|
Visit our new topic page about
Atbara
|
Atbara
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Atbara , river, NE Africa, rising in NW Ethiopia and flowing c.500 mi (800 km) to the Nile in Sudan. There are few permanent settlements along its banks. The Atbara's water level is very low, except during the rainy season (from June to October). The river is called the Takazze in its early stages in Ethiopia and the Setit in W Ethiopia and E Sudan.
Author not available, ATBARA.,
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
|
Marshall Doctors Key in Updating AMA Guidelines
The State Journal; 2/1/2008; Darst, Paul; 516 words
; HUNTINGTON - Two Marshall University physicians were instrumental in a project designed to help standardize guidelines used to determine impairment. Dr. Paulette Wehner and Dr. Mohammed Ranavaya contributed to the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment,
Read more
|
|
Eighty years later--in its sixth edition
NEA Today; 4/1/2002; Anonymous; 74 words
; The Columbia Encyclopedia began its existence in the 1920s when Clarke Fisher Ansley and Columbia University Press recognized the need for a "first aide" for those who read. Now in its sixth edition, it continues to serve the purposes for which it was conceived. Containing nearly 51,000 entries and
Read more
|
|
Tiedown Handbook for Rail Movements now available.(Brief Article)
Translog; 3/22/2005; Kerr, Robert; 287 words
; ... Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Transportation Engineering Agency no longer stocks quantities of the books in Newport News, Va. The printed version is durable and completely waterproof, having been printed on synthetic paper, and is sized to fit in ...
Read more
|
|
Miller's Anesthesia-Sixth Edition
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; 6/1/2005; Langley, M; 549 words
; Miller's Anesthesia - Sixth Edition. R. D. Miller; Elsevier Australia, 30-52 Smidmore Street, Marrickville, N.S.W. 2204; $682.00; 290 230 mm; ISBN: 0-443-06656-6. Ron Miller's seminal anaesthesia text appeared in its first incarnation in 1981. This is the sixth edition and now appears as two large
Read more
|
|
Design and Analysis of Experiments, Sixth Edition
Journal of Quality Technology; 4/1/2005; Adams, B Michael; 592 words
; Design and Analysis of Experiments, Sixth Edition by D. C. Montgomery. John Wiley & Sons, Hobokcn, New Jersey 2005, xv + 643 pp. $118.95. THE SIXTH edition of Design and Analysis of Experiments is the latest version of a very snoeessfnl text by Doug Montgomery. This introductory textbook deals
Read more
|
|
Introduction to Security: sixth edition.(SECURITY MANAGEMENT)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
Security Management; 3/1/2005; 74 words
; INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY Sixth edition Robert J. Fischer and Gion Green Butterworth-Heinemann The sixth edition of this classic publication upholds the book's tradition of informing readers of contemporary security issues, from security equipment and procedures to management and loss prevention
Read more
|
|
Desert distraction. (badminton in Sudan)
American Fitness; 3/1/1990; Johnson, Peggy; 560 words
; DESERT DISTRACTION Expatriates bring badminton to Atbara and take their minds off the heat. The orange ball of fire has dropped from the sky, but its warmth lingers over Atbara, a dusty railroad town in North Sudan. At 7:30 on a Tuesday evening, it's still 110 degrees. In America, most people would
Read more
|
|
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: Sixth Edition.(Books: A selection of new and notable books of scientific interest)(Brief article)(Book review)
Science News; 9/22/2007; 153 words
; THE CLEMENTS CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF THE WORLD: Sixth Edition JAMES F. CLEMENTS Clements dedicated his life to cataloging and protecting the world's birds. From the rare New Guinea yellow-legged flycatcher to the humble pigeon, Clements was fascinated by them all. In 1974, he published his first
Read more
|
|
New edition, new controversy.(WORKERS' COMP)
Risk & Insurance; 6/1/2008; Rousmaniere, Peter; 578 words
; Tens of billions of dollars are tied up in workers' compensation claims for which a physician makes a formal determination of permanent impairment. A new edition of the publication that guides impairment examiners is a big event. The 2008 edition--the first since 2000--has triggered a nationwide
Read more
|
|
|
Clinical anesthesia procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Sixth edition
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; 4/1/2003; Molnar, A; 220 words
; Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Sixth Edition. W. E. Hurford, M. T. Bailin, J. K. Davison, K. L. Haspel, C. Rosow, S. A. Vassallo; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 16522 Hunters Green Parkway, Hagerstown, MD 21740-2116, U.S.A.; US$39.95; 111 x 205 mm; pp.786;
Read more
|
Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses
|
Atbara River
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
River, North Africa. Rising in the Ethiopian highlands, it flows about 500 mi (800 km) northwest through eastern Sudan to join the Nile River at Atbara in The Sudan. It is the Nile's northernmost tributary.Atbara RiverAtbara RiverAtbara River
Read more
|
|
Atbarah
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Atbarah , town (1993 pop. 87,878), NE Sudan, at the junction of the Atbara and Nile rivers. An important rail junction, it is also ... on the rail lines. Sudanese trade unionism originated in Atbarah in 1946 with the founding of a workers' association among ...
Read more
|
|
|
Meroe
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
... beginning 750 . After the sack of Napata ( 590), it became the capital of the kingdom. It included the region between the Nile and Atbara rivers, where the Meroitic language developed. It survived a Roman invasion but fell to Aksumite armies in the 4th century ...
Read more
|
|
|
Nile River
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
... through Uganda, The Sudan, and Egypt. Its major tributaries—including the Al-Ghazal (Gazelle) River, the Blue Nile, and the Atbara River —join it before it enters Lake Nasser near the Egypt-Sudan border. Below the Aswan High Dam , which impounds the ...
Read more
|
|
|
Sudan
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
... is the largest city. Land The main geographical feature of Sudan is the Nile River, which with its tributaries (including the Atbara, Blue Nile, and White Nile rivers) traverses the country from south to north. The Nile system provides irrigation for strips ...
Read more
|