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Parent topics
- Earth Science [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Geology [r]: The scientific study of the structure and composition of the earth's crust and its changes over time. [e]
- Geophysics [r]: The study of the Earth by quantitative physical methods, namely seismic, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, thermal and radioactivity methods. [e]
- Plate tectonics [r]: Theory that explains geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates. [e]
- Mountain range [r]: Chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. [e]
- Europe [r]: Sixth largest continent; area 10,000,000 km2; pop. 720,000,000 [e]
- European plate [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Mont Blanc [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eiger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zugspitze [r]: Highest mountain in Germany, in the Wetterstein Range of the Northern Limestone Alps, between Austria and Germany. [e]
- Écrins National Park [r]: Natural park in the southern Alps (Provence, France). [e]
- Mercantour National Park [r]: Natural park in the far southern Alps (Provence, France). [e]
- Mondovì [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Schachen [r]: A hunting lodge designed and built for King Ludwig II of Bavaria. [e]
- Neuschwanstein [r]: 19th-century Bavarian palace on a hill near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany, commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. [e]
- Apennine peninsula [r]: A boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea. [e]
- Austria [r]: Federal republic in central Europe (population c. 8.2 million; capital Vienna), bordered to the north by Germany and the Czech Republic; to the south by Italy and Slovenia; to the west by Switzerland and Liechtenstein; and to the east by Hungary and Slovakia. [e]
- County of Nice [r]: A historical region of France, located in the south-eastern part, around the city of Nice. [e]
- De analogia [r]: Two books of a grammatical work on the Latin language written by Julius Caesar and dedicated to Cicero. [e]
- France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain; founding member of the European Union. Colonial power in Southeast Asia until 1954. [e]
- Germany [r]: A country in north-western continental Europe that is a major political and economic world player. [e]
- Gertrude Bell [r]: (1868-1926) British expert on the Middle East, involved in strategic intelligence for the Arab Revolt (First World War) and had a major influence on the formation of modern Iraq. [e]
- Glacier [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Italy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Liechtenstein [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mountain [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Occitania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Provence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Queyras Natural Regional Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rhine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Slovenia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Switzerland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Valley glacier [r]: Add brief definition or description