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Temperatures remain fairly cool, with the recorded maximum being 28 °C at Ronaldsway.
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The highest point in the Isle of Man, Snaefell, is in the northern area and reaches 620 meters above sea level.
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The Ayres (2000, 272 hectares )
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Calf of Man ( 616 acres )
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The Isle of Man had 45 non-statutory wildlife sites as of 30 January 2009, covering about 195 ha (0.75 sq miles) of land and an additional 10 kilometers of inter-tidal coast.
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Close Sartfield: 31 acres , part of the Ballaugh Curraghs Ramsar Site
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Goshen: 28 acres , part of Ballaugh Curraghs Ramsar Site
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In August 1859, a 36 nautical miles long cable was commissioned from Glass, Elliot and Company of Greenwich and laid from Cranstal (north of Ramsey) to St Bees in Cumbria using the chartered cable ship Resolute.
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This was augmented on 24 June 1943 by a 74 kilometers long cable between Cemaes Bay in Anglesey and Port Erin, which had the world's first submerged repeater, laid by HMCS Iris.
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A further fibre optic cable, known as BT-MT1 was laid in October 1990 between Millom in Cumbria and Douglas, a distance of 43 nautical miles .
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The 200 feet high transmission tower was re-sited from London, where it had been used for early ITV transmissions.
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The television broadcasts are now transmitted from a 195 feet high transmitter on a hill to the south of Douglas.
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The island has a total of 688 miles of public roads, all of which are paved.
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Drivers are limited to 50 mph in the first full year after passing their driving test (Isle of Man citizens are permitted to start driving at the age of sixteen) and some are not used to having to make progress in the same way as on a larger road network such as that in the UK: even a cautious driver can get from anywh...
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The island has a total of 68 kilometers of railway.
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The now obsolete Scottish inch ( ), 12 of a Scottish foot, was about 1.0016 imperial inches (about 1 inches ).
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The goal posts were 8 feet apart (today's goals are six feet wide).
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Distances between the planets in the Solar System are often measured in astronomical units (AU), defined as the average distance between the Sun and Earth, some 150000000 kilometers .
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Another way of understanding the vastness of interstellar distances is by scaling: One of the closest stars to the Sun, Alpha Centauri A (a Sun-like star), can be pictured by scaling down the Earth–Sun distance to 1.0 meters .
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On this scale, the distance to Alpha Centauri A would be 276 kilometers .
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They built an urban complex of more than 100 platform and burial mounds, a 50 acres plaza larger than 35 football fields, and a woodhenge of sacred cedar, all in a planned design expressing the culture's cosmology.
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However, as Indiana had successfully been granted a 10 miles northern extension of its boundary to provide it with a usable lakefront, the original bill for Illinois statehood, submitted to Congress on January 23, 1818, stipulated a northern border at the same latitude as Indiana's, which is defined as 10 miles north o...
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The final bill passed by Congress included an amendment to shift the border to 42° 30' north, which is approximately 51 miles north of the Indiana northern border.
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This shift added 8500 sqmi to the state, including the lead mining region near Galena.
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From Sunday, October 8, 1871, until Tuesday, October 10, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire burned in downtown Chicago, destroying 4 sqmi .
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Charles Mound, located in the Driftless region, has the state's highest natural elevation above sea level at 1235 feet .
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The city of Rockford, Illinois's third-largest city and center of the state's fourth largest metropolitan area, sits along Interstates 39 and 90 some 75 miles northwest of Chicago.
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This followed the previous record of -36.0 Farad recorded on January 5, 1999, near Congerville.
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Prior to the Mount Carroll record, a temperature of -37.0 Farad was recorded on January 15, 2009, at Rochelle, but at a weather station not subjected to the same quality control as official records.
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Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes, with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around five tornadoes per 10000 sqmi annually. "[
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Average annual wind power distribution for Illinois, 50 meters height above ground (2009)
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These ratings are for wind turbines with 50 meters hub heights; newer wind turbines are taller, enabling them to reach stronger winds farther from the ground.
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The Chicago metropolitan area also hosts two zoos: The very large Brookfield Zoo, located about ten miles west of the city center in suburban Brookfield, contains more than 2,300 animals and covers 216 acres .
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The Lincoln Park Zoo is located in huge Lincoln Park on Chicago's North Side, approximately 3 miles north of the Loop.
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The zoo covers over 35 acres within the park.
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Louis line to bring the maximum speed up to 110 mph , which would reduce the trip time by an hour and a half.
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The original farm of 648 acres was purchased for a cost of $5,379. [
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Located on a 2000 acres campus, the university has grown considerably from its roots as an agricultural college and model farm and is recognized internationally today for its comprehensive research programs.
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http://www.iastate.edu/about/fact04/ It's a Fact: Iowa State University] The central campus includes 490 acres of trees, plants, and classically designed buildings.
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The landscape's most dominant feature is the 20 acres central lawn, which was listed as a "medallion site" by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1999, one of only three central campuses designated as such.
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The campanile stands 110 feet tall on a 16 by 16 foot (5 by 5 m) base, and cost $6,510.20 to construct. [
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Construction began in 1994 and the Gardens' initial 5 acres were officially dedicated on September 16, 1995.
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Reiman Gardens has since grown to become a 14 acres site consisting of a dozen distinct garden areas, an indoor conservatory and an indoor butterfly "wing", butterfly emergence cases, a gift shop, and several supporting greenhouses.
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The sculpture garden is adjacent to Iowa State's 22 acres central campus.
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With an area of approximately 596740 sqkm , and a population of roughly 53 million, it is the second largest European peninsula by area, after the Scandinavian Peninsula.
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Ultimately, the shelf drops into the Bay of Biscay on the north (an abyss), the Iberian abyssal plain at 4800 meters on the west, and Tagus abyssal plain to the south.
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Edited by W Gibbons & T Moreno, Geology of Spain, 2002, The highest point, at 2027 meters , is Peña de la Cruz in Sierra Arana.
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In the Spanish interior the hottest temperatures in Europe are found, with Córdoba averaging around 37 Coulomb in July.
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The Spanish Mediterranean coast usually averages around 30 Coulomb in summer.
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In sharp contrast A Coruña at the northern tip of Galicia has a summer daytime high average at just below 23 Coulomb .
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The treaty established the waterway border on the eastern bank of the river except for a 4 miles anchorage zone near Abadan, which was allotted to Iran and where the border ran along the thalweg.
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The next day, Iraq launched a ground invasion along a front measuring 644 kilometers in three simultaneous attacks.
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The Iraqis failed to properly patrol their occupied areas, and the Iranians constructed a 14 kilometers road through the unguarded sand dunes, launching their attack from the Iraqi rear.
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By the eighth day, the Iranians had gained 16 kilometers inside Iraq and had taken several causeways.
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However, only 13 kilometers from Basra, the poorly equipped Iranian forces were surrounded on three sides by Iraqis with heavy weaponry.
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Iran recovered 150 sqkm of disputed territory straddling the international border and reached the outskirts of Mandali before being stopped by Iraqi helicopter and armoured attacks.
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The attack was stalled by 60 kilometers of hilly escarpments, forests, and river torrents blanketing the way to al-Amarah, but the Iraqis could not force the Iranians back.
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To stem the tide, Iraq deployed Mi-8 attack helicopters equipped with chemical weapons and executed 120 sorties against the Iranian force, which stopped them 15 kilometers into Iraqi territory.
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Iranian troops crossed the river on motorboats in a surprise attack, though only came within 24 kilometers of the highway.
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At times, fighting took place in waters over 2 meters deep.
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Kuwait in particular felt menaced with Iranian troops only 16 kilometers away, and increased its support of Iraq accordingly.
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They came within 16 kilometers of the city before being stopped by chemical and army attacks.
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Iran's army had also reached the Meimak Hills, only 113 kilometers from Baghdad.
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Though the Iranians advanced to within sight of Dukan and captured around 1040 sqkm and 4,000 Iraqi troops, the offensive failed due to the Iraqi use of chemical warfare.
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The Iranians infiltrated through the Iraqi trenches and moved 10 kilometers into Iraq and managed to strike Saddam's presidential palace in Baghdad using fighter aircraft.
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By 12 July, the Iraqis had captured the city of Dehloran, 30 kilometers inside Iran, along with 2,500 troops and much armour and material, which took four days to transport to Iraq.
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The MEK expected the Iranian population to rise up and support their advance; the uprising never materialised but they reached 145 kilometers deep into Iran.
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Iraq, in violation of the UN ceasefire, refused to withdraw its troops from 3000 sqmi of disputed territory at the border area unless the Iranians accepted Iraq's full sovereignty over the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
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Still, given the importance of the balance of power in the area, it is in our interests to promote a ceasefire in that conflict; though not a cost that will preclude an eventual rapprochement with Iran either if a more moderate regime replaces Khomenini's or if the present rulers wake up to geopolitical reality that th...
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The campus is spread over an area of 4 sqkm .
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A number of Newcomen engines were installed in Britain for draining hitherto unworkable deep mines, with the engine on the surface; these were large machines, requiring a significant amount of capital to build, and produced upwards of 5 horsepower .
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Instead of making a small amount each time, he was able to make around 100 pounds in each of the chambers, at least a tenfold increase.
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This process involves sintering a mixture of clay and limestone to about 1400 °C , then grinding it into a fine powder which is then mixed with water, sand and gravel to produce concrete.
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The Blackstone River and its tributaries, which cover more than 45 miles from Worcester, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island, was the birthplace of America's Industrial Revolution.
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Lowell, Massachusetts, using 5 miles of canals and 10,000 horsepower delivered by the Merrimack River, is considered by some as a major contributor to the success of the American Industrial Revolution.
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Pane di Altamura – sourdough durum wheat bread weighing up to 44 pounds .
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An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of 5500 kilometers primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).
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The first launch took place on 15 May 1957 and led to an unintended crash 400 kilometers from the site.
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The first successful test followed on 21 August 1957; the R-7 flew over 6000 kilometers and became the world's first ICBM.
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China also deployed the JL-1 Medium-range ballistic missile with a reach of 1700 kilometers aboard the ultimately unsuccessful type 92 submarine.
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India successfully test fired Agni V, with a strike range of more than 5000 kilometers on 19 April 2012, claiming entry into the ICBM club.
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The missile's actual range is speculated by foreign researchers to be up to 8000 kilometers with India having downplayed its capabilities to avoid causing concern to other countries.
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Schematic view of a submarine-launched Trident II D5 nuclear missile system, capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads up to 8000 kilometers
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It is possible for the missile to be equipped with a single 750 kilograms nuclear warhead or up to three MIRV warheads.
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On 19 April 2012, India successfully test fired its first Agni-V, a three-stage solid fueled missile, with a strike range of more than 7500 kilometers .
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It is formed from ice VII, by cooling it below 5 °C .
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It, however, did not account for skating on ice temperatures lower than -4.0 Coulomb , which is often skated upon.
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Sea ice can be forced together by currents and winds to form pressure ridges up to 12 meters tall.
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A large hailstone, about 6 cms in diameter
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Hail has a diameter of 5 mm or more.
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Within METAR code, GR is used to indicate larger hail, of a diameter of at least 6 mm and GS for smaller.
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Hail forms in strong thunderstorm clouds, particularly those with intense updrafts, high liquid water content, great vertical extent, large water droplets, and where a good portion of the cloud layer is below freezing 0.0 Coulomb .
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For this reason, hail is most common within continental interiors of the mid-latitudes, as hail formation is considerably more likely when the freezing level is below the altitude of 11000 feet .
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These droplets are able to remain liquid at temperatures lower than -18.0 Coulomb , because to freeze, a few molecules in the droplet need to get together by chance to form an arrangement similar to that in an ice lattice; then the droplet freezes around this "nucleus."
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Experiments show that this "homogeneous" nucleation of cloud droplets only occurs at temperatures lower than -35.0 Coulomb .
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So-called "diamond dust", also known as ice needles or ice crystals, forms at temperatures approaching -40.0 Coulomb due to air with slightly higher moisture from aloft mixing with colder, surface-based air.
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As the ice melts, it absorbs heat and keeps the drink near 0.0 Coulomb .
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They build upon naturally occurring frozen seawater in McMurdo Sound until the dock reaches a depth of about 22 feet .
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The city of Ithaca is located on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York, about 45 miles south-west of Syracuse.
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The largest snowfall in one day was 26 inches on February 14, 1914.
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