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What is Imago Mundi?

January 4th, 2011 | Comment

Maps are as old as 9th century BC and they come from ancient Babylon. The ancient best known map is Imago Mundi, which dates back to 600 BC. Imago Mundi is a clay tablet map of the world, which has kept Babylon at its center. Imago Mundi resides at the British Museum of human history and culture in London.

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What is the meaning of a Bore in a River?

December 27th, 2010 | Comment

A 'bore' is a body of water which results out of the exceptionally high sea tides, rushes up rivers. Travelling upstream about two or three times as fast as the normal tidal current, a bore is characterized by several waves, followed by the bore's main body, which rises higher than the water level at its front. Tidal bores are formed at a short distance upstream, where the channel has become sufficiently narrow.

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Which India city's name is derived of Banyan Trees ?

June 4th, 2010 | Comment

Which India city's name is derived of Banyan Trees ?
Its Vadodara. The ancient name of the city was "Vadapadraka" and "Vatpatrak". Vat is Banyan Tree. Vatpatrak is Banyan Tree Leaf. The city was won by Raja Chandan of Dor Rajputs Clan from Jains, and the city was called Chandanavati also once upon a time. Virakshetra and Viravati are the other names. The earliest mention of the city by English merchants was Brodera from which the Baroda name derived. In 1974 the Baroda was given "Varodara", the official name today.

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Where is located Blue Mountain in India?

May 18th, 2010 | Comment

In India, the Phawngpui Peak is the highest mountain peak in Mizoram and is also known as Blue Mountain. The peaks are revered and known as abode of Gods.
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Blue Mountain Peak is the highest mountain in Jamaica. Blue Mountain in Canada is an alpine ski resort situated in Southern Ontario. Blue Mountain is also a mountain in British Columbia. There are mountains with the name of Blue Mountains in Arkansas, California, Montana, Pennsylvania, New Mexico & New York

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What is the maximum depth a submarine can go underwater?

May 11th, 2010 | Comment

What is the maximum depth a submarine can go underwater?
The deepest point in the oceans is Challenger Deep with a depth of approximately 36,000 feet (11,000 meters). Challenger deep is located at the southern end of the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands group, in the Pacific Ocean.

A Swiss-designed deep-diving research boat known as Bathyscaphe Trieste had reached the record-breaking depth of about 10,911 meters (35,797 ft) in the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960. This is the last point a submarine could reach. Two more descents followed the Bathyscaphe Trieste expedition. One was unmanned ROVs Kaiko in 1995 and another was Nereus in 2009.The depth measured by them were almost similar, i.e. 10,902 to 10,916 meters.

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