ejecta
ejecta Material thrown out from an explosive event, such as a crater-forming impact or a volcanic eruption. An
ejecta blanket is the area immediately outside the rim of an impact crater, where the ejecta has completely covered the underlying terrain.
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Registration of `Negro Altiplano' Common Bean.
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; `Negro Altiplano' opaque black bean (Phaseolus vulgaris...conditions in the highlands of Mexico. Negro Altiplano is the first opaque-black seeded cultivar...consumed in the tropical lowlands. Negro Altiplano, tested as NG 91207, was derived from...
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Interannual rainfall variability over the South American Altiplano
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 6/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...water resource over the South American Altiplano, a semiarid, high-level plateau entrenched...Andes. On the interannual timescale, Altiplano rainfall exhibits pronounced fluctuations...and an index of convection over the Altiplano. It is found that the seasonal-mean...
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The Altiplano and Lake Titicaca.(Only In ...)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...rugged volcanic mountains. This is the Altiplano (high plains) of Bolivia, where members...been like on early Mars. NASA calls the Altiplano a landscape that is as close to the terrain...Pacific Ocean. All these factors give the Altiplano a desert environment, with dramatic...
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Diurnal Circulation of the Bolivian Altiplano. Part II: Theoretical and Model Investigations
Magazine article from: Monthly Weather Review; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Corresponding observations at the Bolivian Altiplano are described in the first part of this...performed for the real topography of the Altiplano. The presentation of results concentrates...reported in Part I. The total inflow to the Altiplano is discussed as well. 1. Introduction...
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KHARISIRIS DE AGOSTO EN EL ALTIPLANO AYMARA DE BOLIVIA
Magazine article from: Chungara; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Agosto es en el altiplano aymara de Bolivia el tiempo sacrificial...Aymaras. KHARISIRIS OF AUGUST ON THE AYMARA ALTIPLANO OF BOLIVIA Agosto es un periodo de gran importancia ceremonial en el altiplano aymara. Es el momento en que la tierra...
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BOLIVIA: ALTIPLANO LANDS DESTROYED BY DESERTIFICATION
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 8/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Peruvian and Chilean high plains, or Altiplano. The climate in that area is arid and...indigenous communities, particularly in the Altiplano, where the farmland and pastures are...affected by desertification in the Bolivian Altiplano, says Quintanilla, are Toledo, Orinoca...
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Moving away From Silence: Music of the Peruvian Altiplano and the Experience of Urban Migration.
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Turino's ethnographic contexts are the altiplano district of Conima, Peru and the urban...peasants (campesinos) of Puno-area altiplano ayllus (rural indigenous geographical...antidote to the remarkable daily silence of altiplano life and the regularity of its routine...
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Diurnal Circulation of the Bolivian Altiplano. Part I: Observations
Magazine article from: Monthly Weather Review; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the diurnal circulation of the Bolivian Altiplano. Vertical soundings by remote-controlled...data. Typically, inflow toward the Altiplano commences a few hours after sunrise at...Basin in the United States, the Andean Altiplano, and finally, the Tibetan Plateau as...
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ENVIRONMENT-BOLIVIA: MINI-HOLE IN OZONE LAYER OVER ALTIPLANO
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...normal. The studies found that in the altiplano near the city of La Paz and Lake Titicaca...Paz and El Alto were at risk due to the altiplano's proximity to the equator and its...The Laboratory, which is using the altiplano as a natural laboratory for studies of...
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TV: Pornografía en Radio Altiplano de Tlaxcala.(TT: TV: pornography in Radio Altiplano of Tlaxcala.)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Proceso; 4/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...estn utilizando la emisora ms potente del sistema, Radio Altiplano, para emitir un programa entre pornogrfico y misgino que...empresario y productor de programas. No por azar se eligi a Radio Altiplano para difundir el programa. Esta emisora, en la administracin...
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altiplano
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
altiplano , high plateau (alt. c.12,000 ft...Bolivia, extending into S Peru. The altiplano is a sediment-filled depression between...the Desaguadero River south across the altiplano into Lake Poopó. The sparsely...
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Altiplano
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Altiplano High plain in the South American Andes of Peru and Bolivia. It has an average elevation of c. 3650m (12,000ft).
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Bolivia
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...varying from the dramatically barren altiplano, to the snowcapped Andean mountains...Its chief cities, which lie in the altiplano, are some of the highest in the world...trees have been planted. Although the altiplano countryside is barren, the magnificent...
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Andes of South America
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...4.5 km. In the Central Andes, the Altiplano or Puna is a high plateau or region of...mountainous zone nearly 700 km wide, with the Altiplano– Puna plateau on average c...of the Andes to up to 80km beneath the Altiplano–Puna. The thickness of the...
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Aymara
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...indigenous (native) people who live in the altiplano (high plains) of the Andes Mountains...work in the rich silver mines on the altiplano. The city of Potosí was once...plateau near the border with Peru. The altiplano is at an elevation of 10,000 to 12...
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