overhunting
... results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement; some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
www.exxun.com/Tonga/b_mp.html
Overijssel
12 provinces (provincies, singular - provincie); Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland (Fryslan), Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Noord-Holland (North Holland), Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (Zealand), Zuid-Holland (South Holland)
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/d_gv.html
overinvestment
... Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s, averaging just 1.7%, largely because of the after effects of overinvestment and an asset price bubble during the late 1980s that required a protracted period of ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/e_ec.html
overlaid
... the top part (called ikkurina) is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners overlaid by a white cross dividing the rectangle into four sections; the middle part has a ...
www.exxun.com/SaintPierreandMiquelon/d_gv.html
overlap
... making) members include the seven nations that claim portions of Antarctica as national territory (some claims overlap) and 21 non-claimant nations; the US and Russia have reserved the right to make ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/d_gv.html
overlapping
... red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the emblem features a mosque with pulpit and ...
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overlapping
... territorial claims made by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom (some overlapping) for three-fourths of the continent; the US and Russia reserve the right to make ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/i_ti.html
overlapping
... Qeveh Qazaieh) and the four-member High Council of the Judiciary have a single head and overlapping responsibilities; together they supervise the enforcement of all laws and establish judicial and legal policies ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/d_gv.html
overlapping
red with a blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles; the smaller, upper triangle bears a white stylized moon and the larger, lower triangle bears a white 12 ...
www.exxun.com/Nepal/d_gv.html
overlapping
... with other regional states; "Puntland" and "Somaliland" "governments" seek international support in their secessionist aspirations and overlapping border claims; the undemarcated former British administrative line has little meaning as a political separation ...
www.exxun.com/Somalia/i_ti.html
overlapping
... claims (see Antarctica entry), but Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, NZ, Norway, and UK assert claims (some overlapping), including the continental shelf in the Southern Ocean; several states have expressed an interest in ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/i_ti.html
overlapping
... imposed boundaries; most maritime states have claimed limits that include territorial seas and exclusive economic zones; overlapping limits due to adjacent or opposite coasts create the potential for 430 bilateral maritime boundaries ...
www.exxun.com/World/i_ti.html
overlaps
... but in 1995 agreed no longer to seek settlement by force; territorial claim in Antarctica partially overlaps UK and Chilean claims; unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/i_ti.html
overlaps
... its maritime complaint with Chile to the ICJ; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and British claims; the joint boundary commission, established by Chile and Argentina in 2001 ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/i_ti.html
overlaps
... relatively small numbers of military forces from China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Brunei has established a fishing zone that overlaps a southern reef but has not made any formal claim
www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/a_fg.html
overlaps
... Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; territorial claim in Antarctica (British Antarctic Territory) overlaps Argentine claim and partially overlaps Chilean claim; Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/i_ti.html
overlying
most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
www.exxun.com/Tonga/b_mp.html
overnight
... production and foreign direct investment. Soviet assistance, at its height one-third of GDP, disappeared almost overnight in 1990 and 1991 at the time of the dismantlement of the USSR. The following ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
overpopulated
... natural gas resources, insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, and inefficiently-governed nation. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service ...
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/e_ec.html
overpopulation
... pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/b_mp.html
overpopulation
deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage
www.exxun.com/Guinea/b_mp.html
