addition, the metal has a rather low boiling point, 641 Coulomb , the lowest of all metals other than mercury.
641
3,924
3924
22
3
0
At temperatures below 650 °C , it does not alloy with cobalt, iron, molybdenum, nickel, platinum, tantalum, or tungsten.
650
3,925
3925
200
5
0
It mixes with all the other alkali metals (except lithium); the alloy with a molar distribution of 41% caesium, 47% potassium, and 12% sodium has the lowest melting point of any known metal alloy, at -78.0 Coulomb .
-78
3,926
3926
45
6
0
It reacts with ice at temperatures as low as -116.0 Coulomb .
-116
3,927
3927
33
3
0
In quantities of more than about 100 grams , caesium is shipped in hermetically sealed, stainless steel containers.
100
3,930
3930
59
3
0
Exceptionally pure and gas-free caesium can be produced by 390 °C thermal decomposition of caesium azide CsN 3 , which can be produced from aqueous caesium sulfate and barium azide.
390
3,934
3934
68
6
0
It is highly pyrophoric: the autoignition temperature of caesium is -116.0 Coulomb , and it ignites explosively in air to form caesium hydroxide and various oxides.
-116
3,936
3936
160
1
0
Four Iron Age hill fort and enclosure sites have been identified within Cardiff's present-day county boundaries, including Caerau Hillfort, an enclosed area of 5 hectares .
5
3,937
3937
4
1
0
The 3 hectares fort established by the Romans near the mouth of the River Taff in AD 75, in what would become the north western boundary of the centre of Cardiff, was built over an extensive settlement that had been established by the Romans in the 50s AD.
3
3,938
3938
61
3
0
The highest point in the local authority area is Garth Hill, 307 meters above sea level.
307
3,939
3939
77
2
0
Spring and autumn feel quite similar and the temperatures tend to stay above 14 °C – also the average annual daytime temperature.
14
3,942
3942
88
4
0
Rain falls in Cardiff on 146 days during an average year, with total annual rainfall of 1151 mm .
1,151
3,944
3944
49
2
0
This was first achieved by the construction of a 25 miles long canal from Merthyr (510 feet above sea-level) to the Taff Estuary at Cardiff.
25
3,945
3945
130
7
0
A major £675 million regeneration programme for Cardiff's St. David's Centre was completed in 2009, which has provided a total of 1400000 sqft of shopping space, making it one of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom.
1,400,000
3,946
3946
50
2
0
The airport is situated in the village of Rhoose, 10 miles west of the city.
10
3,947
3947
55
2
0
The Taff Trail is a walking and cycle path running for 55 miles between Cardiff Bay and Brecon in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
55
3,948
3948
114
1
0
Cardiff has walks of special interest for tourists and ramblers alike, such as the Centenary Walk, which runs for 2 miles within Cardiff city centre.
2
3,952
3952
127
2
0
For instance, sports divers have occasionally drowned from convulsions caused by breathing pure oxygen at a depth of more than 10 meters underwater.
10
3,953
3953
26
2
0
Solubility = 1.45 g/L at 25 Coulomb , 100 kPa
25
3,955
3955
107
5
0
At 1 atmosphere (near mean sea level pressure), the gas deposits directly to a solid at temperatures below -78.5 Coulomb and the solid sublimes directly to a gas above −78.5 °C.
-78
3,956
3956
93
3
0
It is produced by thermal decomposition of limestone, CaCO 3 by heating (calcining) at about 850 Coulomb , in the manufacture of quicklime (calcium oxide, CaO ), a compound that has many industrial uses:
850
3,957
3957
37
5
0
Solid carbon dioxide is always below -78.5 Coulomb at regular atmospheric pressure, regardless of the air temperature.
-78
3,958
3958
110
3
0
At the Bossoleto hot spring near Rapolano Terme in Tuscany, Italy, situated in a bowl-shaped depression about 100 meters in diameter, concentrations of CO2 rise to above 75% overnight, sufficient to kill insects and small animals.
100
3,959
3959
94
2
0
Carbon dioxide content in fresh air (averaged between sea-level and 10 kPa level, i.e., about 30 kilometers altitude) varies between 0.036% (360 ppm) and 0.041% (412 ppm), depending on the location.
30
3,961
3961
135
4
0
Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP), which began in 1891, is the oldest bicycling event still run on a regular basis on the open road, covers over 1200 kilometers and imposes a 90-hour time limit.
1,200
3,962
3962
30
3
0
Routes can vary by as much as 100 miles .
100
3,963
3963
26
4
0
Ship displacement = about 4000 long tons
4,000
3,965
3965
95
1
0
This forward and aft main deck and fantail were designed to stay submerged and were covered in 4 inches iron plate, built up in two layers.
4
3,967
3967
53
3
0
As completed, Virginia had a turning radius of about 1.0 miles and required 45 minutes to complete a full circle, which would later prove to be a major handicap in battle with the far more nimble Monitor.
1
3,968
3968
99
1
0
Virginia's battery consisted of four muzzle-loading single-banded Brooke rifles and six smoothbore 9 inches Dahlgren guns salvaged from the old Merrimack''.
9
3,970
3970
13
3
0
They fired a 104 pounds shell.
104
3,973
3973
431
2
0
Her hanging port side anchor was lost after ramming Cumberland; the bow was leaking from the loss of the ram's port side half; shot from Cumberland, Congress, and the shore-based Union batteries had riddled her smokestack, reducing her boilers' draft and already slow speed; two of her broadside cannon (without shutters...
22
3,974
3974
35
2
0
However, because of the ironclad's 22 feet draft (fully loaded), she was unable to get close enough to do any significant damage.
22
3,975
3975
81
2
0
Virginia'' was also unable to retreat further up the James River due to her deep 22 feet draft (fully loaded).
22
3,976
3976
24
6
0
Other amenities include 118000 sqft of major and minor league clubhouses for the two teams, four major league practice fields, eight minor league practice fields, two practice infields, and parking to accommodate 5,000 vehicles.
118,000
3,977
3977
194
2
0
Three years later, one of the Wright Brothers' exhibition pilots, Phillip Parmalee, conducted the world's first commercial cargo flight when he flew two packages containing 88 kilograms of silk 70 miles from Dayton to Columbus in a Wright Model B. "History of Air Cargo and Airmail from the 18th Century" , Camille Allaz...
70
3,978
3978
77
4
0
Her flight lasted nearly a month and set a record for speed for planes under 3858 pounds . [
3,858
3,981
3981
49
3
0
The highest temperature recorded in Columbus was 106 Farad , which occurred twice during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s—once on July 21, 1934, and again on July 14, 1936. [
106
3,982
3982
36
5
0
The lowest recorded temperature was -22.0 Farad , occurring on January 19, 1994.
-22
3,983
3983
27
4
0
The population density was 3624 population density per sqmi .
3,624
3,984
3984
58
4
0
There were 370,965 housing units at an average density of 1708 per sqmi .
1,708
3,985
3985
55
2
0
Construction of the Ohio Statehouse began in 1839 on a 10 acres plot of land donated by four prominent Columbus landowners.
10
3,986
3986
99
2
0
Built of Columbus limestone from the Marble Cliff Quarry Co., the Statehouse stands on foundations 18 feet deep, laid by prison labor gangs rumored to have been composed largely of masons jailed for minor infractions.
18
3,988
3988
76
2
0
Clintonville is home to Whetstone Park, which includes the Park of Roses, a 13 acres rose garden.
13
3,990
3990
60
3
0
A difference of 700 house numbers means a distance of about 1.0 miles (along the same street).
1
3,991
3991
32
1
0
They combine downtown for about 1 miles in an area locally known as "The Split", which is a major traffic congestion point, especially during rush hour.
1
3,992
3992
4
3
0
The 700 feet Main Street Bridge opened on July 30, 2010.
700
3,993
3993
134
2
0
According to a 2005 market survey, John Glenn Columbus International Airport attracts about 50% of its passengers from outside of its 60 miles radius primary service region.
60
3,994
3994
118
2
0
The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. maritime border with Canada and approximately 60 miles west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border.
60
3,996
3996
26
3
0
The shore of Lake Erie is 569 feet above sea level; however, the city lies on a series of irregular bluffs lying roughly parallel to the lake.
569
3,998
3998
170
3
0
The lake effect also causes a relative differential in geographical snowfall totals across the city: while Hopkins Airport, on the city's far West Side, has only reached 100 inches of snowfall in a season three times since record-keeping for snow began in 1893, Cleveland Snowfalle (sic) Statistics.
100
3,999
3999
41
3
0
seasonal totals approaching or exceeding 100 inches are not uncommon as the city ascends into the Heights on the east, where the region known as the 'Snow Belt' begins.
100
4,000
4000
41
3
0
The all-time record high in Cleveland of 104 °F was established on June 25, 1988, Smith, Susan. "[
104
4,001
4001
31
5
0
and the all-time record low of -20.0 °F was set on January 19, 1994.
-20
4,003
4003
78
2
0
Normal yearly precipitation based on the 30-year average from 1981 to 2010 is 39 inches . [
39
4,004
4004
48
2
0
Parts of Geauga County to the east receive over 44 inches of liquid precipitation annually. [
44
4,005
4005
27
4
0
The population density was 5107 population density per sqmi .
5,107
4,006
4006
58
4
0
There were 207,536 housing units at an average density of 2671 per sqmi .
2,671
4,007
4007
27
4
0
The population density was 6166 population density per sqmi .
6,166
4,008
4008
58
4
0
There were 215,856 housing units at an average density of 2782 per sqmi .
2,782
4,009
4009
14
3
0
Approximately 1.0 sqmi of Cleveland, adjacent the Shaker Square neighborhood, is part of the Shaker Heights City School District.
1
4,011
4011
60
6
0
Cleveland's Global Center for Health Innovation opened with 235000 sqft of display space for healthcare companies across the world.
235,000
4,012
4012
57
5
0
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, it owns approximately 12500 miles of track all across Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton.
12,500
4,013
4013
141
4
0
In addition to this was the difficulty of building a railway through the Canadian Rockies; an entirely Canadian route would require crossing 1600 kilometers of rugged terrain across the barren Canadian Shield and muskeg of Northern Ontario.
1,600