The Atlanticcoastaldesert is the westernmost ecoregion in the Sahara of North Africa . It occupies a narrow strip along the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic coast, where Fog desert fog generated offshore by the cool Canary Current provides sufficient moisture to sustain a variety of lichen s, succulent plant succulents , and shrubs. It covers convert 39,900 km2 sqmi sp us in Western Sahara and Mauritania . It is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean , on the east by the North Saharan steppe and woodlands , on the north by the Mediterranean acacia argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets , and on the south by the Sahelian Acacia savanna . References and external links http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial pa pa1304 full.html Atlanticcoastaldesert WWF Scientific Report coord missing Mauritania Category Deserts and xeric shrublands Category Deserts of Africa Category Ecoregions of Africa Category Ecoregions of Mauritania Category Ecoregions of Western Sahara Category Flora of the Sahara Category Palearctic ecozone ecoregion stub WesternSahara geo stub Mauritania geo stub es Desierto costero atl ntico eo Atlantika marborda dezerto ... more details
see also Danakil Desert File AT1304 map.png thumb Eritrean coastaldesert ecoregion map The Eritrean coastaldesert ecoregion is a harsh sand and gravel strip along the southern part of the coast of Eritrea and the Red Sea coast of Djibouti . This coast is of ecological importance as a channel for the mass migration of birds of prey. Location and description The ecoregion consists of a coastal strip in Eritrea s Southern Red Sea Region continuing to along the Red Sea coast to Obock in Djibouti. Flora The flora of the coastal strip consists of herbs and grasses suited to the dry climate such as Aerva javanica , Cymbopogon schoenanthus , Panicum turgidum , and Lasiurus scindicus , along with some Umbrella thorn Acacia tortilis and Acacia asak trees and Rhigozum somalense and Caesalpinia erianthera shrubs. Fauna This is one of the busiest Bird of prey raptor migration routes in the world as birds such as buzzards and eagles make their way to Africa for the winter along the Red Sea coast and across the Bab el Mandeb strait. Animals found here include sea turtles and gazelles including Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas , Soemmerring s gazelle Gazella soemmerringii and Salt s dik dik Madoqua saltiana . There are three near endemic reptiles Ogaden burrowing asp Atractaspis leucomelas , Ragazzi s cylindrical skink Chalcides ragazzii , and the gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis . Threats and preservation The coast is sparsely populated with the only town of any size the small port of Assab in Eritrea. However grazing of livestock has reduced the natural vegetation, there are no protected areas and there is potential for further change to the area with the completion of the planned coast road from Djibouti to Eritrea. Hunting of the gazelles, turtles and seabirds occurs. External links http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial at at1304 full.html Eritrean coastaldesert World Wildlife Fund Category Afrotropic ecozone Category Deserts and xeric shrublands Category Ecoregions ... more details
Image AtlCoastalPlain.jpg thumb right 300px The Atlanticcoastal plain covers parts of New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia U.S. state Georgia , and Florida . Although included in this depiction, Alabama is part of the Gulf Coastal Plain . Main East Coast of the United States The Atlanticcoastal plain has both low elevation and low relief, but it is also a relatively flat landform extending convert 2200 mi km from the New York Bight ref cite web last Stoffer first Phil coauthors Messina, Paula title The AtlanticCoastal Plain url http www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu bight coastal.html work Geology and Geography of New York Bight Beaches ref ref cite web url http www.blm.gov wildlife pl 03sum.htm title South AtlanticCoastal Plain ref southward to a Georgia Florida section of the Eastern Continental Divide , which demarcates the plain from the ACF River Basin in the Gulf Coastal Plain to the west. The coastal plain is bordered on the west by the Piedmont United States Piedmont plateau , to the east by the Western Atlantic ... Water table management in the eastern coastal plain ref The area is subdivided into the United States physiographic region Embayed and Sea Island physiographic provinces , as well as the Mid Atlantic states Mid Atlantic and South Atlantic States South Atlanticcoastal plains. ref Cite web url http www.blm.gov wildlife pl 44sum.htm title Mid AtlanticCoastal Plain accessdate 2010 08 11 quote The Mid AtlanticCoastal Plain extends from the Atlantic Ocean, south of Long Island, to the Fall Line, where the hilly Piedmont begins. It is arbitrarily Sic sic separated from the South AtlanticCoastal ... DEFAULTSORT AtlanticCoastal Plain Category North America Category Regions of the United States Category ... nl Atlantische Kustvlakte Verenigde Staten pl Nizina Atlantycka tl AtlanticCoastal Plain ... inland from the ocean. Citation needed date December 2008 The coastal plain is generally wet ... more details
File AT0102 map.png thumb Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests The Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests are a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of central Africa , covering hills, plains, and mountains of the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic coast of Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Republic of the Congo , Angola , and Democratic Republic of the Congo . This is rich forest home to large mammals such as Western Gorilla , chimpanzees , forest elephants and African buffalo , as well as many small mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates. As well as chimpanzees and gorillas other primates include black colobus monkey s and mandrill s. Location The Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests cover an area of convert 189,700 km2 sqmi sp us , extending along the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic coast from low hills in the north to mountains further south and east. The forests cover Cameroon s southwest corner, mainland Equatorial Guinea R o Muni and the coastal plains of Gabon . A narrow strip extends southeast through Republic of the Congo and the eastern ... Congo province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests form the southernmost part of the Lower Guinean forests complex, a region of coastal moist broadleaf forests that extend north and west into southwestern Cameroon and southern Nigeria. The Atlantic Ocean ... bounds the Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests to the southeast. This is a tropical ecoregion receiving ... terrestrial at at0102 full.html Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests WWF scientific report Category ..., the coastal forests transition to the Northwestern Congolian lowland forests , part of the vast ... Coastal Forests ecoregion the area holds about 50 of the endemic plant life of tropical West Africa ... the coastal resort of Kribi and the Campo Ma an National Park . All of mainland Equatorial Guinea ... traditional forest dwellers such as the Bakola and Bagyeli . Gabonese towns among the coastal ... more details
Infobox ecoregion name Middle Atlanticcoastal forests image Baldcypress Taxodium distichum on Congaree National Park Low Boardwalk trail.jpg image size image alt image caption Congaree National Park in South Carolina country United States state Delaware state1 Maryland state2 Virginia state3 North Carolina state4 South Carolina state5 Georgia U.S. state Georgia border Southeastern conifer forests border1 Southeastern mixed forests border2 Northeastern coastal forests bird species 237 ref name Atlas cite book last1 Hoekstra first1 J. M. last2 Molnar first2 J. L. last3 Jennings first3 M. last4 Revenga first4 C. last5 Spalding first5 M. D. last6 Boucher first6 T. M. last7 Robertson first7 J. C. last8 Heibel first8 T. J. last9 Ellison first9 K. title The Atlas of Global Conservation Changes, Challenges ... forests map Middle Atlanticcoastal forests map.svg map size 248 map alt map caption The Middle Atlanticcoastal forests are a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of the United States . Setting The Middle Atlanticcoastal forests stretch along the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic coast of the United States from the Delmarva Peninsula south to the Georgia U.S. State Georgia coast. They cover the Atlanticcoastal plain and are bordered on the west by the Southeastern mixed forests . ref name wwf ... Ecoregions Middle Atlanticcoastal forests NA0517 publisher World Wide Fund for Nature date ... oak. ref name Kricher The Middle Atlanticcoastal forests contain the most diverse assemblage of freshwater ..., coastal plains, and maritime areas are vulnerable to hurricane s and floods. The drier areas are susceptible ... soils, particularly near the coast and on coastal islands, live oak Quercus virginiana thrives, often .... Pawpaw Asimina triloba grows in the understory. ref name Kricher Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis ..., coastal development, ditching and draining of wetlands, and damming of rivers. ref name wwf The western ... name wwf The least altered habitats in the ecoregion are the coastal marshes and deep peatlands. ref ... more details
Infobox ecoregion name Atlanticcoastal pine barrens image 2009 11 04 20 View north from the top of the Apple Pie Hill fire tower.jpg image size image alt image caption The Pine Barrens New Jersey Pine Barrens of New Jersey country United States state Massachusetts state1 New Jersey state2 New York bird species 212 ref name Atlas cite book last1 Hoekstra first1 J. M. last2 Molnar first2 J. L. last3 Jennings first3 M. last4 Revenga first4 C. last5 Spalding first5 M. D. last6 Boucher first6 T. M. last7 Robertson first7 J. C. last8 Heibel first8 T. J. last9 Ellison first9 K. title The Atlas of Global Conservation Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference publisher University of California Press editor1 last Molnar editor1 first J. L. year 2010 isbn 978 0520262560 url http www.nature.org ourscience sciencefeatures conservation atlas 1.xml ref mammal species 45 ref name Atlas habitat loss 30.06 habitat loss ref ref name Atlas protected 22.9 protected ref ref name Atlas area 9000 biome Temperate coniferous forests map Atlanticcoastal pine barrens map.svg map size 248 map alt map caption The Atlanticcoastal pine barrens is a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of the northeastern United States . Setting This ecoregion covers a disjunct area of 8,975 km including the New Jersey Pine Barrens on the coastal plain of New Jersey , and smaller areas of southern Long Island in New York State , and on Cape Cod in Massachusetts . There is also a small area of pine barrens ... Fund title Atlanticcoastal pine barrens accessdate 2010 12 21 ref Climate This ecoregion has a humid ... soils are part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. ref name WWF cite web url http ... common. ref name PlantsNewJersey Cedar swamp forests Swamp forests dominated by Atlantic white ... and external links reflist http www.cas.vanderbilt.edu bioimages ecoregions 50504frame.htm Atlanticcoastal pine barrens images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu http www.cas.vanderbilt.edu bioimages ecoregions ... more details
Orphan date August 2011 unreferenced date January 2010 The AtlanticCoastal Cooperative Statistics Program ACCSP is a cooperative state Federal government of the United States federal program of U.S. state s and the District of Columbia . ACCSP was established to be the principal source of fisheries dependent information on the Atlantic Coast of the United States . Initial planning for an Atlantic coast fisheries dependent program began in 1994 to address deficiencies in the data available for fisheries management along the Atlantic coast. The ACCSP was established in 1995 through a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the 23 state and federal agencies responsible for marine fisheries management on the Atlantic coast. The federal partners are the United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS , National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA . The state partners are the Maine Department of Marine Resources , New Hampshire Fish and Game Department , Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries , Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife , Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection , New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife , Delaware Department of Natural Resources , Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission , District of Columbia Fisheries and Wildlife , Maryland Department of Natural Resources , Virginia Marine Resources Commission , North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources , South Carolina Department of Natural Resources , Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission , and Georgia Department of Natural Resources . Other partners include the New England Fishery Management Council, Potomac River Fisheries Commission, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council. The Program is separated into three divisions a staff dedicated to handling the ACCSP standards ... more details
The Mo medes Desert is a desert located in southeast Africa , in Angola . The desert stratches along from atlanticcoastal of Angola to Angola Namibia border 450 km away . The desert is considered an extension of Namib Desert . Deserts coord missing Angola DEFAULTSORT Mocamedes Desert Category Deserts of Africa Angola geo stub pt Deserto de Mo medes ... more details
as trade wind, mid latitude, rain shadow, coastal, monsoon, or polar desert s. Former desert ... thumb Makhtesh Ramon , Negev desert, Israel A desert is a landscape or region that receives ... eb article 70815 desert title desert accessdate 28 August 2011 work Encyclop dia Britannica online ref ref name usgs cite web url http pubs.usgs.gov gip deserts what title What is a desert ... climate classification system, deserts are classed as BWh hot desert or BWk temperate desert . In the Thornthwaite ... of what a desert is because being arid also depends on evaporation, which depends in part on temperature ... per year, and is immediately recognized as being located in a desert due to its arid adapted plants ... 10 in of precipitation per year and is often classified as a cold desert. ref name WalterBreckle2002 ... Workshop on Polar Desert Ecosystems Christchurch, New Zealand, 1 4 July 1996 url http ... supplements the measurement of rainfall in providing a scientific measurement based definition of a desert ... desert regions on Earth into three categories according to the amount of precipitation they received ... in a desert. The air then warms, expands, and blows across the desert. The warm, desiccated air takes with it any remaining moisture in the desert. Etymology File D sert du Thar.jpg thumb right The Thar Desert near Jaisalmer , India . File Q8desert.jpg thumb left Desert in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait Al Ahmadi , Kuwait English desert and its Romance languages Romance cognates including Italian language ... desert can cause confusion. In English prior to the 20th century, desert was often used in the sense ... used in its climate science sense an area of low precipitation and a desert may be quite heavily populated, with millions of inhabitants. Phrases such as desert island and Great American Desert in previous ... desert in western Libya , part of the Sahara . Geography File Sahara satellite hires.jpg thumb A satellite image of the Sahara , the world s largest hot desert. File AntarcticaDomeCSnow.jpg thumb The snow ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name This Desert Type EP Artist The Hundred in the Hands Cover The Hundred in the Hands This Desert.jpg Released 17 May 2010 ref cite web url http thehundredinthehands.com discography title Discography The Hundred In The Hands publisher Thehundredinthehands.com date 2010 01 22 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref Recorded Genre Electropop , dream pop Length 22 31 Label Warp Records Producer The Hundred in the Hands Last album This album This Desert br 2010 Next album The Hundred in the Hands album The Hundred in the Hands br 2010 Album ratings rev1 Drowned in Sound rev1Score Rating 8 10 ref cite web last Ashman first Neil url http drownedinsound.com releases 15383 reviews 4139968 title The Hundred in the Hand This Desert Releases Releases Drowned In Sound publisher Drownedinsound.com date 2010 05 14 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref rev2 PopMatters rev2Score Rating 8 10 ref cite web last Hart first Ron url http www.popmatters.com pm review 128687 the hundred in the hands this desert ep warp title The Hundred in the Hands This Desert EP PopMatters publisher Popmatters.com date accessdate 2012 03 12 ref rev3 Allmusic rev3Score Rating 3.5 5 ref cite web url http www.allmusic.com album r1746418 title This Desert The Hundred in the Hands publisher AllMusic date 2010 05 18 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref This Desert is the debut extended play EP by electropop duo The Hundred in the Hands . It was released in 18 May 2010 on Warp Records . The band member Jason Friedman said as we finished the EP and album, we saw that we had two different sounds. The EP is more washed out with reverb and delays, and the album is crisper and more immediate, like Dresden . ref cite web url http www.spinner.com 2010 05 24 hundred in the hands crisper debut lp title The Hundred in the Hands Get Crisper on Debut LP publisher Spinner date 2010 05 24 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref Track listing Building in L.O.V.E. 3 28 Tom Tom 3 40 Ghosts 3 50 Sleepwalkers 3 54 In To It 4 05 It s Only ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 dablink For the ocean, see Atlantic Ocean. For other uses, see Atlantic disambiguation Infobox Magazine title The Atlantic image file The Atlantic magazine cover.png image caption Cover of The Atlantic publisher Atlantic Media Company total circulation 462,175 ref http abcas3.accessabc.com ... Longfellow br Others founded start date 1857 company Atlantic Media Company country United States website url http www.theatlantic.com issn 1072 7825 based Washington, DC The Atlantic is an American magazine founded as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literature ... aimed at a target audience of thought leader s. ref cite web url http www.amazon.com The Atlantic dp B000UHI2LW title The Atlantic publisher amazon.com accessdate October 7, 2010 ref ref cite journal url http www.theatlantic.com title The Atlantic accessdate October 7, 2010 ref The magazine s founders ... cite journal url http www.theatlantic.com a masthead.mhtml title Atlantic masthead publisher The Atlantic accessdate October 7, 2010 ref In 2010, The Atlantic posted its first profit in the last decade ... all title Web Focus Helps Revitalize The Atlantic work The New York Times accessdate March 26, 2012 ... all title Web Focus Helps Revitalize The Atlantic work The New York Times accessdate March 26, 2012 ... 07ATLA.html?ex 1224129600&en 7a32bba6b6e6f7ff&ei 5070 title Media Talk This Summer, It s the Atlantic ... masthead title The Atlantic s Masthead work The Atlantic accessdate March 26, 2012 ref In April 2005, the editors of The Atlantic decided to cease publishing fiction in regular issues in favor of a newsstand ... doc 200801u editors note title Editors Note work The Atlantic accessdate October 7, 2010 ref In addition to TheAtlantic.com, The Atlantic s web properties have expanded to include TheAtlanticWire.com ... 2011 01 exclusive exgawker guy snyder to head atlantic wire new manhattan staff title Exclusive Ex Gawker Guy Snyder to Head Atlantic Wire, New Manhattan Staff work The New York Observer accessdate ... more details
Refimprove date November 2009 Image Map of USA highlighting coastal states.svg 350px thumb right legend e86767 States that have an Ocean Gulf of Mexico coastline legend aef587 States that only have a Great Lake coastline The U.S. Coastal states are states in the United States that have a coastline. This can be an ocean coast, a gulf coast, or a Great Lake coast. There are twenty three ocean gulf of Mexico states, and eight Great Lake states. New York is both an ocean state and a Great Lake state. In all, there are thirty coastal states. As of July 2004, the estimated population of states that are always considered coastal states was 171,891,161. Atlantic Ocean states Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey New York Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia U.S. state Georgia Florida Pacific Ocean states California Oregon Washington U.S. state Washington Alaska Hawaii Gulf of Mexico states Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Great Lakes Great Lake states New York Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Arctic Ocean states Alaska U.S.Regions DEFAULTSORT Coastal States Category Regions of the United States pt Estados do Litoral Estados Unidos sk Coastal states vi C c ti u bang Duy n h i zh See Also Coastal States Organization ... more details
Desert into the South Atlantic Ocean in 2004 and 2005 . The Smithsonian NASA Astrophysics Data System ...Geobox Desert name Patagonian Desert native name other name category image Patagonian.png 300px image caption A satellite image of the Patagonian Desert by NASA World Wind image size official name etymology ... density metro geology orogeny period biome Desert plant animal author style material free ... 300px right thumb Astronaut photography of the Patagonian Desert most of the view contrasted with the Limay River , seen flowing eastward from the Andes. The Patagonian Desert , also known as the Patagonia Desert or the Patagonian Steppe , is the largest desert in Argentina and is the List of deserts by area 7th largest desert in the world by area, occupying 673,000 square kilometers 260,000 ... , to its west, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east, in the region of Patagonia , southern Argentina . To the north the desert grades into the semi arid Cuyo Argentina Cuyo Region and the Dry Pampa ... valleys. Inhabited by hunter gatherer s since Pre Hispanic times the desert faced in the 19th century ... peoples transforming it from a Conquest of the Desert conflictive borderland zone to an integral ... and climate The Patagonian Desert is the largest continental landmass of the 40 parallel and is a large cold winter desert, where the temperature rarely exceeds 12 C and averages just 3 C. The region experiences about seven months of winter and five months of summer. Frost is not uncommon in the desert but, due to the very dry condition year round, snow is. The Andes, to the desert s west, are the primary reason for the Patagonian desert status as they inhibit the westerly flow of moisture from ... of the desert and is why, despite approximately half of the desert being only about 200 miles from the ocean, such a large desert is found in the region. ref McDonald, James E. http alic.arid.arizona.edu ... Center, University of Arizona. ref The cold Falkland Current off the Atlantic coast of South ... more details
Coastal prairie may refer to either The California coastal prairie , a plant community found along the coasts of California and Oregon The Western Gulf coastal grasslands of Louisiana, Texas, and Tamaulipas Disambig ... more details
Image Suomenlinna gun 5.jpg thumb 250px right 19th century coastal artillery guns preserved in Suomenlinna ... and center pivot mounting designed by George Bomford as a experimental coastal defense gun. This gun ... Coastal artillery is the branch of armed forces concerned with operating anti ship artillery or fixed Artillery battery gun batteries in coastal fortification s. ref citebook title Fields of Battle ... based gun equalled three naval guns of the same caliber, due to the steadiness of the coastal gun ... of the first registered uses of coastal artillery was in 1381 during the war between Ferdinand I of Portugal ... against an attack from the Castilian naval fleet. The use of coastal artillery expanded during the Age ... of their first tasks was to build a coastal fortress, both to deter rival naval powers and to subjugate the natives. The Martello tower is an excellent example of a widely used coastal fort which mounted ... hundreds of coastal fortresses in an attempt to counter Western naval threats. Coastal artillery ... of the Army as in English speaking world Anglophone countries . In the United Kingdom, coastal ... States, coastal artillery was established in 1794 as a branch of the United States Army Army and a series of construction programs of coastal defenses began the First System in 1794, the Second System ... of fire from various coastal artillery emplacements, including two obsolete German made Krupp 280 ... Naval base Singapore was defended by its famous large caliber coastal gun s, which included ... of the East and the Lion of the Sea .The coastal guns were supplied mostly with armour piercing ... 8 inch coastal guns. In 1943, these were knocked out early in the battle with a combined USN naval ... its conquered territories with the Atlantic Wall , they built Clarify date June 2011 a string ... The Atlantic War publisher Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. location New York Toronto year 1946 id No ISBNs ... the advent of jet aircraft and guided missile s reduced the role of coastal artillery in defending a country ... more details
Coastal defence Commonwealth or Coastal defense US has two distinct meanings For the protection of the coast from the action of wind, wave and tide, see Coastal management For the protection of the coast against military or naval attack, see Coastal defence and fortification . Manmade defensive features E.G Groynes,Rock armour disambig ... more details
density metro geology orogeny period biome Desert map LocationNamib.png map caption Approximate boundaries of the Namib Desert map background map locator commons statistics website footnotes The Namib is a coastaldesert in southern Africa . The name Namib is of nama language Nama origin and means ... the Angola Namibia border, is known as Mo medes Desert , while its southern portion approaches the neighboring Kalahari Desert . From the Atlantic coast eastward, the Namib gradually ascends in elevation ... create a fog belt that frequently envelopes parts of the desert. Coastal regions can experience ... of any coastaldesert, and the dry air of the desert causes immense fog s and strong currents ...Geobox Desert name Namib Desert native name other name category image Namib desert MODIS.jpg 300px image caption An image of the Namib Desert by the MODIS satellite image size official name etymology motto ... long m 33 highest long s highest long EW E lowest Atlantic Ocean convert 0 m abbr on lowest location ... km along the Atlantic coasts of Angola , Namibia , and South Africa , extending southward from the Carunjamba ... geographer chapter Chapter 17 Namib Sand Sea Large Dunes in an Ancient Desert editor1 first Piotr ..., making the Namib the only true desert in southern Africa. ref name Goudie ref name Gates Appiah ... full.html title Namib desert AT1315 author Spriggs, Amy date work Wild World publisher World Wildlife Fund accessdate 11 December 2011 ref Having endured Desert climate arid or Semi arid climate semi arid conditions for roughly 80 55 million years, the Namib is also the oldest desert in the world. ref name Goudie ref name Spriggs The desert geology consists of sand sea s near the coast, while gravel ... Jaran Desert dunes in China. ref name Goudie Temperatures along the coast are stable and generally range ... for desert life. The Namib is almost completely uninhabited by humans except for several small ... desert in the world. ref name Nicholson2011 cite book title Dryland Climatology last Nicholson first ... more details
File Fog desert Lima and Trujillo, Peru.jpg thumb The desert between Lima and Trujillo, Peru . The Andes Andes Mountains , obscured by fog, can be seen in the background. A fog desert is a type of desert where fog supplies the majority of moisture needed by animal and plant life . ref name Mares cite encyclopedia url http books.google.com books?id g3CbqZtaF4oC first Federico last Norte title Fog desert encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Deserts year 1999 editor Michael A. Mares isbn 9780806131467 publisher University of Oklahoma Press page 224 ref Examples of fog deserts include the Atacama Desert of coastal Chile and Peru , the Baja California Desert of Mexico , the Namib Desert in Namibia , ref name Mares the Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert , ref cite web url http www.nationalgeographic.com wildworld profiles terrestrial at at1302.html title Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert AT1302 work WildWorld Ecoregion Profiles publisher National Geographic Society accessdate 2011 07 02 ref and Biosphere 2 , an artificial closed ecosphere in Arizona . Vehicle tracks have been shown to adversely affect the growth of lichen in the Namib Desert . The temperature in the tracks was up to 2 C warmer. This decreased the rate of fog deposition, and increased evaporation rates. The results show that the temperature and moisture characteristics of desert soil surfaces are sensitive to small change which have ecological consequences. ref cite journal author Lalley, J.S. coauthors H.A. Viles date 2006 06 09 title Do vehicle track disturbances affect the productivity of soil growing lichens in a fog desert? journal Functional Ecology volume 20 issue 3 pages 548 556 publisher Wiley doi 10.1111 j.1365 2435.2006.01111.x accessdate 2008 11 04 ref See also Portal box Environment Ecology Fog drip References Reflist Category Deserts environment stub es Desierto de niebla pl Pustynia mgielna ... more details
The term Coastal Highway can refer to The North West Coastal Highway of Australia The Makran Coastal Highway in Pakistan Maryland Route 528 , Coastal Highway , in Ocean City, Maryland, United States Delaware Route 1 between the Maryland border in Fenwick Island and Milford. Highway 2 Israel , the Coastal Highway along the Mediterranean in Israel Roadindex zh ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A coastal waterfall is a waterfall that plunges directly into the sea . Another common name for this feature is a tidefall . Coastal waterfalls include Waterfall Bay Falls, Hong Kong Bowen Falls , Milford Sound , New Zealand McWay Falls , Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park , California Topography stub coastal geography DEFAULTSORT Coastal Waterfall Category Waterfalls ... more details
For the region in Virginia Tidewater region of Virginia File Albania coastal plain.jpg thumb right 300px Coastal Plain in Albania A coastal plain is an area of flat, low lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features. One of the world s longest coastal plains is located in eastern South America . The southeastern coastal plain of North America is notable for its species diversity. The Gulf Coastal Plain of North America extends northwards from the Gulf of Mexico along the Lower Mississippi River to the Ohio River , which is a distance of about 500 miles about 800 km . During the Cretaceous age, the central area of the United States was covered by a shallow sea, which disappeared as the land rose. Large fossilized aquatic birds called Hesperornis and Ichthyornis , found in western Kansas , indicate that the shallow sea was rife with fish. See also Coastal prairie disambiguation Coastal prairie References unsourced date January 2012 External links http digital.library.okstate.edu encyclopedia entries C CO008.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Coastal Plains topography stub coastal geography DEFAULTSORT Coastal Plain Category Slope landforms es Llanura costera fa nl Kustvlakte nn Kystslette ckb ... more details
Infobox company fate Acquired by El Paso Corporation company name The Coastal Corporation company logo File http dcgtech.com img Coastal.jpg 300px Coastal Corporation foundation 1955 defunct 2001 location Greenway Plaza br Houston, Texas industry Energy Incorporated in 1955 as Coastal States Gas Producing Company, the Coastal Corporation was a major energy producing company when it merged with the El Paso corporation in 2001. As of 1999, Coastal had 13,300 empoyees and annual Revenues of 8.2 billion. The company headquarters was located in the Greenway Plaza at Coastal Tower Nine, Houston, Texas 77046 U.S.A., Telephone 713 877 1400, Fax 713 877 6754, http www.coastalcorp.com Coastal was an diversified energy and petroleum products company headquartered at 9 Greenway Plaza Coastal Tower in Greenway ... known for marketing gasoline at Coastal gas stations across the Eastern United States. With 1999 revenues of 8.2 billion and earnings of 996.1 million, Coastal engaged in refining, marketing and distributing ... Coastal States Trading, bought and sold crude oil in in worldwide petroleum markets. By 1999, Coastal .... Coastal Corporation owned and operated 4 Petroleum refineries, a fleet of oil tankers, tugs ... an energy producer the Coastal was a major player in supplying petroleum products, including marine diesel in the caribbean, natural gas in Colorado, and heating oil in the northeast. Coastal was a major ... Paso Energy which Coastal merged with. Coastal produced, gathered, processed, transported, stored and marketed natural gas throughout the United States and by the 1990s Coastal s 20,000 mile pipeline ... misrepresenting it s intentions for Coastal assets. After the merger of Coastal and El Paso Corporation, the former began divesting itself of Coastal assets beginning in 2001. El Paso need ..., where El Paso had heavily leveraged itself to fuel sales into new markets for electricity. As Coastal ... under the Oil for Food program. Key Dates 1955 Oscar Wyatt establishes Coastal States Gas Producing ... more details
Coastal minesweeper is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper ship minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea. Because of its small size usually less than 100 feet in length and construction wood as opposed to steel and slow speed usually about 9 or 10 knots the coastal minesweeper was considered too fragile and slow to operate on the high seas with the fleet. Minesweeping , in conjunction with fleet activities, was usually relegated to the Diesel engine diesel driven steel hulled AM type minesweepers, later to be replaced by the wood hulled MSO type minesweeper with aluminum engines . References DANFS Warship types of the 19th & 20th centuries DEFAULTSORT Coastal minesweeper Category Ship types ... more details
Coastal Studios , formerly known as Coastal Carolina Sound Studios, is a recording studio located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The company has worked on many anime, live action films, and television shows. The company is best known for its work on anime projects such as Blue Submarine No. 6 shown on Cartoon Network in 2000. The company has previously provided ADR work for Hollywood films and television in the 1990s such as Batman & Robin, The Lion King, and Dawson s Creek. History Coastal Carolina Sound Studios was founded in 1993 by Scott Houle. The company started doing ADR for feature films. ref name dvdvisionjapan.com http www.dvdvisionjapan.com scotthoule.html Otakon 2003 Special Report. Interview with Scott Houle, ADR VO director and founder of Costal Carolina Studios. DVD Vision Japan Bot generated title ref The company then later began dubbing anime in 1995 after Scott was introduced to Robert Woodhead of Animeigo . Coastal went on to dub Lupin the 3rd The Fuma Conspiracy for their first anime project for Animeigo . Coastal continued to dub anime for Animeigo and later other anime companies such as Bandai Entertainment . Coastal also worked on ADR in feature films and television programs. Coastal went on to dub the You re Under Arrest manga You re Under Arrest TV episodes, specials and movie from 2002 to 2003. Coastal Carolina Studios changed its name toe Coastal Studios in 2007. Coastal Studios went on the dub Shogun Assassin 3 Slashing Blades of Carnage , Shogun Assassin 4 Five Fistfuls Of Gold, Shogun Assassin 5, and Clamp School Detectives. Production credits Coastal Studio s production credits include ref http www.crystalacids.com database company 63 coastal studios CrystalAcids.com Coastal Studios Bot generated title ref ref http coastal studios.com Coastal ... links http coastal studios.com Coastal Studios Official website ann company 430 http www.crystalacids.com database company 63 coastal studios Crystal Acids Page Category Media companies of the United ... more details
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