Vansant, Virginia is a small city located in the southwestern part of the state. It has a population of around 7,000 people and is situated on the banks of the Clinch River. The city is home to many different ethnicities and cultures, with a majority of residents being white and African-American. See topbbacolleges for information about… Read More »
Omak is a city located in Okanogan County, Washington. It has a population of around 4,700 people as of the 2020 census. The city is situated in the north-central part of the state and is bordered by the Columbia River to the south, and Omak Lake to the east. The terrain around Omak is mostly… Read More »
According to abbreviationfinder, the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) is the legal framework for settling disputes between the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It was created as part of the Uruguay Round agreements and is now part of the WTO’s core legal instruments. The DSU sets out a comprehensive system for resolving trade disputes… Read More »
The European Union, abbreviation EU, is an economic and political association of currently 27 member states that have transferred part of their sovereignty to the institutions of the EU. There are regulations in the EU that sound a little strange. For example, in the 1980s, the degree of curvature of a cucumber was set to… Read More »
The transition area between the mainland masses of the American double continent is occupied by a Mediterranean Sea, which is bounded in the west by a land bridge and in the east by arches of islands. Mexico and seven small states are located on the Indian and colonial Spanish land bridge. This part not only… Read More »
South America is located on the South American Plate, which also includes the ocean floor in the South Atlantic Ocean up to the rift in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The seabed spread here leads the plate west towards an east-sloping subduction zone off the west coast of South America, where the oncoming and faster Nazca plate… Read More »
Almost all (98 per cent) passenger transport and 80 per cent of all freight on land take place on the road network. Road construction was extensive especially in the 1990’s, when increasing foreign trade demanded better transport routes, and Mexico now has a relatively well-developed road network. Just over a third of all roads have… Read More »
Albania The backbone of the transport network is the road network that was added during the 20th century. It has grown from 2,200 to 18,000 km after World War II, of which 1/3 is asphalted. During the socialist period, private motoring was prohibited by law, but as this legislation was amended private motoring grew rapidly.… Read More »
East Timor During the Indonesian era (1975-99) roads, ports and airports were built in eastern Timor and the area then received relatively good transport conditions. All villages could then be reached at least via a gravel road and the largest cities were connected by hard roads. Most of this infrastructure was destroyed in 1999. In… Read More »