Nov 26, 2024 · Thus, fossils dating from before the Pleistocene glaciations show that species of Laurus were formerly distributed more widely around the Mediterranean and North Africa. Isolation gave rise to Laurus azorica in the Azores Islands, Laurus nobilis on the mainland, and Laurus novocanariensis in the Madeira and the Canary Islands.

Sep 15, 2018 · The Saharan deserts covers a greater area than what is considered to be "North Africa". You can fit the United States(and maybe then some) in the thing. Last edited by Chicagoland60426; 09-20-2018 at 01:36 AM ..

Nov 26, 2024 · The paper highlights structural parallels between the Watkins Range in Greenland and the Atlas Mountain Range in North Africa. By identifying similarities in orogenic features (mountain-building processes), such as uplift, folding, and faulting, it establishes potential tectonic connections during the breakup of Pangaea.

Nov 26, 2024 · 5. Broader Implications for Greenland-Atlantis Hypothesis: The text addresses one specific aspect of the Greenland-Atlantis hypothesis: the lack of geophysical evidence for rapid tectonic movement or catastrophic events in recent geological history. While compelling, this argument does not directly refute other lines of inquiry, such as:

Nov 15, 2012 · Aelian, On Animals 15. 2 (trans. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) : "Those who live on the shores of Okeanos (Ocean) [i.e. on the Atlantic coast of North Africa] tell a fable of how the ancient kings of Atlantis, sprung from the seed of Poseidon, wore upon their head the bands from the male Ram-fish, as an emblem of their authority, while their wives, the queens, wore the curls of ...

Nov 26, 2024 · The fit of the block assembled from South America and Africa to that formed from Europe, North America and Greenland is much poorer. The root-mean-square misfit is about 130 km. These geometrical fits are regarded as a preliminary to a comparison of the stratigraphy, structures, ages and palaeomagnetic results across the joins.

Nov 26, 2024 · The whole country was said by him to be very lofty and precipitous on the side of the sea, but the country immediately about and surrounding the city was a level plain, itself surrounded by mountains which descended towards the sea; it was smooth and even, and of an oblong shape, extending in one direction three thousand stadia, but across the centre inland it was two thousand stadia.

Jul 28, 2022 · There are anomalous, long-wavelength swells in the geoid and topography over the north Atlantic. The north Atlantic geoid swell is one of three prominent features in the global geoid after removing the effects of subducted slabs and glacial rebound. The swell is a 25- to 40-m peak-amplitude high and covers an area greater than 3000 × 3000 km.

Sep 20, 2018 · So are Chad and Niger but they are still considered to be part of Sub-Sahara Africa. Even if the OP didn't have an agenda, we still have to be careful with some of these geographical terminologies that carry negative racial connotations associated with it.

Mar 28, 2007 · Solon: "Tell me Uadjahor, where lies Atlantis?" Egyptian Priest: "Solon, as the Falcon flies west, to the risen land, over the empire of lions and Kings,Avila (Africa),and further west (2nd Falc.) over the the realm of Nu (Ocean), lies a once fertile sunken (flooded) land, where knowledge and the teachings of spirituality come from."-SaJaRa-Riven 2005.aD.