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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Gulf of Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The gulf's eastern, north, and northwestern shores lie within the United States of America (specifically, the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas); its southwestern and southern shores lie within Mexico (specifically, the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo); on the southeast it is bordered by Cuba.
The total area of the Gulf of Mexico is approximately 615,000 mi² (1.6 million km²), the southern third of which lies within the tropics, and plunges to a depth of 2,080 fathoms (3804 m).
It is hypothesized that this impact was the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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 Italy - MSN Encarta
In the north-west is the Gulf of Genoa, the harbour of the important commercial city of Genoa.
The south-eastern end of the peninsula is deeply indented by the Gulf of Taranto, which divides the so-called heel of Italy (ancient Calabria) from the toe (modern Calabria).
In contrast to the semi-tropical conditions prevalent in southern Italy and along the Gulf of Genoa, the climate of the Plain of Lombardy is continental.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Its principal harbours are the Gulf of Genoa, the first commercial port in Italy; the Gulf of Spezia, an important naval station; Civitavecchia, an artificial harbour; the harbours of Gaeta, Naples, and the Gulf of Taranto; Brindisi, a natural port; the Gulf of Manfredonia, and the lagoons of Venice.
This is a chain that extends from the Sella di Conza to the Scalone Pass and is bounded by the Sele River, the Ofanto with its affluent the Locone, the Bradano and its affluent the Basentiello, the coast of the Gulf of Taranto, the Isthmus of Calabria, and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Liguria comprises the provinces of Genoa and Porto Maurizio and is bounded by the Apennines and the Ligurian Alps, and by the Roia and the Magra rivers.
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 GENOA (anc. Genua, Ita... - Online Information article about GENOA (anc. Genua, Ita...
Genoa is remarkably well served with electric tramways, which are found in all the wider streets, and run, often through tunnels, into the suburbs and to the surrounding country on the east as far as Nervi and to Pegli oh the west.
Genoa has a large emigrant traffic with America, and a large general passenger steamer traffic both for America and for the East.
67.) The history of Genoa during the dark ages, throughout the Lombard and Carolingian periods, is but the repetition of the general history of the Italian communes, which succeeded in snatching from contending princes and barons the first charters of their freedom.
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 Italy
In the northwest is the Gulf of Genoa, the harbor of the important commercial city of
The southeastern end of the peninsula is deeply indented by the Gulf of Taranto, which divides the so-called heel of Italy (ancient Calabria) from the toe (modern Calabria).
In contrast to the semitropical conditions prevalent in southern Italy and along the Gulf of Genoa, the climate of the Plain of Lombardy is continental.
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 Ligurian Sea
], arm of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Ligurian coast (Italian Riviera) and the islands of Corsica and Elba; the Gulf of Genoa is its northernmost part.
The ports of Genoa, La Spezia, and Livorno are on its rocky coast.
Sestri Ponente - Sestri Ponente, industrial suburb of Genoa, N Italy, on the Ligurian Sea.
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 Savona Central School Alumni Website - SCS History
City and port, northwestern Italy, capital of Savona Province, in Liguria Region, on the Gulf of Genoa.
The city is an industrial center, with factories producing iron and steel, machinery, chemicals, pottery, electrical equipment, processed food, and glass.
It was a thriving port in the Middle Ages and was annexed by Genoa in 1528.
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