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21environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
22Iowa — This article is about the U.S. state of Iowa. For other uses, see Iowa (disambiguation). State of Iowa …
23Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …
24Dubai International Airport — DXB redirects here. For the New Zealand locomotive operated by KiwiRail, see NZR DX class. Dubai International Airport مطار دبي الدولي …
25History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas liquids) — Canada s natural gas liquids industry dates back to the discovery of wet natural gas at Turner Valley, Alberta in 1914. The gas was less important than the natural gasoline skunk gas it was called, because of its distinctive odour that early… …
26Nauru — Nauruan, n., adj. /nah ooh rooh/, n. Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8007; 81/4 sq. mi. (21 sq. km). Formerly, Pleasant Island. * * * Nauru… …
27GASCO — Infobox Company company name = Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd GASCO ar. شركة أبوظبي لصناعات الغاز المحدودة company company type = Joint Venture company slogan = foundation = 1978 location = Abu Dhabi, flagicon|United Arab Emirates United Arab… …
28History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China — For over 4,000 years, China has been a nation of farmers. By the time the People s Republic of China was established in 1949, virtually all arable land was under cultivation; irrigation and drainage systems constructed centuries earlier and… …
29Bulgaria — /bul gair ee euh, bool /, n. a republic in SE Europe. 8,652,745; 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Cap.: Sofia. * * * Bulgaria Introduction Bulgaria Background: The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in …
30Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
