Giovanni Bernini's `` Fountain of the Rivers '', in the center of the piazza, is built around a Roman obelisk from the Circus of Maxentius which rests on grottoes and rocks, with four huge figures, one at each corner, denoting four great rivers from different continents -- the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile, and the Plate.

Shortly thereafter the Nanina encountered the British ship Nancy under Lt D ' Aranda who had sailed from the River Plate in order to rescue the survivors of the Isabella.

Today, the term is most often used to refer to the valley of the East African Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple Junction southward across eastern Africa, and is in the process of splitting the African Plate into two new separate plates.

Map of East Africa showing some of the historically active volcano es ( red triangles ) and the Afar Triangle ( shaded, center ) — a triple junction where three plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian Plate, and the two parts of the African Plate ( the Nubian and the Somali ) splitting along the East African Rift Zone ( USGS ).

India is entirely contained on the Indian Plate, a major tectonic plate that was formed when it split off from the ancient continent Gondwanaland ( ancient landmass, consisting of the southern part of the supercontinent of Pangea ).

Plate from Birds of America, featuring the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

The metamorphic grade comprises a blueschist facies, which results from tectonic deformation by the subduction of the African Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate.

According to plate reconstructions, the island is believed to have been formed by the collision of terranes from the Asian Plate ( forming the west and southwest ), from the Australian Plate ( forming the southeast and Banggai ), and from island arcs previously in the Pacific ( forming the north and east peninsulas ).

The western part of the island, and much of the central range, consists of sedimentary deposits scraped from the descending edge of the Eurasian Plate.

That year, he also contributed backing vocals to Bonnie Raitt's " Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes ", from her album Home Plate.

Earthquakes are rarely above 4. 5 on the Richter magnitude scale because Virginia is located away from the edges of the North American Plate.

Plate from Christopher Simpson's book, The Division Violist, England, 1659 – 1667 edition.

* July 30 – In Santiago, Chile, Cruzeiro from Brazil beats River Plate from Argentina and are the Copa Libertadores de América champions.

Gondwana began to break up 140 million years ago ( MYA ); 50 MYA Australia separated from Antarctica and was relatively isolated until the collision of the Indo-Australian Plate with Asia in the Miocene era 5. 3 MYA.

Through collisions and accretion a group of island arcs ( that included the Central Iberian Plate, Ossa-Morena Plate, South Portuguese Plate ) began to disintegrate from Godwana ( along with other European fragments ).

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Plate 41 of Birds of America by John James Audubon, depicting Ruffed Grouse

John James Audubon illustrated the Merlin in the second edition of Birds of America ( published in London, 1827 – 38 ) as Plate 75, under the title, " Le Petit Caporal – Falco temerarius ".

John James Audubon illustrates the " Long-eared Owl-Strix otus " as Plate 383 in Birds of America, published London, 1827-38.

John James Audubon illustrated the Barred Owl in Birds of America ( published, London 1827-38 ) as Plate 46 where it is shown threatening a Grey Squirrel.

John James Audubon illustrates the Cerulean Warbler in Birds of America ( published, London 1827 – 38 ) as Plate 48 where two birds are shown perched in a Bear Berry bush.

Plate from Genera of Birds

John James Audubon illustrates the " Sharp-tailed Grous ( sic )- Tetrao phasianellus " as Plate 382 in Birds of America, published London, 1827 – 38.

John James Audubon illustrated the Harris ' Hawk in Birds of America ( published, London 1827 – 38 ) as Plate 392 with the title " Louisiana Hawk-Buteo harrisi ".

): Handbook of Birds of the World ( Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails ): 450, Plate 47.

Most of Central America and the Caribbean Basin rests on the relatively motionless Caribbean Plate.

The blue blob in the cutaway section is the seismically imaged Farallon Plate, which is subducting beneath North America.

The islands are volcanic in origin, and are usually attributed to the passing by of the Nazca Plate over the Juan Fernández hotspot which would have produced the Juan Fernández Ridge that extends into the Peru-Chile Trench at the latitude of Valparaíso Region in mainland South America.

The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the only episode of the war to take place in South America.

One of the hunting groups sent by the British Admiralty to search for Graf Spee, comprising three Royal Navy ( RN ) cruisers,, and ( the last of the New Zealand Division ), found and engaged their quarry off the estuary of the River Plate off the coast of Argentina and Uruguay in South America.

This chain was formed primarily as a result of the subduction of the Farallon Plate millions of years ago all along the margin of North America.

At this time, a spreading center between the Pacific Plate and the Farallon Plate ( which is now mostly subducted, with remnants including the Juan de Fuca Plate, Rivera Plate, Cocos Plate, and the Nazca Plate ) was beginning to interact with the subduction zone off the western coast of North America.

The northern two-thirds of Chile lie on top of the telluric Nazca Plate, which, moving eastward about ten centimeters a year, is forcing its way under the continental plate of South America.

Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, home of the Queen's Plate, Canada's premier Thoroughbred stakes race, and the North America Cup, Canada's premier Standardbred stakes race, is the only race track in North America which stages Thoroughbred and Standardbred ( harness ) meetings on the same day.

Around 500 million years ago, a chain of volcanic islands crashed into proto North America, riding over the North American Plate and creating the New Jersey Highlands, which start in the western portion of the township.

As the Insular Plate drew closer to the pre-existing continental margin by ongoing subduction under the Bridge River Ocean, the Insular Islands drew closer to the former continental margin and coastline of western North America, supporting a pre-existing volcanic arc on the former continental margin of North America called the Omineca Arc.

As the North American Plate drifted west and the Insular Plate drifted east to the old continental margin of western North America, the Bridge River Ocean eventually closed by ongoing subduction under the Bridge River Ocean.

* Intermontane Plate, an ancient oceanic tectonic plate on the west coast of North America about 195 million years ago.

According to the book " Mexico One Plate At A Time ," even though the dish ceviche has been a part of traditional Mexican coastal cuisine for centuries, ceviche is not a dish native to Mexico.

According to the book " Mexico One Plate At A Time " ceviche is not native to Mexico, despite the fact that the dish has been a part of traditional Mexican coastal cuisine for centuries.

According to the book " Mexico One Plate At A Time ," even though the dish has been a part of traditional Mexican coastal cuisine for centuries, ceviche is not a dish native to Mexico.

James Reston, Jr. notes in his book Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti that Giamatti suffered from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an inherited neuromuscular disease affecting peripheral nerves.

* Plate, a term in book design, meaning an image added on a separate page.

On July 4, 2010 Queen Elizabeth II visited the Racetrack as part of her state visit to Canada, viewing the 151st running of The Queen ’ s Plate Stakes, as well as taking part in the presentation of trophies and holding a book signing.

Plate 55 of the book “ Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo ” shows “ a Chinese Tower or Gazebo, situated on a Rock, and raised to a considerable Height, and a Gallery round it to render the Prospect more complete ”.

The following is an excerpt from the book The Nickel Plate Road, A Short History of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R.

The book is a record of an address given by Lynne L. White ( a former president of the Nickel Plate ) to the Newcomen Society of the United States, held in the ballroom of the Hotel Lawrence, Erie, Pa., November 11, 1954.

" The first book publication of Damon Runyon's story, " Little Miss Marker ," was in a 1934 collection entitled Damon Runyon's Blue Plate Special.

A reviewer uses the headline " The Red, White and Blue Plate Special " for a review of a book on " Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks ".

Plate spinning was often seen in HBO's prison drama Oz, where an unnamed prisoner would often be seen spinning a book on the tip of a pen.

In 1992, Su Cruickshank, published a book entitled ' Bring A Plate to The Mortdale Scout Hall-The Autobiography of a Fat Tart Complete with Recipes '.