Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Distinguish2 Cope pluviale , a liturgical vestment In geology and climatology , a pluvial Latin language Latin pluvilis , from pluvia , rain was an extended period of abundant rainfall lasting many thousands of years. Pluvial is also applied to the sediments of these periods e.g. Lake Bonneville , Lake Lahontan , Lake Manly . The term is especially applied to such periods during the Pleistocene Epoch . A minor, short pluvial may be termed a subpluvial . See also Pluvial lake Abbassia Pluvial Mousterian Pluvial Neolithic subpluvial Category Geology Category Climate Category Climatology Category Climate history Category Prehistoric Africa Climate stub Geology stub fr Pluvial climatologie fi Pluviaali ... more details
TOCright The Abbassia Pluvial was an extended wet and rainy period in the climate history of North Africa . It began c. 120,000 years before the present Before Present ybp , lasted approximately 30,000 years, and ended c. 90,000 ybp. The Abbassia Pluvial spanned the end of the Lower Paleolithic and the start of the Middle Paleolithic eras &mdash an interval that is also sometimes identified as the Achulean 250&ndash 90 kybp . ref Authorities differ on datings for and duration of the Abbassia Pluvial and for the Lower and Middle Paleolithic. The division between the Lower and Middle Paleolithic is not uncommonly set at c. 100,000 ybp. ref As with the subsequent Mousterian Pluvial, the Abbassia was brought about by global climate changes associated with the Ice age ice ages and Interglacial interglacials of the Pleistocene Epoch . Ecological impact As with the Mousterian Pluvial that followed c. 50&ndash 30 kybp , the Abbassia Pluvial brought wet and fertile conditions to what is now the Sahara Desert , which bloomed with lush vegetation fed by lakes, swamps, and river systems, many of which later disappeared in the drier climate that followed the pluvial. African wiIdllife now associated with the grasslands and woodlands south of the Sahara penetrated the entire North African region during the Abbassia Pluvial. Cultures Human stone age cultures notably the Mousterian and Aterian Archaeological industry Industries flourished in Africa during the Abbassia Pluvial. The shift to harsher climate conditions that came with the end of the pluvial promoted the emigration of modern Homo sapiens out of Africa and over the rest of the globe. See also Neolithic subpluvial North African climate cycles Notes reflist References Burroughs, William J., ed. Climate Into the 21st Century. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003. Wells, Spencer. The Journey of Man. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2002. WIlson, R. C. L., S. A. Drury, and J. L. Chapman. The Great Ice Age Climate ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Now Pluvial Type EP Artist These New Puritans Cover Released October 2006 Recorded Genre Post punk revival Post punk br Electronica Length 8 39 Label Angular Records Angular Producer Jack Barnett Last album This album Now Pluvial br 2006 Next album Beat Pyramid br 2008 Album reviews rev1 Drowned in Sound rev1score 9 10 ref http www.drownedinsound.com releases 8868 reviews 1338198 Drowned in Sound review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Now Pluvial is an Extended play EP released in October 2006 by the British band These New Puritans . ref cite web url http www.drownedinsound.com releases 8868 reviews 1338198 title These New Puritans Now Pluvial EP accessdate 2008 12 15 author Kharas, Kev publisher Drowned in Sound ref It was released on Angular Records and the catalogue number is ARC016. The EP was a self distributed limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Track listing Elvis 2 46 C16th 1 38 En Papier 4 55 References reflist Category 2006 EPs ... more details
File Pleistocene Lakes and Rivers of Mojave.png thumb Pleistocene pluvial lakes and rivers of the Mojave Desert Image LakeManixSediments.JPG thumb Pluvial Lake Manix sediments Pleistocene in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, California . A pluvial lake is a landlocked basin endorheic basin which fills with rainwater during times of glaciation, when precipitation is higher. ref Lutgens, Frederick K., and Edward J. Tarbuck. The Earth, An Introduction to Physical Geology. Columbus, OH Merrill Publishing Company. 1987. Print. ref Pluvial lakes that have since evaporated and dried out may also be referred to as paleolake s. ref Briney, Amanda. About.com Geology. Pluvial Lakes. October 6, 2010, http geography.about.com od climate a pluviallakes.htm geography.about.com ref Etymology The word pluvial comes from the Latin pluvia , which means rain . ref Pluvial. Dictionary.com . 2010. October 6, 2010, http dictionary.reference.com browse pluvial dictionary.reference.com ref Geology They represent changes in the Hydrology hydrological cycle &mdash wet cycles generate large lakes, whereas dry cycles cause the lakes to dry up leaving large flat plains. Citation needed date September 2009 Accumulated sediments show the variation in water level. During glacial periods, times when the lake level is fairly high, mud sediments will settle out and be deposited. At times in between glaciers interglacial , salt deposits may be present due to the arid climate and evaporation of lake water. ref Easterbrook, Don J., Surface Processes and Landforms. Upper Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall, Inc.. 1999. Print. ref Several pluvial lakes formed in the southwestern United States during the glaciation of the late Pleistocene epoch. One of these was Lake Bonneville in western Utah which covered roughly convert 19000 sqmi km2 . When Lake Bonneville was at its maximum water level, it was convert 1000 ft m ... reflist DEFAULTSORT Pluvial Lake Category Lakes Category Endorheic lakes pl jezioro pluwialne ... more details
The Mousterian Pluvial was an extended wet and rainy period in the climate history of North Africa . It occurred during the Upper Paleolithic era, beginning around 50,000 years before the present Before Present ybp , lasting 20,000 years, and ending around 30,000 ybp years before present . During the Mousterian Pluvial , the now desiccated regions of northern Africa were well watered, bearing lakes, swamps, and river systems that no longer exist. What is now the Sahara desert supported typical African wildlife of grassland and woodland environments herbivores from gazelle to giraffe to ostrich , predators from lion to jackal , even hippopotamus and crocodile , as well as extinct forms like the Camelops Pleistocene camel . In these respects the Mousterian Pluvial resembled the earlier Abbassia Pluvial the later Neolithic Subpluvial was a weaker re iteration of the same pattern. The Mousterian Pluvial was caused by large scale climatology climatic changes during the last ice age . By 50 kybp thousand years before present , the Wisconsin glaciation W rm glaciation in Europe was well advanced growing ice sheet s in North America and Europe displaced the standard climatic zones of the northern hemisphere southward. The temperate zones of Europe and North America acquired an Arctic or tundra climate, and the rain bands typical of the temperate zones dropped to the latitudes of northern Africa. Curiously, the same influences that created the Mousterian Pluvial also appear to have brought it to a close. In the period of its fullest development, c. 30 to 18 kybp, the Laurentide ice sheet not only covered an enormous geographic area, but increased its altitude to 1750 meters more than 1 mile . It generated its own long term weather patterns, which affected the jet stream passing over the North American continent. The jet stream effectively split in two, creating a new dominant weather ... Pluvial and a return to a more arid climate in northern Africa. See also North African climate cycles ... more details
Pico do Brejo do Cordeiro is a summit topography peak on the island of S o Jorge Island S o Jorge in the Azores . It is located around the area of Norte Pequeno and is intimidatedly related with a peak mountain in the centre of the island. Its elevation is 739 m above sea level and is made up of a pluvial escarpment by the sea. It geological formation are volcanic and pyroclastic origin and is very old. See also Topo Volcanic Complex Rosais Volcanic Complex Manadas Volcanic Complex References reas Ambientais dos A ores, ISBN 972 9171 12 2 coord missing Category S o Jorge Island Category Mountains of the Azores pt Pico do Brejo do Cordeiro ... more details
Cume da Faj do Belo is a mountain on the north of the island of S o Jorge Island in the Azores and is located near Ribeira Seca . Its geology geologic formation along with the geographic location that is in the north of the island is related with a mountain formation in the center of the island. This formation is located around Pico do Brejo do Cordeiro , nearby the coast forms an embankment that is 500 m high, Faj do Belo around the coastline between Faj do Ouvidor , Faj dos Tijolos and Faj da Caldeira de Santo Cristo . The geologic formation at 758 m makes up of pluvial escarpment along the coastline and is a volcanic and old pyroclastic origin. References Map of the Azores Mapa dos A ores , 5th edition ISBN 978 989 556 071 4 Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT Cume da Faja do Belo Category S o Jorge Island Category Cliffs ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Alcantarilla Pluvial sobre la Quebrada Manzanares nrhp type image Tuneles de San German.jpg caption location Calle Ferrocarril and Calle Esperanza, San German, Puerto Rico locmapin Puerto Rico built 1835 architect Multiple architecture added April 12, 1990 area convert 0.5 acre governing body Local refnum 90000552 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Los T neles subterr neos de San Germ n is a vaulted brick storm sewer system built in 1835 underneath the urban center of San Germ n, Puerto Rico . The system is made of a central tunnel and several smaller side tunnels. The construction is of brick and rubble with modern concrete repairs. The main part of the system covers the underground course of Quebrada Manzanares from its headwaters to its resurgence as a surface stream, convert 842.53 m away. ref name nps cite web url http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 90000552.pdf title Nomination form publisher National Park Service accessdate 27 February 2010 ref The vaulted brick branches, most of them abandoned and sealed, date mostly from before 1910. The tunnel sections built up to 1918 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Alcantarilla Pluvial sobre la Quebrada Manzanares . References reflist See also San Germ n Historic District External links Portal Puerto Rico http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Photos 90000552.pdf National Park Service images http www.municipiodesangerman.com new page 6 20los 20tuneles 20sg.htm Los Tuneles .Information from the city of San Germ n Spanish National Register of Historic Places Category Tunnels completed in 1835 Category National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Category San Germ n, Puerto Rico Category Tunnels in Puerto Rico PuertoRico NRHP stub NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox River river name Allondon image name Pont Granges Allondon .jpg image size caption origin mouth Rhone Rh ne basin countries FRA SUI length convert 22.5 km mi elevation mouth elevation discharge 2,5 m .s 1 watershed pluvial The Allondon is a river which flows for some convert 22 km mi between France and Switzerland in the Rh ne Alps area. Its source is located in the commune of chenevex in the Ain department and ends in the river Rh ne at the village of Russin in the canton of Geneva of Switzerland. It is home to the only recently known population of the rare insect Lachesilla rossica . Image Sources de l Allondon 11 05 2007.jpg thumb left The source of the Allondon River in chenevex Image Allondon rh ne.JPG left thumb External links commonscat inline coord 46 10 N 6 01 E display title region CH type river source GNS enwiki Category Rivers of France Category Rivers of Switzerland Category Ramsar sites in Switzerland Category International rivers of Europe de Allondon eo Allondon fr Allondon id Allondon ... more details
taxobox status VU status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name IUCN Cornejo, X., Mont far, R. & Pitman, N. 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 45501 all Ficus lacunata . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007. ref regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Rosales familia Moraceae genus Ficus species F. lacunata binomial Ficus lacunata binomial authority Kvitvik Ficus lacunata is a species of plant in the Moraceae family which is Endemism endemic to Ecuador . F. lacunata is a free standing tree which grows up to 25 m 82 ft tall in wet forests in the Andes . ref name Kvitvik cite journal last Kvitvik first Trond Arne year 1997 month title Ficus lacunata Moraceae , a new species from pluvial montane forest of northwest Ecuador journal Brittonia volume 49 issue 2 pages 270 73 url http www.springerlink.com content 9u7801056875x7t1 doi 10.2307 2807684 jstor 2807684 publisher New York Botanical Garden Press ref Ficus lacunata is member of the subgenus Pharmacosycea . Members of this subgenus are free standing trees. Most members of the other main Neotropical subgenus, Urostigma begin life as hemiepiphyte s. It grows in pluvial montane forest on the western slope of the Andes , 1800 to 2200 m 5900 to 6600 mft above sea level . ref name Kvitvik It has been classified as a Vulnerable species based on the fact that it is known from only three locations. ref name IUCN Description Ficus lacunata trees grow up to 25 m 82 ft tall. Its leaves range from roughly oval in shape to more narrow with a leathery texture. They range in length from 15 21 cm 6 8 in and in width from 7 10.5 cm 3 4 in . The figs are borne singly on a short Petiole botany petiole up to 1.1 cm 0.4 in long and are 2 2.9 cm 0.8 1.1 in in diameter. ref name Kvitvik References reflist Category Ficus lacunata Category Endemic f ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Lake Manix image lake LakeManixSediments.JPG caption lake Sediments deposited in Lake Manix Pleistocene near Barstow, California. location Mojave Desert br San Bernardino County, California coords coord 35.97713 116.69952 region US CA type waterbody source placeopedia display inline,title type Glacial lake Types of lakes former inflow Mojave River outflow Mojave River catchment basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation 500 Lake Manix is a Types of lakes former lake fed by the Mojave River in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California . Pluvial lake During the Pleistocene era 450,000 to 18,000 years ago , this ancient pluvial lake occupied the modern Afton Lake , Troy Lake , Coyote Lake San Bernardino County, California Coyote Lake , Harper Lake , and Koehn Lake , and Cronese Lake basins, and when full, the former Lake Mojave , which included today s Soda Lake dn date December 2011 and Silver Lake Mojave Silver Lake basins. References Refbegin cite journal author Philip Stoffer title The Mojave River and Associated Lakes work Desert Landforms and Surface Processes in the Mojave National Preserve and Vicinity version Open File Report 2004 1007 format .html publisher USGS, US Department of the Interior url http pubs.usgs.gov of 2004 1007 river.html date 14 January 2004 accessdate 2009 09 12 cite web author USGS title Mojave National Preserve Soda Lake work Geology in the National Parks url http wrgis.wr.usgs.gov parks mojave sodalake1.html archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070311052014 http wrgis.wr.usgs.gov parks mojave sodalake1.html publisher U.S. Department of the Interior date 13 January 2004 archivedate 2007 03 11 accessdate 2009 09 12 cite journal author Philip Stoffer title Changing Climates and Ancient Lakes work Desert Landforms and Surface Processes in the Mojave National Preserve and Vicinity version Open File Report 2004 1007 format .html publisher USGS, US D ... more details
connected with Pluvial lake pluvial Lake Lahontan Pyramid Lake a remnant of Lake Lahontan fed by Truckee ... Basin Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming , a system of endorheic basins connected to Pluvial lake pluvial Lake Bonneville Great Salt Lake remnant of Lake Bonneville in Utah Sevier Lake Utah Utah Lake ..., Nevada , draining into pluvial Lake Manly in Death Valley Amargosa River Badwater Basin California ... pluvial Lake Mojave Silver Lake Mojave Silver Lake and Soda Lake San Bernardino County Soda Lake ... pluvial Lake Cahuilla and Salton Sea California, Baja California Eldorado Valley Pahrump Valley ... more details
slight changes in climate. The conditions under which this lake existed are called pluvial by geologists ... mixture. See also Pluvial lake References Reflist Further reading cite journal author Philip Stoffer ... more details
TOCright Bonneville may refer to People Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville , a French born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West Hugh Bonneville , an English stage, television, and film actor Nicholas Bonneville , a French writer Places in the USA Bonneville, California, former name of Boonville, California Lake Bonneville , a prehistoric pluvial lake that covered much of North America s Great Basin region Bonneville Salt Flats , an ancient lake bed of Lake Bonneville in Utah often used by early auto racers and the site of most of the world land speed record runs Bonneville Dam , on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon states Bonneville Reservoir , known also as Lake Bonneville, the reservoir impounded by the Bonneville Dam Bonneville, Oregon , the site of Bonneville Dam North Bonneville, Washington , across the Columbia River from Bonneville, Oregon Bonneville County , in Southeastern Idaho Places in France Bonneville, Charente , in the Charente d partement Bonneville, Haute Savoie , in the Haute Savoie d partement La Bonneville , in the Manche d partement Bonneville, Somme , in the Somme d partement Bonneville Aptot , in the Eure d partement Bonneville et Saint Avit de Fumadi res , in the Dordogne d partement La Bonneville sur Iton , in the Eure d partement Bonneville la Louvet , in the Calvados d partement Bonneville sur Touques , in the Calvados d partement Vehicles Triumph Bonneville , a motorcycle named after the Salt Flats Pontiac Bonneville , the name of an up scale, full size Pontiac known for performance, produced from 1958 to 2005 Pontiac Bonneville Special , a concept or experimental car that debuted at the General Motors Motorama in 1956 Other uses Bonneville film Bonneville film , a 2006 drama film Bonneville crater , a Martian crater visited by the Mars Exploration Rover in 2004 Bonneville International , a broadcasting company Bonneville High School disambiguation See also Bonnyville, Alberta ... more details
Post pattern also may refer to a particular American football strategy, the Post route . The Post Pattern refers to a Paleo Indian archaeological culture of Artifact archaeology artifacts found in northwest California dating between 9,000 13,000 years ago. Excavation sites are around Clear Lake California Clear Lake and Borax Lake . The Post Pattern is a local manifestation of the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition. It is believed that Post Pattern peoples were a pre Hokan languages Hokan group. The entrance of peoples speaking hypothetical Hokan languages dates from about 6,000 8,000 years ago in what is known as the Lower Archaic Period. The Post Pattern is associated with the Yuki Wappo family. The pattern is named after Chester C. Post who in 1938 introduced it to the archaeological world. See also Paleo Indians Archaeology of the Americas Yuki Wappo languages Yuki people Wappo people Archaeological culture External links http www.californiaprehistory.com reports01 rep0009.html Review of the Borax Lake Site CA LAK 36 http www.sonoma.edu asc projects pointreyes overview2.pdf Archaeological Research Issues for the Point Reyes National Seashore Golden Gate National Recreation Area pdf Bibliography Chartkoff, Joseph L. & Chartkoff, Kerry Kona. 1984 . The archaeology of California . Stanford Stanford University Press. Fagan, Brian. 2003 . Before California An archaeologist looks at our earliest inhabitants . Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Harrington, M. R. 1948 . An ancient site at Borax Lake California . Southwest Museum papers No. 16 . Los Angeles Southwest Museum. Meighan, Clement W. & Haynes, C. Vance. 1968 . New studies on the age of the Borax Lake site . Berkeley, CA California Indian Library Collections Project. Moratto, Michael J. & Fredrickson, David A. 1984 . California archaeology . Orlando Academic Press. Pre Columbian North America Category Paleoindian period Category Native American history of California Category History of indigenous peoples ... more details
Taxobox name White River spinedace status CR status system iucn2.3 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Cypriniformes familia Cyprinidae genus Lepidomeda species L. albivallis binomial Lepidomeda albivallis binomial authority Robert Rush Miller R. R. Miller & Carl Leavitt Hubbs Carl Hubbs , 1960 The White River spinedace , Lepidomeda albivallis , is a critically endangered cyprinid fish of Nevada , occurring only in the White River Nevada White River in the southeastern part of the state. This spindace ranges from green to olive above, a brassy silver on the sides, becoming a silvery white underneath. The sides may also have a pattern of faint sooty patches. Dorsal fin Dorsal and caudal fin s are shades of brown, ranging from olive brown to a pinkish brown the rays tend to be olive with the membranes between being transparent with a rosy cast. Pectoral fin s are yellowish, while the pelvic fin pelvic and anal fin s have white rays with red orange membranes. The dorsal fin has 7 rays, the anal fin has 8 rays, and the pelvic fins usually 7. Size ranges up to 15 cm. The range is limited to a single cool spring and its overflow area in the upper pluvial White River. References IUCN2006 assessors Gimenez Dixon year 1996 id 11576 title Lepidomeda albivallis downloaded 11 May 2006 Listed as Critically Endangered CR A1bce v2.3 ITIS id 163571 taxon Lepidomeda albivallis accessdate 18 April 2006 William F. Sigler and John W. Sigler, Fishes of the Great Basin Reno University of Nevada Press, 1987 , pp. 185 186 FishBase species genus Lepidomeda species albivallis year 2006 month April Category Lepidomeda Category Fish of the Western United States Category Fauna of the Great Basin desert region Cyprinidae stub ca Lepidomeda albivallis es Lepidomeda albivallis sr Lepidomeda albivallis ... more details
A collateral adjective is an adjective with a similar meaning to a given noun , but derived from a different root. For example, lunar serves as an adjective to describe attributes of the Moon moon comes from the Old English m na and lunar from the Latin luna . Collateral adjectives contrast with derivation linguistics derived denominal adjectives for father , for example, there is derived fatherly vs. collateral paternal similarly for rain there is rainy vs pluvial, and for child , childish and childlike vs. infantile and puerile. Similarly diurnal , nocturnal and crepuscular mean of the day , of the night and of the twilight . In English, collateral adjectives often relate to root words that were never fully adopted into the everyday language, but were still widely enough known that the context would be understood. For example, dog is an English word, and canine is the Latin based collateral adjective that refers to dogs. The term was coined by the Funk and Wagnalls dictionaries, but as they are currently out of print, the term has become rare. A synonym sometimes seen in linguistics is suppletion suppletive denominal adjective, though this is a liberal use of the word suppletive . See also http en.wiktionary.org wiki Appendix English collateral adjectives List of collateral adjectives Wiktionary References Funk and Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary 1984 Harper and Row G. Jan Wilms, Computerizing a Machine Readable Dictionary , in Proceedings of the 28th annual ACM Southeast regional conference, 1990 Tetsuya Koshiishi, Collateral adjectives, Latinate vocabulary, and English morphology , in Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, January 2002. The typology of suppletion , a chapter in David Beck 2006 Aspects of the theory of morphology External links http www.verbatimmag.com 27 2.pdf A Nocturnal View of the Lunar Landscape , Verbatim The Language Quarterly lexical categories state collapsed Category Parts of speech ling stub ... more details
refimprove date April 2010 The Willcox Playa is a large endorheic basin endorheic dry lake or sink geography sink playa in Cochise County, Arizona Cochise County . It is located south of and adjacent to Willcox, Arizona , in the Sonoran Desert ecoregion . It is the remnant of Pleistocene pluvial Lake Cochise. Portions of the dry lake bed have been used as a bombing range by the USA military. The Willcox Playa is located in the northern region of the Sulphur Springs Valley drainage to the playa from the east is from the connected Dos Cabezas Mountains Dos Cabezas Chiricahua Mountains drainage from the southwest is from the Dragoon Mountains , and the Little Dragoon Mountains . During the summer, intense solar heating sometimes gives rise to large dust devils , and strong winds from thunderstorms and winter storms can produce dust storms rising from the dry lake that can hinder traffic on the Interstate 10 highway. Willcox Playa Wildlife Area In the vicinity of the dry lake is the Willcox Playa Wildlife Area administered by the Arizona Game and Fish Department . The location boasts rich wildlife, including an annual twitcher festival called Wings Over Willcox . ref cite web url http www.azgfd.gov outdoor recreation wildlife area wilcox playa.shtml title Willcox Playa Wildlife Area work accessdate author AZ Game and Fish Department ref ref cite web url http www.wingsoverwillcox.com.html title Wings Over Willcox work accessdate author ref See also Cochise Tradition References references coord missing Arizona Category Protected areas of Arizona Category Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert Category Geography of Cochise County, Arizona Category Endorheic basins of the United States Category Protected areas of Cochise County, Arizona ... more details
Alfred Tylor 1824 1884 was an English geologist. Life Born on 26 January 1824, he was the second son of Joseph Tylor, brassfounder, by his wife, Harriet Skipper, and elder brother of Edward Burnett Tylor . His grandfather set up the colliery around which the village of Tylorstown grew in the Rhondda Valley , Wales. ref Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Tylor, Alfred 1824 1884 , geologist and brass founder by W. H. George. ref His parents being members of the Society of Friends , he was educated in Qualer schools near London. Although he was interested in science, the early death of his father compelled him to devote himself to his business, which he entered in his sixteenth year. He studied in spare time, attaching himself to St. Bartholomew s Hospital to improve his knowledge of anatomy. He frequently visited the continent, going to Italy, Spain, and Russia, both for business and for scientific purposes with other geologists. During the latter part of his life he lived at Carshalton . He died on 31 December 1884, on his return from a visit to America. In 1850 he married Isabella Harris of Stoke Newington , who survived him with two sons and four daughters. Works Tylor paid attention to recent geological history, the subject of the majority of his thirteen papers. He maintained that the late glacial period was followed by one of exceptional rainfall, for which he proposed the name of pluvial. His major books were On Changes of Sea Level, London, 1853. Education and Manufactures, London, 1863, reprinted from a report connected with the exhibition of 1851, where he was a juror . Colouration in Animals and Plants, ed. S. B. J. Skertchly, London, 1886. References wikisource author cite DNB wstitle Tylor, Alfred Notes reflist Attribution cite DNB wstitle Tylor, Alfred Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Tylor, Alfred ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1824 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1884 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Tylor, Alfred Ca ... more details
parts of the Saharan Arabian Desert experienced the start of the Abbassia Pluvial , a wet period ... to be a part of the same mechanism in operation. See also Abbassia Pluvial Mousterian Pluvial Neolithic ... more details
Citations missing date November 2007 Taxobox name Paiute cutthroat trout regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Salmoniformes familia Salmonidae genus Oncorhynchus species Cutthroat trout O. clarki subspecies O. c. seleniris trinomial Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris trinomial authority John O. Snyder, 1933 main Cutthroat trout Paiute cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris is a subspecies of cutthroat trout native only to Silver King Creek, a headwater tributary of the Carson River in the Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada Mountains of California , United States U.S.A. The Carson River lies within the Great Basin interior drainage system, within the historic range of Lahontan cutthroat trout O. c. henshawi . The subspecies is named after the native Paiute people. Natural history It is believed that a sub population of Lahontan cutthroats became isolated in Silver King Creek above Silver King Canyon Gorge after erosion made the gorge impassible to trout swimming upstream, probably between 5,000 and 8,000 years ago. The upstream population then adapted to local conditions independent of the larger population below that had evolved in pluvial lake pluvial Lake Lahontan during the Pleistocene . Although Lahontan cutthroats are heavily spotted, the isolated sub population lost virtually all spotting, perhaps because spots made fish more visible and susceptible to predation in the ultra clear and shallow mountain stream. Paiute cutthroats are also notable for a purple coloration, whereas Lahontan cutthroats have bronze coloration. The Paiute strain must have adapted to a diet mainly of insects and become less migratory since juvenile fish swimming downstream in search of larger waters would have passed below downstream barriers and left the isolated gene pool. Conservation Basque American Basque sheepherders began grazing sheep along upper Silver King Creek in the 1800s. They noticed the unusual trout and by 1912 had transplanted them abov ... more details
Image Esteros del Iber .jpg thumb right 250px Some lakes in the Iber Wetlands, reflecting sunlight. Photographed from the International Space Station . The Iber Wetlands or Iber Provincial Nature Reserve in Spanish, Esteros del Iber , from Guaran language Guaran ber bright water are a mix of swamp s, bog s, stagnant lake s, lagoon s, natural slough and courses of water in the center and center north of the province Corrientes Argentina . The Esteros are the second largest wetland s in world after Pantanal in Brazil . They are of pluvial origin, with a total area 15,000 to 20,000 km . Since 1982, the wetlands are part of a protected area the Iber Natural Reserve , which comprises 13,000 km 14 of the surface area of Corrientes, the largest protected area in Argentina . Iber is also one of the most important fresh water reservoirs in the continent. In 2002 an area of 245 km has been listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar convention . ref http ramsar.wetlands.org Database Searchforsites tabid 765 language en US Default.aspx Ramsar Database , retrieved 2009 09 28 ref The Natural Reserve is known for its biodiversity , including four species that have been declared provincial natural monuments the neotropical river otter , the maned wolf , the pampas deer , and the marsh deer . It is also home to the two Argentine species of Alligatoridae alligator , the Yacare caiman yacar negro and the broad snouted caiman yacar overo , as well as the capybara the world s largest rodent and about 350 bird species. gallery Image Carpincho Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Iber .jpg Capybara Carpincho at Iber File Esteros del Ibera Marshes.JPG Esteros del Iber Marsh File Esteros del Ibera Laguna.JPG Esteros del Iber Lagoon gallery References reflist http www.esterosdelibera.com General Information of Ibera in English and Spanish http www.ibera argentina.com Irup Lodge in English, Spanisch, Deutsch, Francais, Dutch http www.posadadelalaguna ... more details
about the archaeological site in California the lake in Oregon Borax Lake Oregon Infobox nrhp name Borax Lake Site nrhp type nhl image caption nearest city Clearlake, California locmapin California area architect architecture designated nrhp type September 20, 2006 ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 1056606021&ResourceType Site title Borax Lake Site accessdate 2007 11 17 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher National Park Service ref added October 3, 1991 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref governing body Private refnum 91001424 Borax Lake Site , also known as Borax Lake Hodges Archaeological Site is an archaeological site near Clearlake, California . In 2006, a National Park Service statement about it read quote The Borax Lake Site is considered of national significance as the type site for a major prehistoric period in the far western United States, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas Paleo Indian Clovis culture Clovis , referred to in archeological literature of the Western Great Basin and California as the Post Pattern . The occurrence of Clovis point Clovis like projectile points from Borax Lake in the Coast Range of northern California dramatically extended the geographic scope of Paleo Indian occupation into the far western United States. Archeological investigations at the Borax Lake Site demonstrated that Paleo Indian occupation of the Far West Western Great Basin and California represents a specialized lake shore dwelling adaptation by this group, which was significant because it represented a unique response to an environment that had been unfamiliar to Paleo Indians. This adaptation is referred to as the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition and differs from the large mammal hunting traditions of the southwestern United States and Great Plains. ref name nhlsum It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. ref name nhlsum ref name nrhpinv not Note A National Register of Historic Places Inventory ... more details
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