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  Australia - MSN Encarta
Australia developed as a group of British colonies during the 19th century, and in 1901 the colonies federated to form a unified independent nation, the Commonwealth of Australia.
The interior is relatively flat except for several eroded mountain chains, such as the Stuart Range and the Musgrave Ranges in the northern part of South Australia and the Macdonnell Ranges in the southern part of the Northern Territory.
The Snowy Mountains Scheme, in the southeastern highlands in New South Wales, is an enormous, multipurpose engineering project that was financed by the federal and state governments to supply water for irrigation, domestic and livestock use, and for the generation of hydroelectricity.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568792/Australia.html   (1598 words)

  
 HPL: Gazetteer A
Argentina is the second largest country in South America and boasts a little bit of everything, from mountains to coastline.
A small city in the foothills of the mountains in northern Sweden, Arjeplog has for over a millenium been the location of the finishing line for the annual broom race of Sweden (QA2).
It is also less than three hundred miles away from a Swedish Short Snout dragon reservation, which is most likely in the higher parts of the mountains.
www.hp-lexicon.org /atlas/gazetteer/gazetteer-a.html   (1170 words)

  
 Review Software
Classic Wild Walks of Australia, the precursor to the disc under review, was one of the first to attempt to combine all these genres on disc.
Mountain height comparisons, more general information on safety and treading lightly in the bush, and contacts for all of the relevant national parks are also included.
For a mountain mood, revel in the spectacular Breadknife formation of the Warrumbungles, or wonder at Lake Oberon, in the Western Arthur Range of south-west Tasmania.
www.rankin.com.au /revsoft.htm   (3344 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Scotland
The chief physical feature of the country is its mountainous character, there being no extensive areas of level ground, as in England; and only about a quarter of the total acreage is cultivated.
The principal chain of mountains is the Grampian range, and the highest individual hill Ben Nevis (4406 feet).
They on their side welcomed with loyal gratitude a measure which restored to the Church in Scotland the full and normal hierarchical organization which properly belongs to her, and which might be expected to have the same consoling results as have followed a similar act in England, Holland, Australia, and the United States.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13613a.htm   (9432 words)

  
 Plants For A Future - Link
Promotes the utilisation for New Crops in Australia with an Academic/Commercial outlook.
He is also the illustrator of the soon be published guide to flowering native plants of the Granite Mountains, written by Jim Andre, for the University of California Nature Reserve System.
Scottish group creating a new sustainable eco-village somewhere south of the Grampian hills and north of the Cheviots.
www.pfaf.org /links/links.php   (3448 words)

  
 United Kingdom - Definitions from Dictionary.com
North Atlantic Current; more than half of the days are overcast
Terrain: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling
Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, C, CCC,
dictionary.reference.com /search?q=United%20Kingdom   (1619 words)

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