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How do you contact Metrobus?

Metrobus operates under the jurisdiction of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, located at 600 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20001. Metrobus serves a population of 5 million people with 400,000 trips daily over a 1,500 square mile radius that encompasses portions of Maryland and Virginia as well as the Washington, D. C. Metropolitan area.

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What are some key attractions near the Lawrence Welk Resort in Escondido, CA?

Other San Diego attractions within a 45-minute drive of the Lawrence Welk Resort include Mission Bay, Balboa Park and San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. Mission Bay, which is home to SeaWorld, is a 4,200 acre park, half of which is water; water sports equipment rentals and instruction are available at Santa Clara Point within the park.\nMoonlight cruises around Mission Bay on the Bahia Belle sternwheeler riverboat are another of Mission Bay's many attractions. The Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego's historic district, boasts Victorian-era buildings, more than 100 restaurants, Petco Park, San..

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What is the warmest ocean?

The typical surface temperature of the warmest portions of the Indian Ocean, in the east-central area is warmer than 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Studies have shown that this temperature has been increasing at a rate in excess of that of other tropical regions since the mid-20th century. This phenomenon is a principal factor in the overall warming of ocean surface temperatures that has been observed since the early 1900s.

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What are rivers used for?

Two of the most prolific uses for rivers are power generation and irrigation. Hydroelectric dams use rivers to spin turbines that are connected to generators, and nuclear power plants use a constant flow of river water to help cool reactors. River water is also pumped into farms and nurseries to irrigate crops and other vegetation and is used to develop and irrigate previously arid locations.\nRivers all over the world are vital transportation links, though they are used more for industry purposes than commuting. Rivers are ideal highways for shipping, and they also provide a link between inla..

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How do you read UTM coordinates?

A UTM system divides the Earth into 60 zones, with each zone 6 degrees of longitude in width. For example, zone 10 includes the westernmost part of the United States, from about the middle of Washington state to the Pacific Ocean. The zone number is followed by "N" or "S" to designate the northern or southern hemisphere. The easting and northing numbers indicate a position in that zone and are measured in meters.\nGlobal positioning systems can display locations using UTM coordinates as do many printed and electronic topographic maps. GPS devices, maps and guidebooks use a particular UTM datum..

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What are the features of Mount Magazine Lodge in Arizona?

Mount Magazine Lodge offers a superior view of the valley below it, including the Petit Jean River Valley and Blue Mountain Lake. Guests may enjoy the view from an outdoor terrace or the indoor common rooms, including a lobby with a large fireplace. Appropriate for couples, families, or any other type of traveler, the Lodge's rooms span from handicapped-accessible suites to rooms with balconies and spa tubs to standard queen rooms. There are also 13 cabins flanking the resort, one of which is pet-friendly.\nThe only animals allowed at the resort, however, are service animals.\nSkycrest Re..

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What are some stations on the Manhattan subway map?

Grand Central Station is located at 42nd street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is also one of the busiest and most famous train stations in the country. Grand Central is also a major terminal for the Metro-North Railroad. Built in 1913, the terminal is known for its massive size, impressive architecture and elegant style. The Times Square-42nd Street Station is the busiest subway station in New York City, as it is located underneath Times Square, a major tourist hub packed with entertainment, shopping and dining venues. In keeping with the thousands of elaborate, illuminated signs in..

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What type of plate boundaries form the Red Sea?

The Red Sea Rift is part of the Dead Sea Transform Fault system. The plates are sliding past one another near the Dead Sea, so in that area the plates have transform-fault boundaries. However, at the Red Sea the plates are pulling apart at the rate of about a centimeter a year. Divergent plate boundaries create rift valleys. Other rift valleys near the Red Sea include the East African Rift along the Nubian and Somali tectonic plates and the Ethiopian Rift, which intersects the Red Sea Rift.

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How many American states and Canadian provinces touch the Pacific Ocean?

The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean at 63.8 million square miles. It is larger than all of the world's land areas and comprises roughly 30 percent of the Earth's surface. The equator divides the ocean into the South Pacific and North Pacific. The Pacific is the world's deepest ocean, reaching a depth of over 6.5 miles near the Philippines, and it is also the oldest ocean, being the remains of the ocean that surrounded Pangaea.

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What does longitude measure?

The lines that run vertically through a map of the world are the lines of longitude. Each one begins at the North Pole, runs through the equator and ends at the South Pole. The Prime Meridian itself is merely an agreed-upon position on the globe that geographers have designated a starting point and is located at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.

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