In geography, aspect generally refers to the direction to which a mountain slope faces. For example, a slope on the eastern edge of the Rockies toward the Great Plains is described as having an easterly aspect. A slope which falls down to a deep valley on its western side and a shallower one on its eastern side has a westerly aspect or is a west-facing slope. The term can also be used to describe the shape or alignment of a coastline. Here, the aspect is the direction which the coastline is facing towards the sea. For example, as northwest-trading coastline with sea to the northeast (as ...

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Goiás is a leader in the country in cattle raising. The number of cows was estimated in 2000 to be around 18 million, four for every inhabitant. Possibly only Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul have more cattle. Agriculture as a total represented 21% of the GDP of the state, with great production of sugarcane, soybeans, corn, tomato, rice, cotton, manioc, and beans. Minerals are also important with the state being a major producer of nickel, manganes ...

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To conciliate the expansion of agroindustry and cattle raising with the preservation of the cerrado, one of the richest regions in the world in biodiversity, is one of the main challenges of Goiás. At the same time that it has the third largest cattle herd of the country and occupies first place in grain production, the state lives with serious environmental damage caused by the predatory occupation of its territory. The expansion of cattle raising especially has caused damage to the cerrado. The native forest has been for the most p ...

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Goiás lies wholly within the Brazilian Highlands, which are located in the center of the country. It occupies a large plateau, the vast almost level surface of which stands between 750 and 900 m above sea level and forms the divide between three of Brazil's largest river systems: to the south Goiás is drained by the Paranaíba River, a tributary of the Paraná River; to the east it is drained by tributaries of the São Francisco River; and northward the state is drained by the Araguaia River and the To ...

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The first European penetration of this interior part of Brazil was carried out by expeditions from São Paulo in the 17th century. Gold was discovered in the gravel of a tributary of the Araguaia River by the explorer Bartolomé Bueno de Silva in 1682. The settlement he founded there, called Santa Anna, became the colonial town of [Goiás Velho|Goiás], the former state capital. In 1744 the large inland area, much of it still unexplored by Europeans, was made a captaincy general, and in 1822 it became a province of the empire of Brazil. It b ...

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Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali. Valle del Cauca - General Data. Population (approx.): 4,000,000 Area: 8.55 mi² Date Founded: 1909 Municipalities: 42 National Parks: Farallones de Cali, Tatamá, Páramo de las Hermosas. Valle del Cauca - G ...

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The City of Brookings owns nearly all city services and utilities including: Liquor store Garbage service Water/wastewater Hospital Local telephone service Electricity Landfill Golf course Brookings Area Multiplex civic and convention center (recently renamed Swiftel Center) In addition, the city-owned telephone company, Swiftel, operates as a Sprint PCS affiliate, providing mobile telephone service to much of the Interstate 29 corridor, r ...

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Aspect can refer to: Aspect (computer science) is a feature that is linked to many parts of a program, but which is not necessarily the primary function of the program. Grammatical aspect is a grammatical feature having to do with the internal temporal flow of an event. Astrological aspect is the relative angle between two heavenly bodies. Aspect (geography) refers to the direction to which a mountain slope faces. Aspect was also the name of: Alain Aspect, the French p ...

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Climatic Determinism or Environmental determinism is an aspect of economic geography. Also sometimes called the equatorial paradox. According to this theory, about 70% of the economic development of a country can be predicted from the distance between that country and the equator. In other words, the further from the equator the more developed a country tends to be. The paradox applies equally well both north and south of the equator. Australia, for example, has a higher level of economic development than Indonesia. The paradox also applies within countries - the northern U. ...

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The town is named for Wilmot Wood Brookings who was part of the Western Town Company, and oversaw construction of a road running from the Minnesota border, through present-day Brookings County, to the shores of the Missouri River. Medary, the first substantive settlement constructed in the area, was organized in 1857. The location was among the first three non-native settlements in Dakota Territory. The City of Brookings formed just over four miles north of the Medary settlement when the railroad bypassed the existing townships (Medary, Oakwood, and Founta ...

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This article is about the culture of Indonesia. Indonesia includes numerous related but distinct cultural and linguistic groups, many of which are ethnically Malay. Culture of Indonesia - Arts. Some art forms in Indonesia have been influenced by several cultures. The famous Javanese and Balinese dances, for example, contain aspects of Hindu culture and mythology. But as a matter of fact, the diversity of Indonesian culture has come as a result of a long process of acculturation between the original c ...

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Brittany (French: Bretagne, French pronunciation ▶ (help·info); Breton: Breizh; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent kingdom and duchy, then province of France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the old province. The historical province of Brittany was split between two modern-day régions of France. 80% of Brittany has become the région of Bretagne, while the r ...

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Location of the City & County of Honolulu within Hawaii. The City & County of Honolulu is the official municipal and cultural entity of the combined urban district of Honolulu and the rest of the island of O‘ahu in the State of Hawai‘i, as prescribed in the city charter adopted in 1907 and accepted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawai‘i. It acts as a public corporation that manages various aspects of traditional municipal governance primarily in the American manner. Over the course of its history, i ...

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Warhammer or Warhammer Fantasy is a fantasy setting created by Games Workshop, in which many games of that company are set, the best known ones being the Warhammer Fantasy Battles wargame, and the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay role-playing game. There is also a related science fiction setting called Warhammer 40,000. It is notable for its "dark and gritty" aspect, and its background world, which features a culture very like Renaissance Germany crossed with Tolkien's Middle-earth---with ver ...

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Major employers include (estimated employment): South Dakota State University: 1,650 Daktronics, Inc.: 1,200, manufacturer of electronic signage 3M: 750 Larson Manufacturing: 725, storm door manufacturer Rainbow Play Systems: 500, manufacturer of residential play equipment Brookings Hospital: 400 The unemployment rate in Brookings is 3.1 perc ...

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Brookings is located at 44°18'23" North, 96°47'17" West (44.306253, -96.788105)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.1 km² (12.0 mi²). 30.9 km² (11.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.58% water. Brookings has been assigned the ZIP code range 57006-57007 and the FIPS place code 07580. ...

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Educational indicators: Students enrolled in pre-school: 104,653 (2000) Students enrolled in primary schools: 1,129,540 (2000) Students enrolled in secundary schools: 254,548 (2000) Students enrolled in universities or colleges: 57,661 (1999) Goiás has one federal university, the Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), located in Goiânia. It was created in 1960 and restructured in 1968. It has campuses in Catalão, Jataí, and Rialma. The total number of students in all the campuses was 13,180 in 2003. The Universidade Estadual de Goiás was created in 1999 ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 18,504 people, 6,971 households, and 3,422 families residing in the city. The population density is 598.4/km² (1,549.7/mi²). There are 7,359 housing units at an average density of 238.0/km² (616.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.49% White, 0.44% African American, 0.99% Native American, 1.88% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. 0.75 ...

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Southport is located at 39°39'41" North, 86°7'7" West (39.661259, -86.118515)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. ...

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