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It delineates the border of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan for another 100 kilometers before it flows into Turkmenistan at Atamurat.

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The 534769 sqkm of the Amu Darya drainage basin include most of Tajikistan, the southwest corner of Kyrgyzstan, the northeast corner of Afghanistan, a narrow portion of eastern Turkmenistan and the western half of Uzbekistan.

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Of the total drainage area only about 200000 sqkm actively contribute water to the river.

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Throughout most of the steppe, the annual rainfall is about 300 mm .

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A viable tiger population of about 100 animals would require at least 5000 sqkm of large tracts of contiguous habitat with rich prey populations.

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Antares B is normally difficult to see in small telescopes due to glare from Antares, but can sometimes be seen in apertures over 150 mm .

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The city extends about 40 kilometers at the northern coast of Egypt along the Mediterranean Sea.

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Engraving by L F Cassas of the Canopic Street in Alexandria, Egypt made in 1784.Two main streets, lined with colonnades and said to have been each about 60 meters wide, intersected in the center of the city, close to the point where the Sema (or Soma) of Alexander (his Mausoleum) rose.

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There, The Great Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, reputed to be 138 meters high, was situated.

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July and August are the hottest and driest months of the year, with an average daily maximum temperature of 30 °C .

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The shaft is 88 feet high, and made out of a single piece of granite.

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Its volume is 132 meters cube and weight approximately 396 tons.

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The city's principal airport is currently Borg El Arab Airport, which is located about 25 kilometers away from the city center.

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It is about 46 miles northeast of Indianapolis.

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According to the 2010 census, Alexandria has a total area of 2 sqmi , all land.

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The population density was 1956 population density per sqmi .

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There were 2,507 housing units at an average density of 953 per sqmi .

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Alexandria is located at Coord and has an elevation of 75 feet .

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27 sqmi , of which 26.4 square miles (68.4 km²) is land and 0.6 square mile (1.5 km²) (2.15%) is water.

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The Alexandria Zoological Park is a 33 acres zoo first opened to the public in 1926.

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Cotile Lake is a man-made impoundment located in the uplands approximately 15 miles west-northwest of Alexandria, Louisiana.

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The lake is approximately 1775 acres in size and was completed in October 1965.

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Today, Port facilities include: a 40-ton crane for off-loading, a 15000 sqft warehouse, 13,600-ton bulk fertilizer warehouse, a 3,400-ton bulk fertilizer dome structure and a 5,000-ton dome which was added in January 2005.

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An 87 feet tall, six-story high-rise houses Regions Bank and private executive offices.

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The site sprawls over an estimated 400 hectares ; among the few structures remaining today are a ruined bath, an odeon, a theatre, gymnasium complex John Freely (2003). ''

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It costs 1,990,000 yen (about $19,000 US), has a top speed of 30 kmph and is available in 5 colors.

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A 13 inches analog RGB monitor was available for around 300, bringing the price of a complete Amiga system to US$1,595 ( ).

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The Ariane 5 ES (Evolution Storable) has an estimated LEO launch capacity of 21000 kilograms .

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The incorporation of the ESC-B with the improvements to the solid motor casing and an uprated Vulcain engine would deliver 27000 kilograms to LEO.

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The payload record was pushed a further 5 kg to 10735 kilograms on 24 August with the launch of Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36.

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On 1 June 2017, the payload record was broken again to 10865 kilograms carrying ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B.

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It is located in the southwest part of the state, approximately 60 miles southwest of Macon on the Central of Georgia railroad.

1633

This operation exploited 2000 acres of scrub oak wilderness into a massive mining and refining operation.

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While lacking high mountains with only four peaks surpassing 1500 feet , the island terrain is ruggedly hilly.

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At 1050 feet above mean sea level, Atlanta has one of the highest elevations among major cities east of the Mississippi River.

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Examples of modernist architecture include the 1196240 sqft Westin Peachtree Plaza (1976), Georgia-Pacific Tower (1982), the State of Georgia Building (1966), and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis (1985).

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Many of Atlanta's tallest skyscrapers were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with most displaying tapering spires or otherwise ornamented crowns, such as the 1187676 sqft One Atlantic Center (1987), 191 Peachtree Tower (1991), and the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta (1992).

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Also completed during the era is Atlanta's tallest skyscraper, the Bank of America Plaza (1992), which, at 1023 feet , is the 61st-tallest building in the world and the 14th-tallest building in the United States.

1641

Buckhead, the city's uptown district, is 8 miles north of Downtown and the city's third-largest business district.

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though temperatures very rarely drop even close to 0.0 °F .

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January averages 43 °F , with temperatures in the suburbs slightly cooler due largely to the urban heat island effect.

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Lows at or below freezing can be expected 40 nights annually, but extended stretches with daily high temperatures below 40 °F are very rare, with a recent exception in January 2014.

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The average annual rainfall is 50 inches , while snowfall is typically light at around 2.9 to 5 inches per year.

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The heaviest single snowfall occurred on January 23, 1940, with around 10 inches of snow.

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The Braves have a new home as of 2017, having moved from Turner Field to Truist Park, which is in the Atlanta Metropolitan area 10 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta in Cumberland/Galleria, Georgia.

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Atlanta's 343 parks, nature preserves, and gardens cover 3622 acres , which amounts to only 5.6% of the city's total acreage, compared to the national average of just over 10%.

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The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, in the northwestern corner of the city, preserves a 48 miles stretch of the river for public recreation opportunities.

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The BeltLine, a former rail corridor that forms a 22 miles loop around Atlanta's core, has been transformed into a series of parks, connected by a multi-use trail, increasing Atlanta's park space by 40%.

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The city's only skate park, a 15000 sqft facility that offers bowls, curbs, and smooth-rolling concrete mounds, is at Historic Fourth Ward Park.

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In 2017, AFRD responded to over 100,000 calls for service over a coverage area of 135 sqmi .

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Atlanta's transportation infrastructure comprises a complex network that includes a heavy rail rapid transit system, a light rail streetcar loop, a multi-county bus system, Amtrak service via the Crescent, multiple freight train lines, an Interstate Highway System, several airports, including the world's busiest, and over 45 miles of bike paths.

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The streetcar's line, which is also known as the Downtown Loop, runs 2 miles around the downtown tourist areas of Peachtree Center, Centennial Olympic Park, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, and Sweet Auburn.

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The Atlanta Streetcar line is also being expanded on in the coming years to include a wider range of Atlanta's neighborhoods and important places of interest, with a total of over 50 miles of track in the plan.

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Although Atlanta's lack of bike lanes and hilly topography may deter many residents from cycling, the city's transportation plan calls for the construction of 226 miles of bike lanes by 2020, with the BeltLine helping to achieve this goal.

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In 1947 the Navy contracted Sperry to build a beam riding version of a standard 5 inches HVAR, the standard unguided aerial rocket, under Project Hotshot.

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The diameter of the HVAR proved to be inadequate for the electronics, leading Douglas to expand the missile's airframe to 8 inches diameter.

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The new motor significantly increased maximum range to 35 kilometers for head-on attacks.

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With an effective range of about 12 miles , it was introduced as a radar beam-riding missile and then it was improved to a semi-active radar guided missile which would home in on reflections from a target illuminated by the radar of the launching aircraft.

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It was a large 1000 pounds , Mach 5 missile designed to counter cruise missiles and the bombers that launched them.

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This, in theory, gave a Tomcat with a six-Phoenix load the unprecedented capability of tracking and destroying up to six targets beyond visual range, as far as 100 miles away—the only US fighter with such capability.

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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=149999&TICK=RTN&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2008/0004861926&EDATE=Aug+5,+2008 Raytheon Press Release, 5 August 2008] The range of the AIM-120D is classified, but is thought to extend to about 100 miles .

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In September 2016, Orbital ATK unveiled its extended-range AARGM-ER, which incorporates a redesigned control section and 11 inches -diameter rocket motor for twice the range and internal carriage on the Lockheed Martin F-35A and F-35C Lightning II.

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vehicle_range = Greater than 12 nautical miles

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With a range of 8 nautical miles , the radio-guided Bullpup was introduced in 1959 and was considered a "silver bullet" by operators.

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The "Maverick ER", as it was dubbed, would have a "significant increase in range" compared to the Maverick's current range of 25 kilometers .

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Greater than 12 nautical miles

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The AIM-54/AWG-9 combination had multiple track capability (up to 24 targets) and launch (up to six Phoenixes can be launched nearly simultaneously); the large 1000 pounds missile is equipped with a conventional warhead.

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A full load of six Phoenix missiles and the unique launch rails weighs in at over 8000 pounds , about twice the weight of Sparrows, putting it above the allowable bringback load (which also would include enough fuel for go-around attempts).

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At around 11 miles from the target, the missile activates its own radar to provide terminal guidance. [

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Minimum engagement range for the Phoenix is around 2 nautical miles ; at this range active homing would initiate upon launch.

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Range: over 100 nautical miles (actual range is classified)

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It is to produce a beam of up to 120 kW, or potentially even 180–200 kW, weigh about 5000 pounds , defensively destroy antiaircraft missiles, and offensively engage communications towers, boats, cars, and aircraft.

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The Air Force was also interested in acquiring a glide bomb that can be launched from the common launch tubes capable of hitting ground vehicles traveling as fast as 120 km/h (70 mph) while above 10000 feet .

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https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-special-operators-add-new-munition-to-air-launche-438913/ US special operators add new munition to air-launched arsenal] – Flightglobal.com, 29 June 2017 The SGM can travel 20 miles . [

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Fela Kuti included the traditional Gbedu drum in his ensemble, with a percussionist pounding out a thunderous rhythm from a 2 meters drum lying on its side.

1691

Growing to a maximum total length of 12 cms , the Mexican tetra is of typical characin shape, with unremarkable, drab coloration.

1692

Upon his arrival at Atlanta, the 250 pounds Capone was officially diagnosed with syphilis and gonorrhoea.

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filling=Mark 46 torpedo, 96 pounds of PBXN-103 high explosive; 10kt W44 nuclear warhead (retired)

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They extend for more than 600 kilometers and lie in a northwest–southeast direction.

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Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal, at 2351 meters .

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The U.S. Navy keeps a small squadron of its ships at the harbor of Praia da Vitória, 3 kilometers southeast of Lajes Field.

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The archipelago of the Azores is located in the middle of the northern hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean and extends along a west-northwest to east-southeast orientation (between 36.5°–40° North latitudes and 24.5°–31.5° West longitudes) in an area approximately 600 kilometers wide.

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The islands of the Azores emerged from what is called the Azores Plateau, a 5.8 million km 2 region that is morphologically accented by a depth of 2000 meters .

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It is defined by a line of submarine volcanoes and island mounts that extend northwest to southeast for about 550 kilometers , from the area west of Graciosa until the islets of the Formigas, that includes the islands of Graciosa, Terceira and São Miguel.

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The Glória Fault, for its part, extends 800 kilometers along a linear line from the Azores to the Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault.

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The nine islands that compose the archipelago occupy a surface area of 2346 sqkm , that includes both the main islands and many islets located in their vicinities.

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Each of the islands has its own distinct geomorphological characteristics that make them unique: Corvo (the smallest island) is a crater of a major Plinian eruption; Flores (its neighbor on the North American Plate) is a rugged island carved by many valleys and escarpments; Faial characterized for its shield volcano and caldera (Cabeço Gordo); Pico, is the highest point, at 2351 meters , in the Azores and continental Portugal; Graciosa is known for its active Furnas do Enxofre and mixture of volcanic cones and plains; São Jorge is a long slender island, formed from fissural eruptions over thousands of years; Terceira, almost circular, is the location of one of the largest craters in the region; São Miguel is the largest island, and is pitted with many large craters and fields of spatter cones; and Santa Maria, the oldest island, is heavily eroded, being one of the few places to encounter brown sandy beaches in the archipelago.

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17 new marine reserves (with special conservation status) were added to the Azorean Marine Park (which covers currently around 900 sqkm )

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However, since those air masses are warmed up as they pass across the warmer Atlantic Ocean, temperatures by day even then exceed 10 Coulomb .

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Highest minimum air temperature: 24 °C , in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira (30 June 1996)

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Lowest minimum air temperature: -3.5 °C , in Chã das Lagoinhas, São Miguel (2 January 1973)

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Highest maximum air temperature: 32 °C , in Madalena, Pico (7 September 1985)

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Maximum precipitation in 24 hours: 276 mm , Furnas, São Miguel (3 October 1974)

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In the south, the Great Western Woodlands, which occupy 16000000 hectares , an area larger than all of England and Wales, are the largest remaining temperate woodland left on Earth.

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In 2014, 17000000 hectares , most of which is in Outback Australia, was fully certified as organic farm production, making Australia the largest certified organic production area in the world.

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It has been suggested that the term comes from the Black Stump Wine Saloon that once stood about 10 kilometers out of Coolah, New South Wales on the Gunnedah Road.

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With a length of 241 kilometers , it is the largest river in the region.

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The drainage basin amounts to more than 8200 sqkm and drains the waters of the following subbasins:

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In 2011, the population was 78,450, in an area of 197 sqkm : it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra).

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The maritime influence causes a narrow temperature range resulting in summers averaging around 24 Coulomb in daytime temperatures, considerably lower than inland areas on the same parallel on the Iberian Peninsula.