Jura
Encyclopedia
Mountains
- Jura mountainsJura mountainsThe Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
, on the French-Swiss-German border, the namesake of the JurassicJurassicThe Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by...
period of geology - Franconian JuraFranconian JuraThe Franconian Jura is an upland in Bavaria, Germany. Located between two rivers, the Danube in the south and the Main in the north, its peaks reach elevations of up to .Large portions of the Franconian Jura are part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park...
, a mountain range in southeastern Germany
- Bernese JuraBernese JuraBernese Jura is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of five administrative divisions of the canton....
, a region in the Canton of Bern, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... - Polish Jura, a highland region in southern PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, hilly landscape with Jurassic limestone rocks - Montes JuraMontes JuraMontes Jura is a mountain range in the northwest part of the Moon . The selenographic coordinates of this range are 47.1° N 34.0° W, and it has a diameter of 422 km...
, a mountain range on the Moon
Islands
- Jura, ScotlandJura, ScotlandJura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, situated adjacent and to the north-east of Islay. Part of the island is designated as a National Scenic Area. Until the twentieth century Jura was dominated - and most of it was eventually owned - by the Campbell clan of Inveraray Castle on Loch...
, Scottish island, in the Inner Hebrides where Isle of Jura Single MaltIsle of Jura Single MaltIsle of Jura Single Malt is a Scotch whisky distilled at the Isle of Jura Distillery located on the island of Jura located off the West Coast of Scotland...
Whisky is distilled
Rivers
- JūraJura-Mountains:*Jura mountains, on the French-Swiss-German border, the namesake of the Jurassic period of geology*Franconian Jura, a mountain range in southeastern Germany*Bernese Jura, a region in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland...
, river in Lithuania - Jura River (Papua New Guinea), river near Agaun
- Jura River (California), now dry river, formerly contained gold
- Jura River (Paris), mythological river
Political subdivisions
- Jura (department), a department in France
- Canton of JuraCanton of JuraThe Republic and Canton of the Jura , also known as the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is one of the cantons of Switzerland. It is the newest of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital is Delémont...
, Switzerland - Jura, Afghanistan
- JuraJura, TransnistriaJura is a commune in the Rîbniţa sub-district of Transnistria, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Jura. It is currently under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic....
, a commune in TransnistriaTransnistriaTransnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
, MoldovaMoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part... - Al-JuraAl-JuraAl-Jura was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, located approximately two kilometers west of Majdal . In 1945, the village had a population of approximately 2,420 mostly Muslim inhabitants...
, a village in the Gaza district of Palestine, depopulated in 1948 - Al-JuraAl-Jura, JerusalemAl-Jura was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948 under Operation Dani. It was located 8.5 km west of Jerusalem. al-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of several deserted houses.In 1945, the village...
, a village in the Jerusalem district of Palestine, depopulated in 1948
Companies and organisations
- Jura BooksJura BooksJura Books is an anarchist bookshop and infoshop located in Sydney, Australia. The shop was named after the Jura federation. It has operated since August 1977, first on King Street, Newtown, before moving to Petersham....
, anarchist bookshop in Sydney, Australia - Jura ElektroapparateJura ElektroapparateJura Elektroapparate AG is a Swiss developer and distributor of home appliances, headquartered in Niederbuchsiten, Canton of Solothurn. The company was founded in 1931 by Leo Henzirohs. Formerly, Jura ran its own factory, but outsourced production to outside companies in the 1990s.Jura is currently...
, Swiss developer and distributor of automatic espressoEspressoEspresso is a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee. Espresso is widely known throughout the world....
machines, named after the Jura mountains