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Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast of Maine. Originally inhabited by the Wabanaki people, the area includes mountains, an ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes. In...
Alberta
Alberta (pronounced /ælˈbɜrtə/) is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.
Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the...
Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany and Allegany) — informally, the Alleghenies — is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada. It has a northeast-southwest orientation and runs for about...
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
The Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site is a Historic site that is governed by the National Park Service.
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is a U.S. research station at the South Pole, in Antarctica.
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is the southernmost continually inhabited place on the planet. Its name honors Roald Amundsen who reached the...
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains ( ˌæpəˈleɪʃɨn (help·info) or /ˌæpəˈlætʃɨn/), often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians. The United States...
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- Population genetics of selected Appalachian species ,
- Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, and Veery, C. fuscescens, habitat associations in a dynamic Southern Appalachian Spruce-fir Forest ,
- Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee ,
- Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia
Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (994 mi) from the coast of Africa, and 2,250 kilometres (1,398 mi) from the coast of South America. It is part of the British overseas...
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Atlantic Flyway
The Atlantic Flyway is a bird migration route that generally follows the Atlantic Coast of North America and the Appalachian Mountains. The main endpoints of the flyway include the Canadian Maritimes and the region surrounding the Gulf of Mexico;...
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Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, is a federally protected refugium encompassing one of the largest remnants of coastal prairie habitat remaining in southeast Texas, United States and home to one of the last populations of the...
Audubon Swamp Garden
Audubon Swamp Garden is a 60 acre cypress and tupelo swamp on the grounds of Magnolia Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. At one time, the swamp served as a reservoir for the plantation's rice cultivation. Today, the swamp garden includes...
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Balsam Gap
Balsam Gap (el. 3400 ft.) is a gap (also known as a pass) between Plott Balsam Range to the Northwest and the Great Balsam Mountains to the Southeast on the county line dividing Haywood and Jackson counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
The...
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Balsam Mountain
Balsam Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Balsam Mtn. is flanked to the northwest by Belle Ayr Mountain, and to the southwest by Haynes Mountain.
The eastern slopes of Balsam...
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Big Bald Mountain
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Bird Conservation Region 28
Included in this area are the Blue Ridge, the Ridge and Valley Region, the Cumberland Plateau, the Ohio Hills, and the Allegheny Plateau. The rugged terrain is generally dominated by oak-hickory and other deciduous...
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- Population genetics of selected Appalachian species ,
- Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, and Veery, C. fuscescens, habitat associations in a dynamic Southern Appalachian Spruce-fir Forest ,
- Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee ,
- Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge, or Blue Ridge Mountains, is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. The mountain range is...
Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. It runs for 469 miles (755 km), mostly along the famous Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian...
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Boreal forest of Canada
Canada's boreal forest comprises about one third of the circumpolar boreal forest that rings the northern hemisphere, mostly north of the 50th parallel. Other countries with boreal forest include Russia, which contains the majority, and the...
Calling Lake Fragmentation Experiment Area
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Canada
Canada (pronounced /ˈkænədə/) is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by...
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Cape Lookout National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56 mile (90 km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, USA, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast. Three undeveloped barrier...
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Cherokee National Forest
Cherokee National Forest, created on July 19, 1936, by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, is a large National Forest operated by the U.S. Forest Service and encompassing some 640,000 acres (2,600 km²).
The Cherokee National Forest headquarters are...
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States.
The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains.
Cold Mountain is located within the...
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Cold Mountain Game Land
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Coulee Region
The Driftless Area or Paleozoic Plateau is a region in the American Midwest noted mainly for its deeply carved river valleys. While primarily in southwest Wisconsin, it includes areas of southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and northwest Illinois ...
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It is the fifth largest of the eight planets in the solar system, and the largest of the terrestrial planets (non-gas planets) in the Solar System in terms of diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to...
