In woodworking, veneer refers to thin slices of wood, usually thinner than 3 mm (1/8 inch), that typically are glued onto core panels (typically, wood, particle board or medium-density fiberboard) to produce flat panels such as doors, tops and panels for cabinets, parquet floors and parts of furniture. They are also used in marquetry.
Somali Peninsula. (Horn of Africa), a peninsula in East Africa. Area, about 750,000 sq km. Much of the surface is a stepped plateau with average elevations of 500 m to 1,500 m and a maximum elevation of 2,406 m in the Mijirtein Mountains. The climate is subequatorial, becoming tropical in the north. The annual precipitation ranges from 100 mm to 600 mm.
Satellite image of the Italian Peninsula in Spring 2003 A map of the Italian Peninsula and its location in Europe. The Italian Peninsula (or Apennine Peninsula; Italian: Penisola italiana, Penisola appenninica) is a large peninsula of Southern Europe. It extend into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Ionian and Adriatic Seas on the east and the Tyrrhenian Sea on the west.