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  2. 800 (number) - Wikipedia

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    800 (eight hundred) is the natural number following 799 and preceding 801. It is the sum of four consecutive primes (193 + 197 + 199 + 211). It is a Harshad number, an Achilles number and the area of a square with diagonal 40.

  3. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    A peak or projection from the top of a hill or mountain, or any rounded protrusion of land, especially a small but prominent or isolated hill with steep sides; a boulder or an area of resistant rock protruding from the side of a hill or mountain. The term is used primarily in the southern United States. [5] knoll.

  4. Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering ...

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    Several other prefixes, including 800-484, 800-703, 800-744, and 800-904 are reserved by the FCC. NPA-911 is forbidden as 9-1-1 is an emergency telephone number . (This is less restrictive than the rules prohibiting all three-digit N-1-1 codes as exchanges in all geographic area codes.)

  5. City - Wikipedia

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    A city is a human settlement of a notable size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. [1] [2] In a more narrow sense, a city can be defined ...

  6. Geography - Wikipedia

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    Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία geōgraphía; combining gê 'Earth' and gráphō 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. [1] Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities —not merely where objects are, but also ...

  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology - Wikipedia

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    nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical science laboratory programs that include nanoscale science and technology, engineering ...

  8. Altitude - Wikipedia

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    Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometry, geographical survey, sport, or atmospheric pressure).

  9. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    800 — 810: 811: 812 — 819: 820 — 899 900 — 910: 911: 912 — 919: 920 — 999 152 area codes 8 special service codes: 640 CO codes

  10. National Geographic - Wikipedia

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    OCLC. 643483454. National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, [3] sometimes branded as NAT GEO [4]) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. [5] The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine months after the establishment of the society, but is now a popular magazine.

  11. United Nations geoscheme - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification. [2] The creators note that "the assignment of ...