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Anegada:

see Virgin IslandsVirgin Islands,
group of about 100 small islands, West Indies, E of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided politically between the United States and Great Britain. Although constituting the westernmost part of the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands form a geological unit with
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The plethora of white, sandy, palm-lined beaches and anchorages dotted around the island attract scores of yachties, while Anegada is a diver and snorkeller's paradise.

Sail away to Virgin shores; The British Virgin Islands are so laid back and beautiful that they would have pride of place on any picture postcard image, as Graham Wood discovers on a sailing trip to the unspoilt Caribbean

Ecology and behaviour of the franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Bahia Anegada, Argentina.

Effects of fluctuations in sea-surface temperature on the occurrence of small cetaceans off Southern California

NPSAV: Blanquilla, Hornos, Pajaros, Gallega, Galleguilla and Anegada de Adentro reefs, Isla de Enmedio, Isla Verde, Isla Sacrificios, Isla Santiaguillo (Dreckmann, 1998; Ortega et al., 2001; Galicia-Garcia & Morales-Garcia, 2007; Godinez-Ortega et al., 2009).

New records of green (Chlorophyta) and brown algae (Phaeophyceae) for Cabezo Reef, National Park Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Gulf of Mexico

The long-forgotten British Virgin Island of Anegada is a 75-minute ferry ride from the capital Tortola, but it feels a world away.

10 Caribbean Islands You've Never Heard Of That You'll Want To Visit

A more satisfying interpretation is that Rotz' place name is either an abbreviation of ennegade, the French version of the Spanish and Portuguese word anegada (overflowed), or an abbreviation of the French innovation negade, formed of a French root /neg/ and a foreign suffix /ade/, and equivalent to the French dialect word nigee (drowned).

The meaning and identity of Ille Nege on the western coastline of Java la Grande in the atlas of Jean Rotz, 1542

TABLA II ALTURAS MAXIMAS DEL RIO PARANA (m) EN EL PUERTO DE CADA LOCALIDAD, DURANTE LOS TRES ULTIMOS EVENTOS "EL NINO" Localidad Paso de Corrientes Bella Vista Goya Esquina Fecha la Patria 21/6/83 9,54 26/6/83 7,03 27/6/83 6,86 18/7/83 9,02 21/7/83 7,17 7/6/1992 8,9 8/6/1992 8,64 11/6/1992 7,35 13/6/92 7,2 16/6/92 7,29 4/5/1998 8,69 8,39 6/5/1998 7,41 8/5/1998 7,07 10/5/1998 6,52 TABLA III IMPACTO DE LAS INUNDACIONES CATASTRIFICAS EN ARGENTINA * Impactos 1982-1983 (a) 1992 (b) 1998 (c) Superficie anegada (ha) 3,782,000 3,126,000 6,328,294 Personas evacuadas (No) 234.865 101.376 130.000 Danos y perdidas ([10.sup.6] 1.500 Sin datos 2.500 (d) USD) 609.69 (e) Provincia mas afectada Chaco Formosa Chaco, Corrientes * Tomado de Natenzon (2003).

Floods in the lower Parana River: can social measures be articulated to hydrological regime?/Inundaciones en el bajo parana ?se puede articular la gestion social a partir del comportamiento hidrologico previo?/Inundacoes no baixo parana: ?pode-se vincular a gestao social a partir de comportamento hidrologico anterior?

Open to amateurs, professionals and spectators, and now in its second year, the event was conceived by Charlie Smith and Sir Richard Branson after a 20 mile kite crossing from Necker Island to Anegada.