meteorological
South Africa maintains a meteorological station on Gough Island
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/f_cm.html
meteorologists
... Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits by ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/c_pp.html
meter
total: 660 km narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000 meter gauge note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2006)
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/g_tr.html
meter
... the longer term Maldivian authorities worry about the impact of erosion and possible global warming on their low-lying country; 80% of the area is 1 meter or less above sea level
www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
meter
... in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private ...
www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/d_gv.html
meter
total: 906 km narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006)
www.exxun.com/Senegal/g_tr.html
meters
... barren rock, with average elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 meters; mountain ranges up to nearly 5,000 meters; ice-free coastal areas include parts of southern Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, the Antarctic Peninsula ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
meters
central surface covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack that, on average, is about 3 meters thick, although pressure ridges may be three times that thickness; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort ...
www.exxun.com/ArcticOcean/b_mp.html
meters
... and 85% in 2009. Russia also increased Belarusian natural gas prices from $47 per thousand cubic meters (tcm) to $100 per tcm in 2007, and plans to increase prices gradually to world ...
www.exxun.com/Belarus/e_ec.html
meters
flat and low (most areas do not exceed two meters in elevation)
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/b_mp.html
meters
Mawson Peak on Heard Island is the highest Australian mountain (at 2,745 meters, it is taller than Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia proper), and one of only two active volcanoes located in Australian ...
www.exxun.com/HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands/b_mp.html
meters
... levels for 22 years. Qatar's proved reserves of natural gas are roughly 25 trillion cubic meters, about 15% of the world total and third largest in the world. Qatar has permitted ...
www.exxun.com/Qatar/e_ec.html
meters
huge icebergs with drafts up to several hundred meters; smaller bergs and iceberg fragments; sea ice (generally 0.5 to 1 m thick) with sometimes dynamic short-term variations and with large annual ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
methamphetamine
... of serious commitment against money laundering continues to hinder the overall antidrug effort; major source of methamphetamine and heroin for regional consumption; currently under Financial Action Task Force countermeasures due to continued ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
narcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police; limited methamphetamine production; vulnerable to money laundering due to its cash-based economy and porous borders
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
despite strenuous law enforcement efforts, faces difficult challenges in controlling transit of heroin and methamphetamine to regional and world markets; modern banking system provides conduit for money laundering; rising indigenous use of ...
www.exxun.com/HongKong/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
... South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limited producer of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine and methamphetamine; efforts to counter money laundering, related to organized crime and drug trafficking, are improving, but ...
www.exxun.com/Hungary/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
illicit producer of cannabis largely for domestic use; producer of methamphetamine and ecstasy
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
... and Japan in recent years have linked North Korea to large illicit shipments of heroin and methamphetamine, including an attempt by the North Korean merchant ship Pong Su to deliver 150 kg ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
... decrease from 2004; estimated potential opium production in 2005 was 28 metric tons, a significant decrease from 200 metric tons in 2003; unsubstantiated reports of domestic methamphetamine production; growing domestic methamphetamine problem
www.exxun.com/Laos/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
... carries severe penalties; heroin still primary drug of abuse, but synthetic drug demand remains strong; continued ecstasy and methamphetamine producer for domestic users and, to a lesser extent, the regional drug market
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/i_ti.html
methamphetamine
... majority of drug trafficking throughout the country; producer and distributor of ecstasy; significant money-laundering center; major supplier of heroin and largest foreign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market
www.exxun.com/Mexico/i_ti.html
