Due to an affliction affecting bats in the northeastern US known as white nose syndrome ( WNS ), the US Fish & Wildlife Service has called for a moratorium effective March 26, 2009 on caving activity in states known to have hibernacula ( MD, NY, VT, NH, MA, CT, NJ, PA, VA, and WV ) affected by WNS, as well as adjoining states.

In addition to the Mughals and various Rajput kingdoms, several independent Hindu states, such as the Vijayanagara Empire, the Maratha Empire, Eastern Ganga Empire and the Ahom Kingdom, flourished contemporaneously in southern, western, eastern and northeastern India respectively.

The border with Burma ( Myanmar ) extends up to 1, 643 km ( 1, 021 mi ) along the southern borders of India's northeastern states.

The Siliguri Corridor, narrowed sharply by the borders of Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh, connects peninsular India with the northeastern states.

In Mexico, prairie dogs are found primarily in the northern states, which lie at the southern end of the Great Plains: northeastern Sonora, north and northeastern Chihuahua, northern Coahuila, northern Nuevo León, and northern Tamaulipas.

According to the New York State Thruway Authority, some sample per-mile costs to construct multi-lane roads in several US northeastern states were:

* Seven Sister States, a region in northeastern India comprising the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura

Support for the income tax was strongest in the western states and opposition was strongest in the northeastern states.

As a result of the Bottom Up Review and post-Cold War force cutbacks, the Army National Guard maneuver force was reduced to eight divisions ( from ten ; the 26th Infantry and 50th Armored were consolidated in the northeastern states ) and fifteen ' enhanced brigades ,' which were supposed to be ready for combat operations, augmenting the active force, within 90 days.

Dewey became the leader of moderate-to-liberal Republicans, who were based in the northeastern and Pacific Coast states, while Taft became the leader of conservative Republicans who dominated most of the Midwest and parts of the South.

It was felt over a significant portion of the southeastern states, including quite strongly in northeastern Alabama and neighboring northwestern Georgia, and nearby eastern Tennessee ( especially near Chattanooga ).

American lumberjacks were first centered in northeastern states such as Maine and then followed the general westward migration on the continent to the Upper Midwest, and finally the Pacific Northwest.

Siberia " and there was an abundance of lake effect snow, it was not the bitter sub-zero temperatures and wind chills and hot summers of the tree-sparse North Dakota bases, or the confinement of the bases in the more established communities of the northeastern states.

* Region I, located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, oversees the northeastern states.

Historically, however, the Northwest Territory was an important early territory of the U. S., comprising the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as the northeastern part of Minnesota.

Bahia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast.

Khorenatsi states that “ aghu ” was a nickname given to Prince Arran, whom the Armenian King Vologases I ( Vagharsh I ) appointed as governor of northeastern provinces bordering on Armenia.

In recent years, another minor usage has appeared in northeastern states to refer to a fashion style or a preppy lifestyle.

Meghalayan cuisine is unique and different from other northeastern Indian states.

Piauí ( or ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.

" Great Northern River ", in reference to the mouth of the Potengi River, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent.

It covered all of the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the northeastern part of Minnesota.

On his father's side, Cleveland was descended from English ancestors, the first Cleveland having emigrated to Massachusetts from northeastern England in 1635.

The northeastern coast of the island receives the most rain, with 2400mm having been recorded near sea level in Pouébo.

A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, modern day Turkey, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.

In the 2000 Census, 5. 7 % of the people in Bennett County identified as mixed-race Native American-European American ( more Lakota socially identify as having mixed-race ancestry ) This is the highest percentage of any county within US boundaries, except northeastern Oklahoma and White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota.

These birds have been nesting along the Atlantic coast of northeastern North America since about 1970 and have since expanded their breeding range southward into the Gulf of Maine with a pair having been confirmed nesting at Matinicus Rock ( http :// www. fws. gov / FWSJournal / regmap. cfm? arskey = 26734 & callingKey = state & callingValue = ME ).

Bilevel passenger rail cars used in the United States are manufactured by Bombardier, Kawasaki, Colorado Railcar, IC 2000, and several others, with the former two having produced the majority of the high platform " split level " commuter rail cars in use in the northeastern states.

Regional folk music remains popular too, having been updated and modernized in many cases, especially the northeastern region of Trás-os-Montes.

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact ostensibly provided security to Soviets in the occupation of both the Baltics and the north and northeastern regions of Romania ( Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia )— although Hitler in announcing invasion of the USSR cited the Soviet annexations of Baltic and Romanian territory as having violated Germany's understanding of the Pact.

The crater rim of Triesnecker is somewhat distorted from a circular shape, having a notable bulge in the western wall, and lesser rises in the southeastern and northeastern rims.

However, not all autonomous northeastern groups are considered adivasis ; for instance, the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Meitei of Manipur were once tribal but, having been settled for many centuries, are caste Hindus.

According to the map images of the Valdemar Companion, the kingdom of Brendan is bordered to their north by Thurbrigard, west by Ruvan, south by Seejay ( west ) and the Altvar Confederation ( east ), with the kingdom of Isiro having a narrow northeastern border, the Grand Empire of the Hinar having an eastern border which is even narrower, and southeast by a kingdom named Ambon, with most of their east border being with Agedia, which causes the narrow mountainous border connection with the stated Empire.

The northeastern borders of Aquilonia with the Border Kingdoms would serve to prevent Aquilonia from having direct borders with Hyperborea and an even more extensive border with Cimmeria.

A hurricane was first observed on September 3 over the northeastern Atlantic, likely having existed for several days prior.

Compared with the northeastern Maginot positions, the Alpine fortifications made comparatively little use of retracting turrets, using instead concreted casemates in mountainsides surveying prepared fields of fire.

The Arunachal macaque ( Macaca munzala ), a relatively large brown primate with a comparatively short tail, is a macaque native to Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.

The comparatively more fertile eastern portion, constituting the northeastern Rarh region, merges with the Gangetic plain.

In the 1930s and 1940s, contra dances appear to have been done only in small towns in widely scattered parts of northeastern North America, such as Ohio, the Maritime provinces of Canada, and particularly northern New England.

The term Germani, therefore, probably applied to a small group of tribes in northeastern Gaul who may or may not have spoken a Germanic language, and whose links to Germania are unclear.

The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska ; parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River ; most of North Dakota ; most of South Dakota ; northeastern New Mexico ; northern Texas ; the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide ; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans ; and small portions of land that would eventually become part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The small island of Nosy Boroha off the northeastern coast of Madagascar has been proposed by some historians as the site of the legendary pirate utopia of Libertalia.

* Sequoyah, Oklahoma, small unincorporated community in northeastern Oklahoma

On Nosy Boraha, a small island off the northeastern coast of Madagascar, Captain Misson and his pirate crew allegedly founded the famous pirate utopia of Libertalia in the late 17th century.

Lakota also live on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation of northwestern North Dakota, and several small reserves in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

A small rocky island, appropriately named Kamen Opasnosti ( Russian for " Rock of Danger ") is located in the Russian waters in the northeastern part of the strait.

Walton Creek, a small tributary of the Lochsa River in North Central Idaho | northeastern Idaho, flowing slightly Source ( river or stream ) | upstream of its confluence with a larger stream.

The final engagement, the battle of Abrittus, in which the Goths fought with the courage of despair, under the command of Cniva, took place during the second week of June 251 on swampy ground in the Ludogorie ( region in northeastern Bulgaria which merges with Dobruja plateau and the Danube Plain to the north ) near the small settlement of Abrittus or Forum Terebronii ( modern Razgrad ).

Today, the historical territory of Rus is formed with part ( s ) of the lands of Belarus, northern Ukraine, western Russia, small parts of northeastern Slovakia, and narrow strips of eastern Poland.

The county can be divided into four major geographic divisions: the low-lying and relatively flat valley of Pumpkin Creek, which occupies about 40 % of the county's area ; a tableland, in places smooth and in others deeply dissected, occupying the southern one-third of the county ; the Wildcat Hills, a highly dissected escarpment that crosses the northwestern portion of the county ; and a small portion of the North Platte River valley in the northeastern corner of the county.

They also kept careful watch of the horizon right after sunset and just before dawn to note the order and position of the stars .” The ceremony must be held at exactly the right time of year, when the priest first tracked “ two small twinkling stars known as the Swimming Ducks in the northeastern horizon near the Milky Way .”

At about the same time, a small group of Flemings settled in the northeastern part of the county, with the present town of Belgique as their center.

In 1838 a small portion of unorganized territory was added to the northeastern border, but in 1844 that area was lost to Fulton County.

Venetian Slovenia (,,, Venetian: Schiavonia Veneta ) is a small mountainous region in northeastern Italy.

The stockade, named Redoubt Saint Dionysius ( Редутъ Санктъ Дионѵсіусъ ), was founded at the location of present-day Wrangell and stood near the end of the small peninsula that forms the northeastern side of the mouth of the harbor.

Huntington Mills is a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania which also derives its name in honor of Samuel Huntington.

Manchester is a small incorporated town in northeastern Carroll County, Maryland, United States, located just south of the Pennsylvania state line and north of Baltimore.

The area served by the ZIP code includes the southeast portion of the CDP and includes southeastern portions of Bridgeport Charter Township outside of the CDP as well as portions of southwest Frankenmuth Township and a small area of northeastern Birch Run Township.

Located in northeastern North Carolina, Edenton is a small unique town known for its authentic 18th, 19th and early 20th century architecture and the stories about the people behind these public buildings and homes.

Mount Holly is a small suburban city in northeastern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.

Rolesville is a small town nestled in northeastern Wake County, North Carolina, United States, just outside the capital city of Raleigh.

Darlington is a small city in and the county seat of Darlington County, in the northeastern part of the U. S. state of South Carolina.

Norway Hill, a small neighborhood in the northeastern part of the area, is part of a potential annexation area controlled by Bothell, Washington.