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Baltic Klint

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The Baltic Klint (Clint, Glint; Balti klint, Балтийско-Ладожский уступ, Глинт) is an erosional limestone escarpment on several islands of the Baltic Sea, in Estonia, in Leningrad Oblast of Russia and in the islands of Gotland and Öland of Sweden. [1]

35 relations: Aa, Estonia, Alvar, Escarpment, Estonian kroon, Geography of Saint Petersburg, Graptolitic argillite, Gulf of Finland, Harju, Harju County, Heidmühlen, Izhora Plateau, Kakumäe, Kõrkküla, Ida-Viru County, Kohtla Parish, Lasnamäe, List of motifs on banknotes, List of World Heritage Sites in Northern Europe, Loobu (river), Martsa, Mustamäe, Narva River, Northern Estonia, Oil shale in Estonia, Osmussaar, Pakri Islands, Päite, Saint Petersburg, South Swedish highlands, Sub-Cambrian peneplain, Tallinn, Türisalu cliff, Thomas Dietz, Toompea, Valaste Waterfall, Valgejõgi.

Aa, Estonia

Aa is a village in northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland in the eastern part of the Lüganuse Parish of Ida-Viru County, from Lüganuse.

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Alvar

An alvar is a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and, as a result, sparse grassland vegetation.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as an effect of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively leveled areas having differing elevations.

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Estonian kroon

The kroon (sign: kr; code: EEK) was the official currency of Estonia for two periods in history: 1928–1940 and 1992–2011.

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Geography of Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia.

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Graptolitic argillite

Graptolitic argillite (also known as dictyonema argillite, dictyonema oil shale, dictyonema shale, or Tremadocian black shale) is a marinite-type black shale of sapropelic origin.

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Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland (Suomenlahti; Soome laht; p; Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea.

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Harju

Harju may refer to.

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Harju County

Harju County (Harju maakond), or Harjumaa (Harrien or Rugel, Harria) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia.

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Heidmühlen

Heidmühlen is a municipality in the district of Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Izhora Plateau

The Izhora Plateau (Ижорская возвышенность) is an elevated landform on Ordovician limestone bedrock in the southwestern part of Leningrad Oblast, between the Gulf of Finland in the north and the Luga River in the south.

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Kakumäe

Kakumäe (Estonian for "Owl Hill") is a subdistrict (asum) in the district of Haabersti, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

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Kõrkküla, Ida-Viru County

Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.

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Kohtla Parish

Kohtla Parish (Kohtla vald) was an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County.

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Lasnamäe

Lasnamäe is the most populous administrative district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

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List of motifs on banknotes

This is a list of current motifs on the banknotes of different countries.

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List of World Heritage Sites in Northern Europe

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 36 World Heritage Sites in eight countries (also called "state parties") commonly referred to as Northern Europe: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, i.e. a combination of Nordic and Baltic countries.

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Loobu (river)

The Loobu is a river in Northern Estonia.

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Martsa

Martsa is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.

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Mustamäe

Mustamäe (Estonian for Black Hill) is one of the 8 administrative districts (linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

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Narva River

The Narva (Narva jõgi, Нарва) (or Narova) is a river flowing into the Baltic Sea, the largest river in Estonia by discharge.

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Northern Estonia

Northern Estonia (Estonian: Põhja-Eesti) is a geographical region of Estonia, consisting of the three northernmost counties - Harju County, Ida-Viru County and Lääne-Viru County. The largest towns of Northern Estonia are Tallinn (capital of Estonia), Narva, Kohtla-Järve and Rakvere. Northern Estonia is the most populous area in Estonia, with 60.3% of the population living there. Northern Estonia has two main ethnic groups - Estonians and Russians. Ida-Viru County, most notably, has a large Russian population. The population of Ida-Viru County is 72.8% Russian, unlike other Estonian counties, where 80% of the population is Estonian. Harju County also has a large Russian population (31,2%), mainly of it resides in Tallinn. Lääne-Viru County, however, only has 9.5% Russian population.

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Oil shale in Estonia

Oil shale (põlevkivi) is a strategic energy resource that constitutes about 4% of Estonia's gross domestic product.

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Osmussaar

Osmussaar (Odensholm) is an Estonian island situated in the mouth of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, 7.5 km off the Estonian mainland.

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Pakri Islands

Pakri Islands (Pakri saared, Rågöarna) are two Estonian islands in the Finnish Gulf: Suur-Pakri and Väike-Pakri (Stora Rågö and Lilla Rågö).

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Päite

Päite is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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South Swedish highlands

The forested landscape of the South Swedish highland seen from Skuruhatt in Eksjö Municipality. The South Swedish highlands or South Swedish Uplands (Sydsvenska höglandet) is a hilly area covering large parts of Götaland in the southern parts of Sweden.

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Sub-Cambrian peneplain

The sub-Cambrian peneplain is an ancient, extremely flat, erosion surface (peneplain) that has been exhumed and exposed by erosion from under Cambrian strata over large swathes of Fennoscandia.

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Tallinn

Tallinn (or,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Estonia.

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Türisalu cliff

Türisalu pank is a cliff in Türisalu, Estonia.

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Thomas Dietz

Thomas Dietz (born May 19, 1982) is a professional juggler from Regensburg, Germany.

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Toompea

Toompea (from Domberg, "Cathedral Hill") is a limestone hill in the central part of the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

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Valaste Waterfall

Valaste Waterfall (Valaste juga) is the highest waterfall in Estonia and neighboring regions (30.5 m) situated between Ontika and Valaste in the Toila Parish of the Ida-Viru County and formed by a stream, as it flows over the Baltic Klint not far from the shore of the Gulf of Finland.

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Valgejõgi

Valgejõgi (lit. White River) is a river in Northern Estonia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Klint

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