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The magazine recently launched a spin-off, National Geographic Little Kids, targeted toward children 3–6 years of age. [5] In 2009 the magazine launched their first almanac called National Geographic Kids Almanac 2010. In 2010 the almanac continued with an updated book, National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011. There have been new updates to the ...
The National Geographic Society was founded on January 13, 1888 "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge". [ 3] It is governed by a board of trustees whose 33 members include distinguished educators, business executives, former government officials and conservationists. [ 4] The organization sponsors and funds scientific research and ...
The Public Land Survey System ( PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of ...
National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of the company) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all commercial activities related to the Society, including magazine publications and television channels.
The National Geographic GeoBee (called the National Geographic Bee from 2001 to 2018, [1] also referred to as the Nat Geo Bee) was an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The bee, held annually from 1989 to 2019, was open to students in the fourth through eighth grades in participating schools from the United ...
The following is a list of television programs currently or formerly broadcast by National Geographic, for either the National Geographic channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Kids, or Disney+. Current original programming
A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model.Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outcrops and landforms, to intrusive methods, such as hand augering and machine-driven boreholes, to the use of geophysical techniques and remote sensing ...
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