Mars (diameter 6790 kilometers) is only slightly more than half the size of Earth (diameter 12750 kilometers).
Kievan Rus was a loose federation of East Slavic and Finnic peoples in Europe from the late ... He extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley to protect trade from Khazar incursions ... In the south, in the area around Kiev, were the Poliane, a group of Slavicized tribes with Iranian origins
HI is most noticeable during the summer and winter. The main cause of the urban heat island effect is from the modification of land surfaces. Waste heat generated by energy usage is a secondary contributor. As a population center grows, it tends to expand its area and increase its average temperature.
