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Richard Pokorný
Richard Pokorný (born June 7, 1979) is a Czech Paleontology, paleontologist, Speleology, speleologist and a Travelling, traveler. Biography Pokorný was born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Czechoslovakia. After graduating from high school (Gymnázium Františka Martina Pelcla) there, he studied the higher vocational school in Tábor and the Faculty of Environment on Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. He taught subjects related to inanimate nature, most of the time he devoted to research projects and research activities and curatorship of the geological collections.FIŠERA M., BOHATÝ M. (2015): ''The mineral collectors in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (In Czech: Sběratelé nerostů Čech, Moravy a Slezska)''. Art D – Grafický ateliér Černý s.r.o., Prag, 255 p. He lives in Litoměřice city, he is married and he have two sons. Since the school years he devoted himself to the collection of minerals and fossils in his neighborhoods. He began his career in r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engineer's Degree
An engineer's degree is an advanced academic degree in engineering which is conferred in Europe, some countries of Asia and Latin America, North Africa and a few institutions in the United States. The degree may require a thesis but always requires a non-abstract project. The duration of study typically ranges from 4 to 5 years, depending on the country and university. Additionally, there may be further requirements for certifications or licenses to practice engineering after graduation. North America United States In the United States, the engineer's degree requires a year of study beyond a master's degree or two years from a bachelor's degree and often includes a requirement for a research thesis. At the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School the thesis is required to be "more extensive and complete in problem scope and solution than a master's thesis", although "not necessarily meeting the test of original research and contribution to fundamental knowledge that is applied to PhD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum (Prague)
The National Museum (NM) (Czech language, Czech: ''Národní muzeum'') is a public museum dedicated to natural scientific and historical collections of the Czech Republic, its History of the Czech lands, history, Culture of the Czech Republic, culture and Czechs, people, among others. The museum was founded in 1818 by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, Kašpar Maria Šternberg. Historian František Palacký was also strongly involved in the foundation of the museum. The National Museum houses nearly 14 million items from the areas of natural history, history, arts, music and librarianship, which are located in dozens of museum buildings. The main hall of the National Museum is located on Wenceslas Square in downtown Prague. Built in Renaissance Revival architecture, neo-renaissance style in 1891, the building underwent significant restoration from 2011 to 2018 to mark the centennial of the Czechoslovak declaration of independence, Czech and Czechoslovak declaration of independence. Due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, fourth largest island, the List of island countries, second-largest island country, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 46th largest country overall. Its capital and List of cities in Madagascar, largest city is Antananarivo. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from Africa during the Early Jurassic period, around 180 million years ago, and separated from the Indian subcontinent approximately 90 million years ago. This isolation allowed native plants and animals to evolve in relative seclusion; as a result, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot and one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries, with over 90% of its wildlife of Madagascar, wildlife being endemic. The island has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a population of 54,609 and a land area of 1,393 km². The official language is Faroese language, Faroese, which is partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic language, Icelandic. The terrain is rugged, dominated by fjords and cliffs with sparse vegetation and few trees. As a result of its proximity to the Arctic Circle, the islands experience perpetual Twilight, civil twilight during summer nights and very short winter days; nevertheless, they experience a Oceanic climate#Subpolar variety (Cfc, Cwc), subpolar oceanic climate and mild temperatures year-round due to the Gulf Stream. The capital, Tórshavn, receives the fewest recorded hours of sunshine of any city in the world at only 840 per year. Færeyinga saga, Færeyinga Saga and the writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radobýl
Radobýl () is a basalt hill in Central Bohemian Uplands in the Czech Republic. It has an altitude of and is located in the Ústí nad Labem Region, on the border between the territories of Žalhostice and Litoměřice. It rises above village of Žalhostice on right bank of the Elbe River. Part of the hill with abandoned basalt quarry and rich rock steppe flora is under protection as Radobýl Nature Monument. The hill is a popular hiking destination. From huge metallic cross (erected in 1991) on the bare summit there is almost 360-degrees panoramic view of central part of the Central Bohemian Uplands, Litoměřice, Terezín and Lovosice. In 1944–1945, the Richard I and II subterranean factories were excavated under Radobýl by forced laborers of Leitmeritz concentration camp Leitmeritz was the largest subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in Leitmeritz, Reichsgau Sudetenland (now Litoměřice, Czech Republic). Established on 24 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Děčín
Děčín (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the seventth largest municipality in the country by area. Děčín is an important traffic junction. Administrative division Děčín consists of 35 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Děčín I-Děčín (4,723) *Děčín II-Nové Město (5,948) *Děčín III-Staré Město (3,687) *Děčín IV-Podmokly (5,376) *Děčín V-Rozbělesy (342) *Děčín VI-Letná (7,502) *Děčín VII-Chrochvice (1,252) *Děčín VIII-Dolní Oldřichov (704) *Děčín IX-Bynov (3,670) *Děčín X-Bělá (907) *Děčín XI-Horní Žleb (292) *Děčín XII-Vilsnice (277) *Děčín XIII-Loubí (185) *Děčín XIV-Dolní Žleb (141) *Děčín XV-Prostřední Žleb (232) *Děčín XVI-Přípeř (97) *Děčín XVII-Jalůvčí (559) *Děčín XVIII-Maxičky (100) *Děčín XIX-Čechy (195) *Děčín XX-Nová Ves (218) *Děčín XXI-Horní Oldřichov (445) *D� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
České Středohoří
The České středohoří (), also known as Central Bohemian Uplands or Central Bohemian Highlands,e.g. ''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 31'', Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998, p. 371 is a geomorphological region in northern Bohemia of the Czech Republic. Geography The region is about 80 km long, extending from Česká Lípa in the northeast to Louny in the southwest and from Litoměřice in the south to Děčín in the north, and is intersected by the river Elbe. The mountains, which are of volcanic origin, have distinctively sharp solitary peaks. Protection The eponymous protected landscape area covers most of the uplands' territory; consequently, construction through the area of the D8 motorway (part of European route E55 between Dresden and Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caving
Caving, also known as spelunking (United States and Canada) and potholing (United Kingdom and Ireland), is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.Caving in New Zealand (from Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Accessed 2012-11.) The challenges involved in caving vary according to the cave being visited; in addition to the total absence of light beyond the entrance, negotiating pitches, squeezes, and water hazards can be difficult. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
