Hi Adrija, Most fertile soils are light and loamy in weight thus easily wind blown. Several methods have been developed to help reduce wind erosion as well as water erosion of fertile soils. 1)
"Legally", yes. Flag protocol does not actually have the force fo law because there is no penalty prescribed for violating it. And protocol manuals cannot anticipate every eventuality; yours is one such
In the US it is customary to display our flag first and then all other national flags alphabetically. That's military and diplomatic protocol. At an equestrian competition sponsored by an international
Hi Iain, As you noted, the seven continents don't look like 7 but in reality they are. Euroasia looks like one massive land mass but that is because the European continental plate has crashed into
Hi Eric, This is very difficult to do since when you take a sphere and make it flat, there is distortion that occurs. The mercator is one that has a lot of distortions but both the Sinusoidal and Dymaxion

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