krishnakodi Wood
krishnakodi Wood answered

Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia is the largest temple in the world. It is made of three rectangular galleries rising to a central tower, each level higher than the last. The outer gallery of the Angkor Wat temple measures 187 x 215 meters (614 x 705 feet). After this, the next two galleries are connected … Read more

Virginia Lou
Virginia Lou answered Goaty McSheepson's question

Dear Goaty McSheepson,

No; I doubt that Malthus (1766-1834), a clergyman, would ever have suggested euthanasia. He saw population as limited by war, disease, and famine; and his suggestion for an alternative to that, was a form of moral restraint. Although he viewed birth control as sinful, he thought people could marry later in life, which … Read more

Tom  Jackson
Tom Jackson answered Goaty McSheepson's question

Just a different shine of the light:

It is "....easy to lose sight of Malthus’s actual conclusion: That because humans have not all starved, economic choices must be at work, and it is the job of an economist to study those choices."

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Malthus.html

Ray  Dart
Ray Dart answered Goaty McSheepson's question

I don't think so. I think he was the guy who suggested that human population growth was limited by the ability to grow food. (Not really THAT clever if you think about it). At some time in the future the amount of food that can be produced will plateau. At that point, so will the … Read more

Virginia Lou
Virginia Lou answered Mishal Khan's question

Dear Mishal Khan,

The Northern Mountains of Pakistan include Karakoram, the Himalayas, and Hindu Kush. They are generally higher than the Western Mountains, the beautiful K2 reaching 8611 meters (28,251').

In the Northern Mountains the precipitation is mainly snow, and because of the severe climate there are mainly glaciers not rivers. Thus also a low population … Read more

Anna Levi
Anna Levi answered

Usually, an inset map is used to show a small part of the map at a larger scale (in order to show it in more detail), or to show the location shown in the map in a more familiar setting (e.g. A map of the north of Italy may have an inset map of Italy's … Read more