River 2,253 km (most on Dnieper River) (2006) www.exxun.com/Ukraine/g_tr.html
River ... in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/b_mp.html
River 41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce) note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2007) www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/g_tr.html
River ... Jan 2007, ICJ provisionally ruled Uruguay may begin construction of two paper mills on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina, while the court examines further whether Argentina has the ... www.exxun.com/Uruguay/i_ti.html
river mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan ... www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/b_mp.html
river Uzbekistan is a dry, landlocked country of which 11% consists of intensely cultivated, irrigated river valleys. More than 60% of its population lives in densely populated rural communities. Uzbekistan is now the ... www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
river ... prolonged drought and cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2004; border delimitation of 130 ... www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/i_ti.html
River 7,100 km note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2005) www.exxun.com/Venezuela/g_tr.html
River claims all of the area west of the Essequibo River in Guyana, preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before the ... www.exxun.com/Venezuela/i_ti.html
River occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta www.exxun.com/Vietnam/b_mp.html
River ... The easternmost extent of Europe is generally defined as being the Ural Mountains and the Ural River; on the southeast the Caspian Sea; and on the south the Caucasus Mountains, the Black ... www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
river lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m www.exxun.com/Zambia/b_mp.html
river ... River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river; 42,250 Congolese refugees in Zambia are offered voluntary repatriation in November 2006, most of whom ... www.exxun.com/Zambia/i_ti.html
river landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/b_mp.html
River ... Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the ... www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/i_ti.html
Rivera 19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres www.exxun.com/Uruguay/d_gv.html
Riverine Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force (2008) www.exxun.com/Laos/h_ml.html
riverine ... semidesert and with a highly unequal distribution of income. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger. About 10% of the population is nomadic and some 80 ... www.exxun.com/Mali/e_ec.html
riverine landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe www.exxun.com/Zambia/b_mp.html
riverine landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/b_mp.html
riverless a flat, riverless island renowned for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees ... www.exxun.com/Aruba/b_mp.html
rivers ... of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and ... www.exxun.com/Algeria/b_mp.html
rivers ... demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water www.exxun.com/Angola/b_mp.html
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