Transandine Railway
Transandine Railway former rail line, 156 mi (251 km) long, between Mendoza, Argentina, and Los Andes, Chile, traversing the Andes at Uspallata Pass. Opened to traffic in 1910, the railway rose to c.10,500 ft (3,200 m) at the long tunnel on the international boundary. Tunnels and snowsheds protected sections of the line. A glacial flood in 1934 destroyed 77 mi (124 km) of the Argentine section, but it was later rebuilt. The last passenger train ran in 1978, and freight traffic ceased in 1982.
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Georgia, Ukraine propose energy space of Baltic, Black, Caspian seas.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 5/23/2008; 375 words
; ...energy space of Baltic, Black, Caspian seas KYIV. May 23 (Interfax) - Georgia...space of the Baltic, Black and Caspian seas, Ukrainian President Viktor...space of the Baltic, Black and Caspian seas, Yushchenko said. The Ukrainian...
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Caspian Sea plagued with environmental problems.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; MOSCOW _ The Caspian Sea has received a lot...resources in the Caspian Sea bed. Environmental...special problem for the Caspian relates to fish populations...Azerbaijan. Maps of the Sea show hot spots of...their way into the Caspian, entering the food...
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DEVELOPMENT: CASPIAN SEA PROVES A DIFFICULT PIE TO DIVIDE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 9/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...IPS) -- Russia is urging the Caspian coastal states, including Azerbaijan...resources without waiting until the Caspian Sea is divided formally among them...contract in 1994 to develop three Caspian Sea fields -- Azeri, Chirag, and...
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POLITICS-CENTRAL ASIA: CASPIAN SEA SETTLEMENT REMAINS ELUSIVE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 4/16/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...summit of countries around the Caspian Sea underscores the serious disagreements...to divide its rich waters. The Caspian, the world's largest inland...Russian deputy foreign minister. The Caspian Sea region has been widely viewed as...
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ENVIRONMENT: CASPIAN SEA LEVEL FALLS AFTER YEARS OF STEADY RISE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/13/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...have tried to link the Caspian Sea's rise with the Aral Sea's dramatic fall suggesting...underground canal joining the two seas. But there is no real scientific basis for this. The Aral Sea's demise is caused primarily...explains Aliyev. "The Caspian Sea level variations are ...
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Oil and Gas in the Caspian Sea Region
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 12/31/1996; ; 700+ words
; Oil and Gas in the Caspian Sea Region With the news that...negotiations concerning Caspian Sea natural resource rights...penetrating the Caspian Sea through partners in Azerbaijan...Russian position on the Caspian Sea to be unacceptable...
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CASPIAN SEA ENERGY PROJECTS:CHUCK HAGEL
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 4/12/2000; 700+ words
; ...TRADE PROMOTION Hearing on Caspian Sea Energy Resources I would...energy development in the Caspian Sea region. Our first...developments in the Caspian Sea region. There have been...drilling results in the Caspian Sea. What has not been...
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AZERBAIJAN'S CASPIAN SEA ACTIONS AGAINST INT'L REGULATIONS: EXPERT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/1/2001; 700+ words
; TEHRAN, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - A Caspian Sea expert and an expatriate Iranian...President Heidar Aliyev to settle the Caspian Sea issue through negotiations. President...earlier schedule. Kharrazi said the Caspian Sea countries should avoid any...
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WILL CASPIAN SEA BECOME ANOTHER ARAL?
News Wire article from: United Press International; 6/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...International 06-28-2004 Will Caspian Sea become another Aral? TASHKENT...International via COMTEX) -- The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of...pollution that they cause. The Caspian Sea must get out of the status of a...
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Caspian Sea Dispute Gains Urgency
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...gray ripples of the Caspian Sea, the economic hopes and...The U.S. envoy for Caspian energy issues, Steven...odds with Russia over the sea. Russia's response...have interests in the Caspian problem, God bless them...
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Caspian Sea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Caspian Sea , Lat. Mare Caspium or Mare Hyrcanium...and on the northwest by Russia. The Caspian's surface lies 92 ft (28 m) below sea...Mts. parallel the southern coast. The Caspian receives the Volga (which supplies more...
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Trans-Caspian Railroad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Trans-Caspian Railroad transportation line linking the...at Turkmenbashi (Krasnovodsk) on the Caspian Sea and passes through Ashgabat, Bukhara...branches to the Fergana Valley. The Trans-Caspian line connects at Arys with the more recent...
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Black Sea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...in Turkey. The Black Sea region, especially in...area. History The Black Sea was once part of a larger body that included the Caspian and Aral seas. In the Tertiary period...was separated from the Caspian Sea and was linked to the...
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Aral Sea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aral Sea , salt lake, SW Kazakhstan and NW Uzbekistan, E of the Caspian Sea in an area of interior drainage. To the north and...clean up the site. Geologically separate from the Caspian Sea since the last Ice Age, the Aral Sea was once...
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seas
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
seas. In the ancient world traditionally there were seven seas—the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Persian...Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Indian Ocean...See also high seas ; narrow seas ; oceans ; united nations conference on the law of the ...
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