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  2. Motorway service area - Wikipedia

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    Motorway service area. Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also known as services or service stations, are rest areas where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies ...

  3. Service area - Wikipedia

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    Service area may refer to: Rest area, a public facility, located next to a large thoroughfare such as a highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel. Service area (computing), a hidden portion of the hard disk drive that usually contains drive's firmware and adaptive data required for normal operation of the device.

  4. Broadcast range - Wikipedia

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    Broadcast range. A broadcast range (also listening range or listening area for radio, or viewing range or viewing area for television) is the service area that a broadcast station or other transmission covers via radio waves (or possibly infrared light, which is closely related). It is generally the area in which a station's signal strength is ...

  5. Rest area - Wikipedia

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    A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names include motorway service area (UK), services (UK), travel plaza, rest stop, oasis (US), service area, rest and service area ...

  6. List of motorway service areas in the United Kingdom

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    Roadchef. M4. Carmarthenshire. It is located at junction 49, the western terminus of the M4 motorway in Wales where the M4 joins the A48 and A483 on a roundabout. The Pont Abraham Motorway service area was opened in 1983. It is near Pontarddulais and owned by Roadchef. [4] Reading. Moto.

  7. Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia

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    The modern metropolitan statistical area was created in 1983 amid a large increase in the number of eligible markets, which grew from 172 in 1950 to 288 in 1980; the core based statistical area (CBSA) was introduced in 2000 and defined in 2003 with a minimum population of 10,000 required for micropolitan areas and 50,000 for urban areas.

  8. Core-based statistical area - Wikipedia

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    An enlargeable map of the 124 combined statistical areas (CSAs) of the United States as of 2006. A core-based statistical area ( CBSA) is a U.S. geographic area defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). It contains a large population nucleus, or urban area, and adjacent communities that have a high degree of integration with that ...

  9. Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano erupts in a remote area, causes no ...

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    The National Park Service, which runs Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, where Kīlauea is located, said in its own update: “It is unlikely a night-time glow or lava viewing will be visible at ...