The asteroid impact on the Yucatan Peninsular in prehistoric times that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs has been estimated at magnitude 13.
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The asteroid impact on the Yucatan Peninsular in prehistoric times that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs has been estimated at magnitude 13.
But the question was for the highest RECORDED. There were not too many people around with measuring equipment in prehistoric times :)Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
9.1 South America.
This is a football question.
The 1962 World Cup in Chile which should have had 8 venues only had 4 four because an earthquake ruined most of them 2 years earlier.
1960 Chile. I know nothing else.
It was Chile 1960 well done Rollo, the magnitude wasn't 9.1 but 9.5
What is the shortest river, which is named... in the world?
We had this question and it was like 2 feet or something... :s
I would think this hinges on definition, such as where does a river start and finish and even what constitutes a river.
One of the shortest "proper" decent-sized rivers must be the Niagra.
A river is a natural water course which has a source and ends at a mouth (a lake/mere, reservoir or ocean/sea)Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Where does a river finish and the sea begin? Taking a well-known example, does the Thames end at Gravesend or Southend? There must be some sort of geographers' agreement.
Southend - or to be precise Shoeburyness; which sounds to me like an adjective.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
A river ends at the imaginary line where it meets the sea. In the case of the Amazon, that line is more than 300km across.
Yes, but ......
.........what are the criteria for drawing that imaginary line?
I'm not trying to pick an argument. I'm genuinely curious to know how 'they' - whoever they are - set the rules/criteria. Sometimes you can easily draw an imaginary line continuing the general run of the coast but sometimes it isn't so easy where the river has a funnel-shaped mouth that gradually transitions. To flog this dead horse into a heap of dog food cans: why Shoebury Ness and not Foulness Point - Shell Ness, which also looks good on the map? Is salinity level a criterion?
The Onyx in Antarctica is (depending on the time of year) between 5 and 20 miles long
I love this question.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
They wouldn't let me take a book out of the reference section of the library; so I had to copy it.
A river mouth ends, where there is a free connection with the open sea; where the flow derived from land drainage measurably dilutes sea water.
- International Geographical Union, Field Handbook (2004).
Like IUPAC, the IGU's website is mostly rubbish: http://igu-online.org/
I suspect that the definition is pretty loose though. Water from the Amazon is still detectable as being from the Amazon, many hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic.
That salinity cannot be too big a factor---the 2 places I have lived longest, Seattle in the pacific North West on Puget Sound and Stockholm in Sweden are both on bodies of water of very low salinity due to the enormous amount of fresh water pouring in...Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
I wondered about tidal influence but depending on how much tide action that can go miles and miles upstream---around here it is often many many feet---15-30 feet miles from river "mouth"..
Little half question while you guys hammer out what maybe can't be answered.
What is the meaning of the common "ness" in all those names?...
What are the French and general Nordic cognates of ness?
Bonus points for other meanings of "ness"...
Maybe it's a type of cape - but inside a bay/estuary rather than the open sea?
My dictionary says a headland. from Old English or Old Norse. Related to nose.
But we're all dodging Rollo's shortest river question. I can't answer as I looked it up.
Onyx haven't been told no yet to this answer from Monday
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
At 20 miles, it's not even close.
I had no idea and looked it up as well. You will either know it instantly or not.
NP ides. I would assume it is something that runs from a spring into another river, but as to a name???
Actually it's a river that flows from a spring into a sea.
The Reprua River in Georgia, flows from the a spring in Krubera Cave (which is also the deepest known cave... in the world) into the Black Sea.
At only 27m long, it's the shortest river... in the world.
Must be you again RolloQuote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
If you include enclaves, exclaves and oblasts, how long is the the world’s shortest international border?
I checked... there are no proper quadripoints in the world (except for States & Provinces).
I would guess Gibraltar and 100m.
Shorter!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grundo Farb
In 1940 the Canadian Government declared the maternity ward of Ottawa Hospital to be Dutch Territory temporarily so that the child that Queen Juliana, Princess Margriet, would legally be born in the Netherlands. The border would have been the perimeter of the ward say 40 metres.
I love this story.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
I even went and found the gazetted proclamation.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/o...001_z00001.gif
That wasn't what I had in mind but it's so mind-numbingly brilliant that I think it deserves the next question and or a Skippy Badge.
Well, give us your answer while I dig up a question. :confused:
Just like Britain took Gibraltar, Spain owns "Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera" which is another one of these rock-fortresses.
Spain borders Morocco for a distance of just 85m.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@35.1...2970595,15.83z
I did sort of think of that but couldn't think of the name to look it up.
Anyway, here's one: Which country has the most citizens living abroad? (Pre-ISIS and Syria)
Is it India?
I think that they might have the most citizens... so... yeah?
Not India. Many Indians abroad aren't Indian citizens, eg 'East African' Asians usually had British passports, and many have become citizens of the countries they emigrated to.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcoOGicCUAI2CZQ.jpg
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Lolly Snakes of Neapolita and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indubitable, with jelly and sprinkles for all. :D
Everyone's a Neapolitan, right?
Good question..although I don't have an answer. US? (perhaps with its various military outposts?)
Not the USA. Rollo is closer. Hint: Not Italy
So it's either, Chocolate, Vanilla or Strawberry then?Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
It's Chocolate. Everyone loves Chocolate.
Ireland. No other reason other than the Italian and Irish flags are similar.
France