437 Answered Questions for the topic geography

Geography History Chemistry Money

04/16/19

What is the chemical symbol for gold?
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Geography Maps Hiking Compasses

04/15/19

When using a compass, why not follow a degree mark without rotation?
Instead of taking a bearing the "official" way, why not just see what degree mark corresponds to on the direction I want to go (in real life or on a map), and follow that degree mark? That is, why... more
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04/15/19

history IDK what it is
What physical characteristics made the Italian Peninsula an ideal location to establish settlements how did these early settlement interact with each other
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Geography Biology

04/14/19

Why are there no rabbits at high altitude in the smoky mountains

Why are there no rabbits at high altitude in the smoky mountains ?
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04/13/19

Why was the Cold War carried out over the whole world instead of between Siberia and Alaska?
I was wondering why the conflicts, missile deployments etc. throughout the Cold War were basically all taking place in Europe, Africa and Asia, when in fact the US and Soviet Union were only... more
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Geography Change Climate Hot

04/13/19

Why is it hot at the equator?
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Geography Fun Ships Travel

04/12/19

Was America discovered before Columbus arrived?
It is so wonderful to imagine how much adventure has been had in this world!
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04/12/19

Does gravity differ from place to place on Earth?
Does a particular object have the same weight on every part of Earth or does it vary?
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Geography Sql C# Sql Server

04/12/19

Insert Geography data into SQL Server 2008?
Can someone guide me to or give me an example on how would one go about insert/query Geography data in Sql Server 2008 ( Polygon with 4 points and Point in specific) using C# EF or Linq2Sql. I've... more
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04/12/19

Is there a map that displays every country at its correct relative size?
I know that the standard Mercator projection is completely wrong when it comes to the relative sizes of countries (Greenland appears relatively much larger than in reality, for example). AFAIK they... more
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Geography

04/12/19

A city or a geographical area with corners forming only 45, 90, and 135 degree angles.?
Not sure this is a proper historical question, more like geographic, but since I'm asking about both current and historical cities, here it is. Preamble: In the industry I work in we deal with... more
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Geography Sql Sql Server

04/11/19

Geometry datatype to latitude /Longitude MS SQL Server?
I need to convert Sql Server geometry datatype to latitude /Longitude I have just imported a shapefile to my table (geometry) This query does not work:- select geom.Lat as [Latitude], ... more
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Geography World Geography

04/08/19

What factors have limited the settlement of the anti Lebanon mountains

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Geography World History

04/08/19

What physical characteristics made the italian peninsula an ideal location to establish settlements? how did these early settlements interact whith each other?

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04/06/19

Kurds and their relation to the start of civilization?
Is there a relationship between these folks and the start of civilization? Mehrdad Izady suggests that they started civilization via establishing the agricultural production. How can this be... more
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Geography Mountains

04/05/19

Is there a standard definition of the term "mountain"?
Is there any standard internationally recognizable definition of the term "mountain"? If international texts describe some terrain as mountains, do they use some international definition of the... more
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04/04/19

How was the modern geographic boundary between Europe and Asia decided?
Wikipedia puts the boundary as: > The modern definition of Europe delimits it from Asia at the Aegean Sea, the Dardanelles-Sea of Marmora-Bosporus, the Black Sea, along the watershed of the... more
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Geography Compass

04/04/19

At the northpole, which way is east?
If a person stands on the north, or south pole. How do they determine which way is east/west?
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Geography Civilizations

04/04/19

How common are major cities not built by abundant water?
When you look at the biggest cities in the world, they all tend to be built on a major body of water, either a coast, a large lake, or a major river. This made sense in ancient times, as abundant... more
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Geography

04/03/19

Help Geography Homework
Explain the patterns of movement you have learned about in Bled. Who moves or migrates? How do you think their movement affects the environment, animals, and/or people in Bled?
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Geography World War Two

04/03/19

Where was the Japanese surrender signed on Okinawa in June 1945?
On the 21st of June, Japanese defences on the southern fringe of Okinawa collapsed. The following day General Mitsuru Ushijima and chief of staff Isamu Chō committed suicide. Colonel Yahara was... more
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Geography

04/03/19

Countries with a small number of sides?
Please accept my appologies if this question is off-topic here; this is the closest match to the topic of my question. I am looking for countries and states whose map is a polygon with a small... more
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Geography Mapping Open Data

03/29/19

Street and road data?
Where do companies like Google and Yahoo and Mapquest get their street and road data? Is this a data source that the public has access to?
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Geography Economy Cities Mexico

03/29/19

What is so special about the location of Mexico City?
Since 1325, the area we know today as Mexico City has held some sort of cultural or historical bond. The bond is so strong that, no matter what, no matter how bad a shape the country gets, they... more
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Geography Coordinates Gis Image

03/27/19

Image interpolation from original earth coordinate matrix to a new earth coordinate matrix?
I have a geographical image covering a certain locations in New York State. Each pixels corresponds to a locations which its latitude and longitude can be obtained (Or you can say that each pixels... more
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