TUNGUSKA

toon-goosˈkə, name of three eastern tributaries of the Yenisei River, Siberian Russia. The rivers cut across the swampy forests of E central Siberia, draining the Tunguska Basin. Furthest north is the Lower Tunguska, Rus. Nizhnyaya Tunguskanyēzhˈnyīŭ toon-goosˈkə, c.1,590 mi (2,600 km) long. It rises in the Central Siberian Plateau N of Lake Baykal and flows past Tura to join the Yenisei at Turukhansk. Flowing generally west, it is navigable (May–October) for c.1,100 mi (1,770 km). The Stony Tunguska, Rus. Podkamennaya Tunguskapŭtkäˈmyĭnīŭ toon-goosˈkə, c.980 mi (1,580 km) long, rises west of the headwaters of the Lower Tunguska. It flows generally NW past Baykit; there are rapids in its lower course. Upper Tunguska, Rus. Verkhnyaya Tunguskavĕrkˈnyəyə toon-goosˈkə, is the name given to the lower course of the Angara River. It flows generally west and joins the Yenisei at Strelka. The area of the three rivers is the home of the Tungus.

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books on: Tunguska  - 103 results

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On Air Defense
Book by James D. Crabtree; Praeger, 1994
Subjects: Air Defenses--History
...1 is meant to operate in mixed batteries with the Tunguska . Soviet tactical air defense continued to ride the leading edge of technology with the 2S6M Tunguska. The Tunguska was a natural result of the evolution of Soviet self...
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The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North
Book by Constantine Krypton; Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1956
Subjects: Northeast Passage--Economic Aspects, Russia, Northern--Economic Conditions, Siberia (Russia)--Economic Conditions
...Zheleznodorozhnaya magistral", op. cit . 20. "The Tunguska coal-bearing region, with an area...Estimates of the coal resources in the Tunguska Basin are tentative. At the Seventeenth...Tunguskii uglenosnyi bassein The Tunguska Coal Basin , Bolshaya Sovetskaya entsiklopediya...
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Soviet Potentials: A Geographic Appraisal
Book by George B. Cressey; Syracuse University Press, 1962
Subjects: Soviet Union--Economic Conditions--1955-1965
particularly in the Tunguska Hills which gradually rise to an elevation...In the south the Verkhne or Upper Tunguska, commonly called the Angara, flows...the middle is the Podkamena or Stony Tunguska, while the northern tributary is the...
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Killer Rocks from Outer Space: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
Book by Steven N. Koppes.; Lerner, 2004
Subjects: Asteroids, Comets, Meteorites
...TARGET: SIBERIA A cosmic bomb shook the Tunguska region of central Siberia at about 7...1927 to mount his first expedition to Tunguska. When Kulik finally reached the impact...it did far less damage than the one at Tunguska. When researchers finally reached the...
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Paranormal Borderlands of Science
Book by Kendrick Frazier; Prometheus Books, 1981
Subjects: Occultism, Parapsychology, Unidentified Flying Objects
main willing and eager to reopen the Tunguska debate with the authors or with any other...but probably a lot more important. Tunguska was not an isolated event; it could...before and since, at places other than Tunguska. Over western Canada in 1965, a 10...
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journal articles on: Tunguska  - 18 results

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Planetary Defense
Journal article by Rosario Nici, Douglas Kaupa; Airpower Journal, Vol. 11, 1997
Subjects: Asteroids, Disasters, Earth, Meteors & meteorites, Military strategy
...comet exploded in the atmosphere near Tunguska, Siberia. Though no crater formed...and the asteroid damaged a car.lo The Tunguska blast area is twice as big as New York...one kilometer.ll Scientists believe a Tunguska event will occur every century and a...
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Repugnant Is to Aversion ... a Look at ETS and the New SAT I
Journal article by Michael K. Smith; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 75, 1994
Subjects: College entrance achievement tests--Evaluation, Educational Testing Service--Planning, Educational tests and measurements--Validity, Scholastic Assessment Test--Innovations
...nature of the object that exploded above Tunguska in 1908. The following passage presents...reading passages were as follows: the Tunguska object; an extract from the memoirs...cities" or unexplained explosions in Tunguska. I do not mean to advocate reading passages...
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The Religious and Political Vision of Pynchon's against the Day
Journal article by Kathryn Hume; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 86, 2007
...wave, but in Against the Day, this Tunguska blast and other explosions produce light...prove able to talk for a while after the Tunguska blast; in folk tradition, animals talk...and sound (770), which may be the Tunguska event or may be an outpouring of sacred...
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Cosmic Dancers on History's Stage? The Permanent Revolution in the Earth Sciences
Journal article by Mike Davis; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1996
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...crater swathe produced by the Brazilian Tunguska event of 13 August 1930 that has attracted...Amazon or Siberia: it is unlikely that Tunguska-like impact would destroy even one...would suggest a higher frequency of Tunguska- type events, perhaps two or more per...
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Re-reading the X-Files: The Trickster in Contemporary Conspiracy Myth
Journal article by Leroy G. Dorsey; Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 66, 2002
Subjects: Conspiracies, The X-Files (Television program)--Criticism and interpretation, Trickster--Criticism and interpretation, Trickster--Social aspects, Tricksters--Criticism and interpretation, Tricksters--Social aspects
...al., 1997, "Memento Mori"; Spotnitz Carter, 1996, "Tunguska"; Carter, 1995a, "Anasazi"). Tricksters further distinguish...Broadcasting Company. Spotnitz, F., and Carter, C. (1996). Tunguska (R. Bowman, Director). In X-files. New York: Fox Broadcasting...
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A Century Later, Scientists Still Study Tunguska: Asteroid or Comet Blamed for Siberian Blast of 1908
Magazine article by Sid Perkins; Science News, Vol. 173, June 21, 2008
Subjects: Explosions--Research, Siberia--Environmental aspects
...Century Later, Scientists Still Study Tunguska: Asteroid or Comet Blamed for Siberian...Effects of the event--often called the Tunguska blast, after a major river running through...scientists are still debating the cause of the Tunguska blast. Through the years, Longo notes...
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The Tunguska Event: Nigel Watson Recalls a Mysterious Explosion That Occurred in Deepest Siberia, a Hundred Years Ago
Magazine article by Nigel Watson; History Today, Vol. 58, July 2008
Subjects: Explosions--Causes of, Explosions--History, Siberia--Accidents
The Tunguska Event: Nigel Watson Recalls a Mysterious...object exploded six miles above the Stony Tunguska River area, central Siberia, causing...that something immense had happened at Tunguska which was more than the product of superstitious...
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Tunguska Asteroid Size Downgraded by New Computer Simulations
Magazine article; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 32, March 2008
Subjects: Asteroids--Environmental aspects, Asteroids--Properties, Astronomical collisions--Research, Computer simulation--Usage, Computer-generated environments--Usage
Tunguska Asteroid Size Downgraded by New Computer...such incredible forest devastation at Tunguska a century ago in Siberia may have been...from such impacts is increased." The Tunguska event has long been incorporated into...
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Avoiding Cosmic Catastrophe
Magazine article by Charles Frankel; The Futurist, Vol. 34, July 2000
Subjects: Asteroids--Safety and security measures, Comets--Safety and security measures
...the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. The Tunguska event, as it has been called, is the...remote area of Siberia near the river Tunguska. Fortunately, the area at ground zero...globe three times. Eyewitnesses of the Tunguska event gave breathless accounts. Workers...
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The Sky Is Falling: The Odds That a Potentially Devastating Space Rock Will Hit Earth This Century May Be as High as One in 10. So Why Isn't NASA Trying Harder to Prevent Catastrophe?
Magazine article by Gregg Easterbrook; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 301, June 2008
Subjects: Abbott, Dallas--Research, Astronomical collisions--Prevention, Astronomical collisions--Research, Craters--Research, Geophysicists--Research, Impact craters--Research
...1908, a huge explosion occurred above Tunguska, Siberia. The cause was not a malfunctioning...Mexico, recently concluded that the Tunguska object was surprisingly small, perhaps...Boslough. Exploding in the air, the Tunguska rock did plenty of damage, but if people...
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WAS THIS ALIENS TRYING TO SAY HELLO? Deep Impact: Eighty Million Trees Were Flattened in the 'Tunguska Event'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 3, 2008
...Eighty Million Trees Were Flattened in the Tunguska Event. Byline: Jane Fryer AT 7.17am...830square miles were flattened. The Tunguska Eventas the devastation became knownwent...really happened nearthe Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Russia. Was it an asteroida...
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WAS THIS ALIENS TRYING TO SAY HELLO? ; Deep Impact: Eighty Million Trees Were Flattened in the Tunguska Event
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 8, 2008
...Eighty Million Trees Were Flattened in the Tunguska Event. Byline: JANE FRYER AT 7.17am...830square miles were flattened. The Tunguska Eventas the devastation became knownwent...really happened nearthe Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Russia. Was it an asteroida...
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Royal Hotel California; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 24, 2010
...that was heard all over the world? THE Tunguska Event was a powerful explosion on June...Podkamennaya (Lower Stoney) on the Tunguska river, in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai...but occasionally a larger one enters. Tunguska-like megaton events are very rare...
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THE END IS NIGH; Mile-Wide Asteroid Is Due to Destroy Human Race at 6.30pm on October 26, 2028
Newspaper article by Nick Britten; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 13, 1998
...earth about once every 100 years. The last one exploded over Tunguska, Siberia, in June 1908, with a blast as powerful as the...miles of forest. Dr Peiser said: "Perhaps we need another Tunguska to convince politicians how real the danger is. "With something...
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A Virtual Mystery That's All in the Mind; Intrigue: Where Is Nina's Father?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 23, 2008
...Where Is Ninas Father? Byline: JAMES OBRIEN Secret Files: Tunguska (Deep Silver) Wii (pounds sterling29.99) POINT-AND...patronising, it should be stated here that Ihad never heard of Tunguska before. It is, we soon learn, a region of Russia where...
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Tunguska
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TUNGUSKA toon-goos k , name of three eastern tributaries of the...across the swampy forests of E central Siberia, draining the Tunguska Basin . Furthest north is the Lower Tunguska, Rus. Nizhnyaya Tunguska nyezh nyiu toon-goos k , c...
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Tunguska Basin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TUNGUSKA BASIN c.400,000 sq mi (1,036,000 sq km...Krasnoyarsk Territory); the basin is crossed by the Tunguska rivers. On June 30, 1908, a section of the basin near the Stony Tunguska River was the scene of the Tunguska Event, a...
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Yenisei
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...through a c.250 mi (400 km) long estuary composed of Yenisei Bay and Yenisei Gulf. The Angara, Stony Tunguska, and Lower Tunguska rivers are the Yeniseis chief tributaries. The river is frozen during the winter months. In the spring ice...
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Angara
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Yenisei River near Strelka. Below its junction with the Ilim River the Angara is known also as the Upper Tunguska (Rus. Verkhnyaya Tunguska ). The Angara is navigable between Irkutsk and Bratsk; below Bratsk there are many rapids. At Bratsk...
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Meteor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a fireball ; a fireball that breaks apart with an explosion is a bolide. The brightest fireball ever recorded fell in the Tunguska Basin, Siberia, in 1908, causing the destruction of forest over an area of about 770 sq mi (2,000 sq km). Meteoroids...
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