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- In Greco-Roman geography, the Riphean Mountains (also Riphaean; /rɪˈfeɪən/, or /rɪˈfiən/; Ancient Gr****: Ῥιπαῖα ὄρη; Latin: Rhipaei or Riphaei montes)...
- divinely blessed land. In many versions of the story, they lived north of the Riphean Mountains, which shielded them from the effects of the cold north wind...
- The Riphean is a stage or age of the geologic timescale from 1,600 to 600 million years ago. The name Riphean is used in the Proterozoic stratigraphy...
- Riphean may refer to Riphean Mountains, mentioned by authors of classical antiquity Ural Mountains, believed by some to be the Riphean mountains Riphean...
- timescale of Russia, the Tonian and Cryogenian correspond to the Late Riphean; the Ediacaran corresponds to the Early to middle Vendian. Russian geologists...
- named after the Riphean Mountains in the geography of classical antiquity. Johannes Hevelius was the first astronomer to apply the Riphean label to a feature...
- Arimaspi, a group of legendary humanoid creatures said to inhabit the Riphean Mountains. Scholar Damdinzhavyn Maidar [mn] has provided the following...
- one-e**** people of northern Scythia who lived in the foothills of the Riphean Mountains, variously identified with the Ural Mountains or the Carpathians...
- that there are mountains behind the Pechora and identified them with the Riphean Mountains and Hyperboreans of ancient authors, did the existence of the...
- are a group of Precambrian rocks ****igned to the Mesoproterozoic Era (Riphean), albeit some might be younger. Jotnian sediments include the oldest known...