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North-South Powerline The North-South Powerline, or Nord-SĂĽd-Leitung, is the world's oldest interconnection for electric current. It was built between 1924 and 1929 by RWE AG, to transport electricity produced in the hydro-electric power plants in Vorarlberg, Austria and the southern Black Forest to the Ruhr district.
North-South Rail Link The North-South Rail Link is a plan for a passenger railroad tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts to connect South Station to North Station. Currently there is no direct connection between the two stations, which are the terminal points for all MBTA commuter rail lines leading into the city, and for Amtrak services to various points.
North-wing politics In politics, north-wing, the political north, or simply northwing, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum whose political attitudes occupy the north of a 360° Political Compass, rather than the traditional left-right scale. The northern segment commonly represents collective authority, and social normality.
North-West Europe Campaign of 1940 North-West Europe Campaign of 1940 is a battle honour given to several regiments in the British Army. It refers to the land campaign starting with the invasion of France in May 1940 and ending with the evacuation from Dunkirk.
North-West Europe Campaign of 1944-1945 North-West Europe Campaign of 1944-1945 is a battle honour given to several regiments in the British Army. It refers to the land campaign starting with the landings in Normandy and ended with Field Marshal Montgomery taking the German military surrender of all German forces in Holland, Northwest Germany and Denmark on LĂĽneburg Heath in Northwest Germany.
North-West Frontier (military history) The North-West Frontier of British India was fought over almost continuously from the British annexation of the Punjab after the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) and Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49), until the British left India in 1947. The military history of the region has been a succession of uprisings by the native Pashtun (or Pathan as the British called them) tribes, each suppressed with more or less blood spilled, punctuated by major wars against Afghanistan.
North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) (Urdu: شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ) is the smallest in size of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Pashtuns or Pukhtoons or Pakhtoons. Neighbouring regions include Afghanistan to the west and north, and the Northern Areas and Kashmir to the northeast and east.
North-West Frontier Province (historical) The North-West Frontier Province is a former province of Pakistan which was established in 1901 and dissolved in 1955. The province covered an area of 70,709 km² including much of the current North-West Frontier Province province but excluding the former princely states of Amb, Chitral, Dir, Phulra and Swat.
North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance or the Saskatchewan Rebellion) of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful attempt by the MĂ©tis people of Saskatchewan to bring to the attention of the Dominion of Canada their concerns for the survival of their people.
North-West University The North-West University is a newly merged institution from 1 January 2004 onwards with four campuses at Potchefstroom, Mafikeng, Vanderbijlpark and Mankwe. The Potchefstroom Campus (founded in 1869) is the largest, and the head office of the University is situated at this location.
North-Western Front The North-Western Front was a military formation of the Red Army during World War II. It was created on June 22, 1941, the first day of the Soviet-German War on the basis of the Baltic Special Military District.
North-Western State North-Western State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states - Niger and Sokoto.
North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) is an incorporated, non-profit organization responsible for all volleyball activities that take place in its zone. NORCECA is the continental confederation that represents its thirty-five (35) member countries at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) level.
North/Northwest Phoenix North/Northwest Phoenix is a neighborhood in Phoenix, Arizona. It is largely suburban-style residential in nature, and was largely developed after the 1960s, with some parcels still awaiting development to this day, especially in the easternmost portions closest to the border with Scottsdale.
North/South Line (Amsterdam metro) The North/South Line (in Dutch Noord/Zuidlijn) of Amsterdam, Netherlands, is a new metro line being constructed from 2003. It will run from Amsterdam North (across the IJ waterway) to train station Amsterdam Zuid WTC in the south of Amsterdam (Zuidas area), under the IJ and through (i.
North/South Ministerial Council The North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC, Irish: An Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh/Theas, Ulster Scots: The Noarth-Sooth Cooncil o Männystèrs) is a body established under the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) to co-ordinate activity and exercise certain limited governmental powers across the whole island of Ireland. The Council takes the form of meetings between ministers from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and is responsible for twelve policy areas.
North/West Lower Michigan Synod The North/West Lower Michigan Synod is a synod, or diocese, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The synod consists of all ELCA congregations in Lower Michigan, except those in the extended Metro Detroit area.
Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency) Northallerton was a parliamentary borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1640 to 1832, and by one member from 1832 until 1885.
Northallerton College Northallerton College was formerly known as Northallerton Grammar School, it was founded in 1323. Parts of the old school building can be seen adjacent to All Saints' Church near the north end of Northallerton High Street.
Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line The Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line runs between the town of Northallerton and the village of Eaglescliffe. Services are used by First TransPennine Express between Manchester Airport and Middlesbrough and Newcastle (dirvisions only on the Durham Coast Line) Mainly travels via Darlington and Durham on the ECML
Northam, Devon Northam is a small town in Devon, England, lying north of Bideford and south of Westward Ho!. It is thought to have been the site of an Anglo-Saxon castle, and is said to have been where Hubba the Dane attacked Devon and was repelled (perhaps by Alfred the Great or by the Earl of Devon).
Northampton & Lamport Railway The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England. It is based at Pitsford and Brampton railway station, near the villages of Pitsford and Chapel Brampton, roughly 5 miles (8 km) north of Northampton.
Northampton Brewing Co. Ltd (Picaroons) Brewery located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Founded by Sean Dunbar, produces three regular brews, Picaroon's Irish Red, Picaroon's Best Bitter and Simeon Jones River Valley Amber Ale in addition to seasonal brews
Northampton class cruiser The Northampton class of United States Navy cruisers was a reaction to the weight and cost of the Pensacola class, with 3 triple mounted 8 inch gun turrets and slightly heavier armor. Although armor was increased in comparison with the preceding Pensacola class, the they turned out being even lighter; nearly 1,000 tons below the treaty limitations.
Northampton Cathedral Northampton Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Northampton, England. It is the seat of the Diocese of Northampton which covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and that part of Berkshire (formerly in Buckinghamshire) that lies to the north of the River Thames.
Northampton sand The Northampton sand, sometimes called the Northamptonshire sand is a geological formation found in the East Midlands of England. Particularly in the twentieth century, it has been of economic importance as a source of iron ore, but is now worked much less.
Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency) Northampton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created before the election of February 1974 when the old constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton North and Northampton South.
Northampton Street Bridge The Northampton Street Bridge is a bridge from Easton, PA to Phillipsburg, NJ that crosses the Delaware River. The bridge opened on October 14, 1806 and is maintained by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission even though this bridge isn't a toll bridge.
Northampton's tunnels Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England upon the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire; its history goes back many centuries with much of the present town's development taking place during medieval times.
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks.
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 2005 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and Division One of the totesport League. They started the season at 12-1 to win the Division Two title.
Northamptonshire Football Combination The Northamptonshire Football Combination is a football competition based in England. It has a total of eight divisions (five first-team divisions and three reserve divisions), the most senior of which is the Northamptonshire Football Combination Premier Division, which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a 1½ mile long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, SW of Northampton. The line is mainly dedicated to freight working, featuring many sharp curves and steep gradients which were typical of the industrial railway, but rides are available in a variety of vehicles including a converted brake van.
Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written about the years 1798-1799.
Northbridge (computing) The northbridge, also known as the Memory Controller Hub (MCH), is traditionally one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the Southbridge. Separating the chipset into Northbridge and Southbridge is common, although there are rare instances where these two chips have been combined onto one die when design complexity and fabrication processes permit it.
Northbridge Services Group Northbridge Services Group Ltd is a private military company (PMC) which is registered in the Dominican Republic and has offices in the United Kingdom and Ukraine. Its president and CEO is US Army (retired) Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W.
Northbridge, New South Wales Northbridge is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It contains a historic stone bridge and is located on Sydney's lower North Shore, sandwiched between the suburbs of Cammeray, Castlecrag and Willoughby.
Northcliff, Gauteng Northcliff is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a mostly upper-income residential area, located on Northcliff Ridge which overlooks the Central Business District on one side, and the northern suburbs on the other.
Northcliffe Glacier Northcliffe Glacier () is a glacier descending to the coast immediately east of Davis Peninsula, in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, under Mawson, and named for Lord Northcliffe, of London, a patron of the expedition.
Northcliffe, Western Australia Northcliffe is a town located in the lower south west of Western Australia in the Southern Forests region surrounded by towering karri and jarrah forest over which the community engages in ongoing debate. The various issues of conservation, environmental protection, economic gain, logging, tourism, public use, private use, cultural impact and old growth forest resource value are vigorously and intelligently confronted here.
Northcoast PCS Northcoast PCS was an Independence, Ohio-based prepaid mobile phone operator owned by Cleveland Unlimited, LLC. It offered no-contract unlimited local calling for a fixed monthly price similar to Cricket Communications in Cleveland.
Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund North Country Cooperative Development Fund is a "cooperative's cooperative." NCDF is a financial intermediary that obtains deposits and investments from cooperative enterprises and their supporters and provides loans and other assistance to cooperative business.
Northdown Northdown is a mini album released by electronica band Psapp. It was only released in Japan and four of its tracks are exclusive to this album (except "Side Dish", "Dirt Is Falling" that were later released on Early Cats and Tracks, and "Curuncula" which was later released on Tiger, My Friend).
Northeast 60th Avenue (MAX station) The Northeast 60th Avenue station is a light rail station on the Blue Line and Red Line of the Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) in Portland, Oregon. It is the 13th stop eastbound on the Eastside MAX, and is located on the boundary between the Center and Rose City Park neighborhoods.
Northeast Action Northeast Action (NEAction) is a USA political organization, with offices in Connecticut and Massachusetts, working in New England and New York State. It was founded in 1984 as part of the Citizen Action network.
Northeast Agricultural University The Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU)(东北农业大学)was established in 1948 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, PRC. It was first called Northeast Agricultural College and in 1994 it was renamed NEAU.
Northeast Air Defense Sector The Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS), is a component of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) located at what used to be Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. It is responsible for providing detection and air defense for the U.
Northeast Airlines Northeast Airlines was an American airline based in Boston, Massachusetts. It began as Boston-Maine Airways, which was founded as a Pan Am contract carrier on July 20, 1931 by the Boston and Maine Railroad and Maine Central Railroad offering service from Boston to Bangor via Portland.
Northeast Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army Ma Zhanshan, who had surrendered in January 1932 and joined the Manchukuo regime, rebelled again in late April, forming his own volunteer army in Heilongjiang province at the beginning of May, and then he established another 11 troops of volunteers at Buxi, Gannan, Keshan, Kedong and other places and thus established the Northeast Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army with Ma appointed as Commander-in-chief, with the other volunteer armies as subordinates at least in name.
Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army After the Empire of Japan invaded and occupied the Northeast in 1931, the Chinese Communist Party organized anti-Japanese guerrilla units, and formed the Northeastern People's Revolutionary Army. Dispite party disapproval, some party members joined or rendered assistance to to the various Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies fighting the Japanese and the forces of Manchukuo.
Northeast Asia Trade Tower The Northeast Asia Trade Tower is a supertall skyscraper under construction in New Songdo City, a massive real estate project in Incheon, South Korea. The tower will be the landmark structure of the planned city.
Northeast Blackout of 1965 The Northeast Blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on November 9, 1965, affecting Ontario, Canada and Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey in the United States. Around 25 million people and 80,000 square miles (207,000 km²) were left without electricity for up to twelve hours.
Northeast Blackout of 2003 The Northeast Blackout of 2003 was a massive power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003. Although not affecting as many people as the later 2003 Italy blackout, it was the largest blackout in North American history.
Northeast Catholic High School Northeast Catholic High School opened in 1926 as Northeast Catholic High School for Boys, and is located at 1842 Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19124. It is under the administration of the high school system of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and its sports teams participate in the Philadelphia Catholic League.
Northeast Caucasian languages The Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Caspian, Nakh-Dagestanian, or Dagestanian, are a family of languages spoken in the Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia, in northern Azerbaijan, and in Georgia, as well as in diaspora populations.
Northeast Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa The Northeast Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa (NECLSA) was an anti-aparthheid organisation founded in 1977 at Yale University by members of the Black Student Alliance at Yale (BSAY) and students at Rutgers University in response to the massacre of black student by the South African police during the Soweto student uprisings in June 1976. The organisation quickly expanded to a majority membership of white Americans.
Northeast Coast National Scenic Area Northeast Coast National Scenic Area(東北角海岸國家風景區) is located at Northeastern Taiwan with special geographical and historical distinctness. It ranges from Nanya Borough, Rueifang Town, Taipei County from the north to North Porth of Toucheng Town, Yilan County, and covers Rueifang and Gongliao Townships of Taipei and Toucheng Township of Yilan.
Northeast Consortium The Northeast Consortium is a group of high schools in northeast Montgomery County, Maryland, composed of James Hubert Blake High School, Paint Branch High School and Springbrook High School. Each school in the consortium is part of a "signature program", that established specialized programs at each of the schools.
Northeast Corridor The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is the busiest passenger rail line in the United States by ridership and service frequency. The route is fully electrified and serves a densely urbanized string of cities from Washington, DC in the south through Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and New Haven to Boston.
Northeast Corridor Line The Northeast Corridor Line is a commuter rail operation run by New Jersey Transit along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. It is the successor to commuter services provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad along the section between Trenton, New Jersey and New York Penn Station.
Northeast Dairy Compact The Northeast [Interstate] Dairy Compact was a controversial interstate compact created by the New England states and approved by Congress in Public Law 104-127 (1996), the purpose of which was to regulate the wholesale price of fluid milk in the member states and take other actions to preserve the economic viability of dairy farming in the region. The compact created a Northeast Dairy Compact Commission, based in Montpelier, Vermont, charged with setting prices and regulating bulk milk handlers.
Northeast Division Board The Northeast Divisional Board of the North American GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and gaelic football in the Boston metropolitan area. It is affiliated to the North American Board, and is the largest division in the NACB.
Northeast El Paso Northeast El Paso (sometimes called North El Paso) is part of the city of El Paso, Texas and is located North of Central El Paso, and East of the Franklin Mountains. Development of the area started around the 1950s, when many homes were demolished in the process of the construction of Interstate 10.
Northeast Express Regional Airlines Northeast Express Regional Airlines was a regional airline based in Maine. The airline was originally known as Valley Airlines, then they rebranded and became Northeast Express Regional Airlines and became a Northwest Airlines codeshare affiliate dba Northwest Airlink.
Northeast Faerûn Faerûn is a fictional continent in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting world of Forgotten Realms. The northeastern part of the continent is a remote area that begins in the cold, forbidding lands along the great ice sheets and continues south toward the northeastern shores of the Sea of Fallen Stars.
Northeast Frontier Railway The North Eastern Railway was created during the reorganisation of the Indian Railways system in 1952 by amalgamating the Assam Railway and Avadh-Tirhut Railway. To better serve the needs of the northeastern states, the Northeast Frontier Railway, NFR, was carved out of the North Eastern Railway in 1958.
Northeast Glacier Northeast Glacier is a steep, heavily crevassed glacier, 13 miles long and 5 miles wide at its mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward and then southwestwards into Marguerite Bay between the Debenham Islands and Roman Four Promontory, on the west coast of Graham Land. Northeast Glacier is located at .
Northeast High School (Oakland Park, Florida) Northeast High School (located in Oakland Park, Florida) is a high school in Broward County, Florida. Northeast serves Oakland Park and Fort Lauderdale as well as the portion of North Lauderdale east of Florida's Turnpike.
Northeast High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Northeast High School is a High School located on Cottman Ave and Summerdale Ave in Philadelphia, PA, United States. Northeast is one of the oldest high schools in Philadelphia, founded in 1890 as the Northeast Manual Training School.
Northeast China Northeastern China () is a geographical region of China. It is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun, and Ussuri rivers, from North Korea by the Yalu and Tumen rivers, and from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region by the Greater Khingan Range.
Northeast Iowa Community College Northeast Iowa Community College serves the Iowa counties of Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek, Dubuque, and Delaware counties. It also includes sections of Bremer, Buchanan, Jones, Jackson, and Mitchell counties.
Northeast Italy Northeast Italy (Italian: Italia nord-orientale) is an informal cultural and geographic region of Italy and subregion of northern Italy. It is generally considered to be comprised of three Italian regions: Veneto, Trentino-South Tyrol, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Northeast Minneapolis Northeast Minneapolis includes the oldest neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from downtown Minneapolis and North Minneapolis. The part of Northeast Minneapolis across the river from downtown was originally settled as St Anthony, named after the falls that marked the northernmost navigable point of the Mississippi river.
Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association The Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (or NEMAA) is an organization of artists and allies based in Northeast Minneapolis, the part of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota across the Mississippi River from downtown. Focused on the visual arts, it also seeks to encourage the growth of the arts in general in Northeast.
Northeast National Salvation Society Exiles from the Northeast founded a Northeast National Salvation Society in order to put pressure on the Chinese government to resist the Japanese and to assist the volunteer armies, especially in Liaoning. One of its chief supporters was Zhang Xueliang who privately supported resistance, despite his public obedience to the government policy of non resistance.
Northeast News Gleaner The Northeast News Gleaner bills itself as "the oldest weekly newspaper in Northeast Philadelphia". Known informally as the News Gleaner, the publication has been housed in a 32,000-square-foot building on Gantry Road since March 1999.
Northeast Ohio Panthers The Northeast Ohio Panthers are an indoor football team based in Warren, Ohio. They are scheduled to begin play in 2007 as a member of the Eastern Indoor Football League, which is not affiliated with the Arena Football League or af2.
Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army The Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army was led by Tang Juwu, formerly the commander of a Northeastern infantry regiment, interned by the Japanese at the beginging of the invasion. It was created by Northeast National Salvation Society that had appointed Tang as commander after his excape from the Japanese and helped him link up with the local forces which others were organising.
Northeast Pond Northeast Pond is a 683-acre water body located along the border between Strafford County, New Hampshire, and York County, Maine in the northeastern United States. The lake lies in the towns of Milton, New Hampshire, and Lebanon, Maine.
Northeast Power Coordinating Council The Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) was formed January 19, 1966, as a successor to the Canada-United States Eastern Interconnection (CANUSE). NPCC is one of nine regional electric reliability councils under North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) authority.
Northeast Region, Brazil The Nordeste (Northeastern Brazil) is composed of the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe. The biggest cities are Salvador, Fortaleza and Recife, which are the regional metropolitan areas of the Nordeste, all with a population above a million inhabitants.
Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners (NERB) is one of four examination agencies for dentists in the United States. The other examination agencies are, Western Regional Examining Board, Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Southern Regional Testing Agency.
Northeast State Technical Community College Northeast State Technical Community College is a two-year community college located in Blountville, Tennessee. Northeast State provides university parallel programs designed for students desiring to transfer to another college or university, two-year career programs, and continuing education and community service programs.
Northeast Ten Conference The Northeast Ten Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Northeast Texas Community College Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) is a community college serving the Northeast Texas region. The campus is set on 375 acres in rural Titus County near the community of Chapel Hill, approximately seven miles southeast of Mount Pleasant, the county seat.
Northeast U.S. flooding of October 2005 In October of 2005, remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy and Subtropical Depression Twenty-Two merged with incoming continental cold fronts to produce torrential rains over interior New England, as well as over parts of New Jersey and New York. Particularly hard hit was the state of New Hampshire, which saw roads and bridges wiped out, several reported deaths, and whole buildings destroyed.
Northeast Utilities Northeast Utilities (NU) is a publicly-traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Berlin, Connecticut, with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity and natural gas service to more than 2 million customers in New England.
Northeast Wisconsin Economic Development Partnership The Northeast Wisconsin Regional Economic Partnership, (NEWREP) was created in 2002, when then-Governor Scott McCallum announced the creation of the "Build Wisconsin" program. The program was designed with the goal of creating a higher standard of living and enhancing the overall economic climate in Wisconsin through cooperative regional partnerships.
Northeastern Army The Northeastern Army (Traditional Chinese: 東北軍; Simplified Chinese: 东北军; pinyin: Dōngběi Jūn), was the Chinese army that faced the Japanese forces in Manchuria and Jehol in the beginning years of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Northeastern Brazil restingas The Northeastern Brazil restingas are a an ecoregion of northeastern Brazil. Restingas are coastal forests which form on sandy, acidic, and nutrient-poor soils, and are characterized by medium sized trees and shrubs adapted to the dry and nutrient-poor conditions found there.
Northeastern coastal forests The Northeastern coastal forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the northeastern United States. The ecoregion covers an area of 89,691 km² encompassing the Piedmont and coastal plain of seven states, extending from northern Maryland and Delaware through southeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southern New York State, Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire to southwestern Maine.
Northeastern District The Northeastern District is one of the 16 geographical districts of the Barbershop Harmony Society, an all-male North American singing fraternity. It is composed of male barbershop singers living in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and New Hampshire
Northeastern Chinese cuisine Northeastern Chinese cuisine (东北菜; pinyin: dōngběi cài), or Manchurian cuisine , relies heavily on preserved foods and hearty fare due to the harsh winters and relatively short growing seasons. Pickling, such as is a very common form of food preservation and pickled cabbage (suan cai)is traditionally made by most households in giant clay pickling vats.
Northeastern Illinois University Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public state university located in the North Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. Northeastern Illinois University serves commuter students in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Northeastern Mandarin Northeastern Mandarin or Northeast China Dialect is a variety of Mandarin Chinese, known as Dongbeihua (), literally "Northeast Speech/Language," or Dongbeiguanhua (东北官话/東北官話; Dōngběiguānhuà) in Mandarin. Northeastern Mandarin is very similar to the Beijing dialect, upon which Standard Mandarin Chinese (Pǔtōnghuà) is based, although many Northeasterners claim to speak a more pure form of Mandarin than those in China's capital.
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Ontario Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (2001 census population 2,531) is a town in Manitoulin District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, approximately 30 kilometres south of Espanola, Ontario. The main town is on the northeast side of Manitoulin Island.
Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (often abbreviated to NENA) is a term used by semiticists to refer to a large variety of Modern Aramaic languages that were once spoken of a large region stretching from the plain of Urmia, in northwestern Iran, to the plain of Mosul, in northern Iraq. The NENA languages contain a large number of loanwords from their surrounding languages: Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani and Turkish language.
Northeastern North Carolina Northeastern North Carolina consists of 16 counties. Although the region has historically lagged far behind the rest of North Carolina in terms of economic growth, it has much to offer in the form of undeveloped beaches, rivers, and small-town life.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Located in the small former mining town of Miami, Oklahoma, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (commonly referred to as NEO) is a two-year community college with programs in Agriculture, Livestock Judging, Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant, Theatre, Social Science, and a variety of other academic fields. Established as the Oklahoma School of Mines in 1919, NEO currently has an enrollment of approximately two thousand students.
Northeastern Pennsylvania This mountainous area of Pennsylvania includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains and former anthracite coal mining cities and towns, including Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Pittston and Carbondale. U.

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