Popina Island, the Glossary
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21 relations: Bird migration, Black Sea, Calandra lark, Common nightingale, Danube Delta, Fauna, Geology, Invertebrate, Island, Lake Golovița, Lake Razelm, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, Limestone, Loess, Myriapoda, Nature reserve, Outcrop, Romania, Scolopendra cingulata, Tadorna, Triassic.
- Lake islands of Europe
- Uninhabited islands of Romania
Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
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Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
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Calandra lark
The calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra) or European calandra-lark breeds in warm temperate countries around the Mediterranean and eastwards through Turkey into northern Iran and southern Russia.
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Common nightingale
The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song.
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Danube Delta
The Danube Delta (Delta Dunării,; Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent.
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Fauna
Fauna (faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time.
Geology
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
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Island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.
Lake Golovița
Lake Golovița is part of a complex of lagoons on Romania's Black Sea coast.
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Lake Razelm
Lake Razelm or Lake Razim (Limanul Razelm) is the name of a large freshwater lagoon on the shores of the Black Sea in Romania, south of the Danube Delta and part of its World Heritage Site.
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Latrodectus tredecimguttatus
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, also known as the Mediterranean black widow or the European black widow, is a species in the genus Latrodectus of the widow spiders.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
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Loess
A loess (from Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.
Myriapoda
Myriapods are the members of subphylum Myriapoda, containing arthropods such as millipedes and centipedes.
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Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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Outcrop
An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth and other terrestrial planets.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
Scolopendra cingulata
Scolopendra cingulata, also known as Megarian banded centipede, and the Mediterranean banded centipede, is a species of centipede, and "the most common scolopendromorph species in the Mediterranean area".
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Tadorna
The shelducks, most species of which are found in the genus Tadorna (except for the Radjah shelduck, which is now found in its own monotypic genus Radjah), are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.
Triassic
The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.
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See also
Lake islands of Europe
- Crannogs
- Golem Grad
- Gorodomlya Island
- Helgøya, Innlandet
- Kilpola
- Kizhi Island
- Møgelø
- Mantsinsaari Island
- Popina Island
- Stolobny Island
- Utøya
- Valaam
Uninhabited islands of Romania
- Popina Island
- Sacalin Island