According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt,...
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods. Climate can be contrasted to weather, which is the...
Panic is a sudden sensation of fear which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight...
Each year, Lonely Planet chooses the world’s 10 “Best In Travel” destinations and though we might not be able to visit Colombia (#2 on the list) in person, there’s no reason we can’t explore the country...
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:32|22.3|N|16|16.5|W||| | |name= }} and {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:33|7.8|N|17|16.65|W||| | |name= }}, just under 400 kilometres north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region...
Fortified wine is wine with an added distilled beverage. Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has...
Dashi is a class of soup and cooking stock used in Japanese cuisines. Dashi forms the base for miso soup, clear broth, noodle broth, and many kinds of simmering liquid....
Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, the fat, which is less dense, will eventually rise to the top....
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