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unusual facts about Koa'e Fault Zone


Koa'e Fault Zone

This vast difference in movement rates has over time created numerous antiforms in the region, with some of the most prominent being near the White Rabbit.


Cyclamen coum

The species name coum more likely refers to Koa or Quwê (an ancient region in eastern Cilicia, now part of Armenia and southeastern Turkey), which is part of the species' natural range, than to the island of Kos, where the species does not grow.

Karair

On 5 February 1973, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered OH-KOA) crashed near Pudasjärvi in heavy icing conditions during a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Oulu to Kuusamo because of an engine failure.

Koke'e State Park

Recovery from Hurricane Iwa and transition to koa forest from drier conditions is evident.

Scissor-billed Koa Finch

Of the four species in the genus Rhodacanthis, the Scissor-billed Koa Finch and the Primitive Koa Finch became extinct before the arrival of the first Europeans to Hawaii in 1778.

Slavery in Japan

According to a joint study by historians including Zhifen Ju, Mitsuyoshi Himeta, Toru Kubo and Mark Peattie, more than 10 million Chinese civilians were mobilized by the Kōa-in (East Asia Development Board) for forced labour.

Unfree labour

In Asia, according to a joint study of historians featuring Zhifen Ju, Mark Peattie, Toru Kubo, and Mitsuyoshi Himeta, more than 10 million Chinese were mobilized by the Japanese army and enslaved by the Kōa-in for slave labour in Manchukuo and north China.


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