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Hammada
A hamada is a type of desert landscape. Hamada or hammada (or Japanese ) may also refer to: Places *Hamada, Shimane, a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan * Rikuzen-Hamada Station, a rail station in Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan Other uses * Hamada (name), list of people with the surname and given name * ''Hammada'' (plant), a genus in the family Amaranthaceae *'' Taraka hamada'', a species of Indian butterfly *''Hamada'', a 2009 album by Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær (), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most ... See also * Hamadeh (other) {{disambiguation, geo, taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammada (plant)
''Hammada'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae, in which it is placed in the subfamily Salsoloideae. It is a very unclear and unsorted genus, with many species that have been classed as synonyms by other authors. The native range of the genus is in central and southwestern Asia, with species found in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Uzbekistan. They are often found growing in alkaline or saline habitats. Description They are perennial plants, with a glabrous (smooth) wood (only at the base). They can grow up to tall. Michael Zohary The weed-like plants have regular, minute, or small, cyclic flowers. The flowers have no petals, but 5 sepals which are united at the base. It has 5 stamens and the ovary is positioned superior and consists of 2 united carpels. Which late matures into a fruit (or seed capsule). Known species According to Plants of the World Online; * '' Hammada eriantha'' Botsch. (from Uzbekistan) * '' Hammada ramosissima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamada
A hamada (, ) is a type of desert landscape consisting of high, largely barren, hard rocky (basalt) plateaus, where most of the sand has been removed by Aeolian processes#Wind erosion, deflation. The majority of the Sahara is hamada. Other examples are Negev desert in Israel and the in Algeria. Formation Hamadas are produced by the wind, which removes the fine products of weathering, an Aeolian processes, aeolian process known as deflation. The finer-grained products are taken away in suspension. At the same time, the sand is removed through saltation (geology), saltation and Aeolian landform#Mechanism, surface creep, leaving behind a landscape of gravel, boulders and bare rock. Related landforms Hamada is related to desert pavement (known variously as reg, serir, gibber, or saï), which occurs as stony plains or depressions covered with gravels or boulders rather than as highland plateaus. Hamadas exist in contrast to ''Erg (landform), ergs'', which are large areas of shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamada, Shimane
is a city located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 50,176 in 25498 households and a population density of 73 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Hamada is located in central Shimane, facing the Sea of Japan to the north and the Chugoku Mountains to the south. Neighboring municipalities Hiroshima Prefecture * Kitahiroshima Shimane Prefecture * Gōtsu * Masuda * Ōnan Climate Hamada has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). It experiences a wide range in temperature between summer and winter but due to its location it is saved from the extreme winter cold in the north and prolonged summer heat in the south. In summer the temperature gets as high as with high humidity and in winter it can drop to . The coastal main city of Hamada occasionally gets snowfall in the winter. The mountainous areas of Hamada inland to the east receive high levels of snowfall and are home to some of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikuzen-Hamada Station
is a railway station in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Rikuzen-Hamada Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 20.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station. Station layout The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. History Rikuzen-Hamada Station opened on April 18, 1927 as a on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and was renamed to its present name on that date. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11 to May 28, 2011 due to damage caused by the tsunami associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Surrounding area * *Hamada Fishing Port *Mt. Sokan *The Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamada (name)
Hamada is both a Japanese surname and a given name, as well as a common Arabic first name popular mostly in Egypt. Notable people with the name include: People with the surname * Asahi Hamada (born 2001), Japanese Kpop idol *Ayako Hamada (born 1981), Japanese-Mexican professional wrestler, daughter of Gran Hamada *, Japanese film and television actor *, Japanese professional wrestler *, birth name of Halna, Japanese singer *, retired Japanese judoka *, the 29th President of the University of Tokyo *, samurai retainer to the Date clan *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese economist *, Japanese politician * or (1881–1938), Japanese academic, archaeologist, author and former President of Kyoto University *, former member of the Supreme Court of Japan from 2001 until 2006 *, Japanese female rock singer, songwriter and producer. *, Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese television host and comedian *, Japanese politician *, female Japanese taekwondo practitioner * Mido Hamada (born 1971), G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraka Hamada
''Taraka hamada'', the forest Pierrot, is a small species of butterfly found in Asia, that belongs to the lycaenids (or blues) family. Description The uppersides of its wings are very pale brown in color, somewhat paler in the female, uniform, with the black spots of the underside faintly apparent by transparency. The undersides are white, with round black spots and markings as follows: forewing: a spot at base of wing followed in transverse order by two spots, again two spots, then an irregular row of five spots that crosses near the apex of cell, the lower two coalescent, beyond that another curved row of five spots, two of which are in interspace 3, then a complete curved series of outwardly-pointed and a terminal series of inwardly-pointed similar spots. The spots of the last series cross a well-marked but very slender anteciliary black line, and thus cause the white cilia to the wing to be alternated with black. Hindwing: similarly crossed by five rows, all of which are more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Petter Molvær
Nils Petter Molvær (), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most commercially successful album, '' Khmer''. Biography Molvær was born and raised on the island of Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, and left at age nineteen to study on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1980–82). He joined the bands Jazzpunkensemblet with Jon Eberson and Masqualero, alongside Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen and Tore Brunborg. Masqualero (named after a Wayne Shorter composition originally recorded by Miles Davis) recorded several albums for ECM Records, and Molvær recorded with other ECM artists before his 1997 debut solo album, ''Khmer''. The record was a fusion of jazz, rock, electronic soundscapes, and hip-hop beats – and quite unlike the delicate "chamber jazz" typically associated with ECM. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
