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In meteorology and climatology, a mesonet, portmanteau of mesoscale network, is a network of automated weather and, often also including environmental monitoring stations, designed to observe mesoscale meteorological phenomena and/or microclimates. [ 3][ 4] Dry lines, squall lines, and sea breezes are examples of phenomena observed by mesonets.
Kentland crater. Deformation involving bending and overturning is evident in the layered limestones exposed by quarrying at the Kentland impact structure. The Kentland structure, also known as the Kentland crater or the Kentland disturbed area, is an impact structure located near the town of Kentland in Newton County, Indiana, United States. [1]
The Yankeetown site ( 12W1 [2] : 12 ) is a substantial archaeological site along the Ohio River in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. Inhabited during the prehistoric Woodland period, the site has yielded important information about Woodland-era peoples in the region, but it has been damaged by substantial erosion.
37°56′31″N 87°27′35″W. / 37.94194°N 87.45972°W / 37.94194; -87.45972 ( Angel Mounds) Vanderburgh. Mississippian: Angel. 2. Archeological Sites 12Ma648 and 12Ma649 [5] Lawrence Township: atop a hill above Fall Creek in the northwestern corner of Fort Harrison State Park. 39°52′31″N 86°1′52″W.
Kansas has 105 counties, the fifth-highest total of any state. The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while ...
1,008 Townships. There are 92 counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. Each county serves as the local level of government within its borders. Although Indiana was organized into the United States since the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, its land was not always available for settlement. The Vincennes Tract, Clark's Grant and an area known as "The ...
The geography of Indiana comprises the physical features of the land and relative location of U.S. State of Indiana. Indiana is in the north-central United States and borders on Lake Michigan. Surrounding states are Michigan to the north and northeast, Illinois to the west, Kentucky to the south, and Ohio to the east.
Aurora 39°03′14″N84°54′06″W / 39.0539°N 84.9017°W / 39.0539; -84.9017 (Thomas Gaff House (Hillforest)) Dearborn. Located above the Ohio River, Hillforest was built in 1855 in the Italian Renaissance architectural style. Designed by Isaiah Rogers, its full-width frontal porch is reminiscent of a steamboat's deck.