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Meanings of Tunguska in English
Portuguese
rio angara A river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River.
A river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River.
Usage of Tunguska in English
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Scientists in the mid-20th century used nuclear blast comparisons to estimate Tunguska's power.
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The last mid-sized asteroid to hit earth was the Tunguska event in 1908.
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And indeed, nitrates are found in snow around the Tunguska blast.
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GD: When you were talking about comets, I kept expecting you to mention Tunguska.
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It's now called the Tunguska Event, the vagueness of the name conveying its seriousness.
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Calculations of its trajectory indicate the Tunguska object came from the same patch of sky.
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Even the Tunguska asteroid, which exploded over Siberia in 1908, remains something of a mystery.
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I fought beside him in the Tunguska campaign.
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Since the region was unpopulated, the casualties of the Tunguska event were mostly trees and forest wildlife.
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The Tunguska event took place on the morning of June 30th, 1908.
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There used to be a theory that the Tunguska event was caused by one, but it's been disproved.
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This blast, known as the Tunguska event, flattened trees over a 2,000-square-kilometer area.
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Image: Aftermath of the Tunguska event.
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In the Tunguska campaign we captured five Tartars alive, and three of them had holes in their skulls.
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A small Tunguska event, you said.'
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The chance of a Tunguska-like impact happening again during any given year is now estimated at one in 250.