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Science Trends
April 5, 2018
Our Earth is comprised of 71% water, meaning that only a small fraction of the Earth is actually land. That land is spread out in 7 large landforms, called continents. The names of the continents of the world are: Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica, and lastly Australia (sometimesÃâà...
Hong Kong Tatler
March 26, 2018
Zhang has depicted its landforms, topography and regional atmosphere on Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) paper. It takes a lot of courage and confidence to use paper that treasured and rare. Pu Ru's 11 metre-long ink on paper handscroll “Lofty Landscape” is a virtuoso piece. It's unusual to find a handscrollÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 24, 2018
"The design for Jurong Lake Gardens Central hence seeks to retain the natural ambience and key features of the gardens by working with the existing landforms and key buildings and features, and leveraging on the water surrounding the gardens," said NParks. The iconic seven-storey pagoda at theÃâà...
Graphic Online
March 12, 2018
Deltas across the world are important landscapes of production and habitat for mankind and animals. Ecologically, deltas serve as important wetlands, which are home to unique biodiversity. Deltas are however increasingly becoming vulnerable due to human activities, population growth and natural forcesÃâà...
Daily Times
February 23, 2018
The corridor was part of the ancient Silk Road — the oldest transit route from China to Central Asia. In the ... Secondly, the land form of Hindu Kush with an altitude of 3500 to 4000 meters in the West part is difficult for construction of road from north to south, because the mountain range runs west to east.
Modesto Bee
February 10, 2018
Elementary students at Superior Public Schools have been able to access a new learning tool this academic year, and in turn are experiencing the sights and sounds of "field trips" they would otherwise never be able to take. Students in Tricia Kuhlmann's fifth-grade class recently took an internet "trip" toÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 10, 2018
“We tend to think of Pacific atolls as static landforms that will simply be inundated as sea levels rise, but there is growing evidence these islands are geologically dynamic and are constantly changing,” he said. “The study findings may seem counter-intuitive, given that (the) sea level has been rising in theÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 9, 2018
"We tend to think of Pacific atolls as static landforms that will simply be inundated as sea levels rise, but there is growing evidence these islands are geologically dynamic and are constantly changing," he said. "The study findings may seem counter-intuitive, given that (the) sea level has been rising in theÃâà...
Phys.Org
February 8, 2018
In new research published this week in the journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Cambridge archaeologists present a new algorithm, Multi-Scale Relief Model (MSRM), which is able to extract micro-topographic information at a variety of scales employing micro-, meso- and large-scale digitalÃâà...
Voice of America
February 7, 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to leaders of 10 Southeast Asian countries on January 26. Four of ... The countries are members of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ... He believes China might add to its developments on small landforms it controls in the South China Sea.
Science Daily
January 25, 2018
A new paper appearing in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows a varied collection of lizards throughout Asia to be unexpectedly close cousins ... West Pacific some 30-40 million years ago during the Oligocene, which today is incorporated into present-day landforms ranging from the Philippines to Fiji.
Union Daily Times
January 24, 2018
It is part of the Himalaya range that runs across several countries in Asia.” Also not all landforms are on land, some are actually under water. The website states that they can exist there “in the form of mountain ranges and basins under the sea. The Mariana Trench, the deepest landform on Earth, is in theÃâà...
Union Daily Times
January 24, 2018
It is part of the Himalaya range that runs across several countries in Asia.” Also not all landforms are on land, some are actually under water. The website states that they can exist there “in the form of mountain ranges and basins under the sea. The Mariana Trench, the deepest landform on Earth, is in theÃâà...
Xinhua
December 20, 2017
Photo taken on May 23, 2014 shows Longzhou Danxia landform in the morning light in Jingbian County of Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Geologists in Shaanxi Province have found a new Danxia landform, characterized by reddish sandstone features, thought to be the largest such site inÃâà...
Stuff.co.nz
December 12, 2017
The world's youngest landform came into existence in a violent eruption, belching steam and rock and sending ash as high as nine kilometres into the atmosphere. Now, the island - which was only expected to last a few months - is helping scientists find out where to look for signs of life on Mars.
Xinhua
December 8, 2017
Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2017 shows the Danxia landform in Fugu County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Geologists in Shaanxi Province have found a new Danxia landform, characterized by reddish sandstone features, thought to be the largest such site in the country. The S-shaped site, whichÃâà...
The Straits Times
November 28, 2017
BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network) - The People's Liberation Army will soon have one of the world's mightiest weapons - the DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile ... The missile "should be capable of being deployed and launched on rugged landforms and able to resist electronic-warfare attacks.
Phys.Org
July 24, 2017
The massive highland, formed by the convergence of two continental plates, India and Asia, dwarfs other mountain ranges in height and breadth. ... "There is a huge change in topography on the plateau, or the Asian plate, while the landform and moving speed of the Indian plate along the collision zone areÃâà...
Asian Scientist Magazine
July 18, 2017
Tropical peatlands can store gigatons of carbon in the form of peat domes, gently curved landforms than span several kilometers. ... that tropical peatlands gradually approach a shape in which the surface of the land, on the scale of kilometres, has a uniform curvature,” Cobb told Asian Scientist Magazine.
The Straits Times
July 10, 2017
SINGAPORE - Keong Saik Road in Chinatown is among the top 10 travel destinations in Asia, according to travel guide Lonely Planet's 2017 Best in Asia list. Revealed on Tuesday (July 11), the annual ranking provides a list of the continent's 10 best destinations to visit in the year ahead. Keong Saik RoadÃâà...
National Geographic Australia
January 18, 2017
Encompassing a wide variety of countries and cultures, Asia has no shortage of cities to visit and exciting foods to discover. But the ... The term “Danxia landform” describes not only the mountains of the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park near Zhangye, China, but also several other areas in China.
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