Bowen
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Australia- Bowen, QueenslandBowen, QueenslandBowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...
, a town - Bowen Hills, QueenslandBowen Hills, QueenslandBowen Hills is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 3 km northeast of the Brisbane CBD. It was named after a Governor of Queensland, Sir George Ferguson Bowen.-History:...
, a suburb- Bowen Park, BrisbaneBowen Park, BrisbaneBowen Park is a heritage-listed precinct in Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia.-History:Bowen Park was originally a parcel of land of about 16 hectares bordered by O'Connell Terrace, Bowen Bridge Road, Gregory Terrace and Brookes Street. The land was granted to the Queensland Acclimatisation...
, a park in Bowen Hills
- Bowen Park, Brisbane
- Bowen BridgeBowen BridgeThe Bowen Bridge is a four-lane road bridge crossing the Derwent River in Tasmania, Australia. The Bridge lies on the river approximately half way between the Tasman Bridge and the Bridgewater Bridge. The Bridge links the East Derwent Highway with the Brooker Highway at Glenorchy some 10...
, crossing the Derwent River in Tasmania
Canada
- Bowen IslandBowen IslandBowen Island, British Columbia, is an island municipality in Howe Sound, is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and is an island included within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust . Approximately 6 km wide by 12 km long, the island at its closest point is about 2 km...
, British Columbia
China
- Bowen RoadBowen RoadBowen Road is a road from the Mid-levels to Wong Nai Chung Gap of Hong Kong Island, on the slope above Central, Wan Chai and Happy Valley in Hong Kong...
, in Hong Kong
Nigeria
- Bowen UniversityBowen UniversityBowen University is a private Nigerian university owned and operated by the Nigerian Baptist Convention. Bowen University is located at Iwo in Osun State and is housed in the old 1,300 acre campus of the Baptist College, a teacher-training institution on a beautiful hill just outside the...
, Iwo
United States
- Bowen, IllinoisBowen, IllinoisBowen is a village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 535 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bowen is located at ....
Singapore
- Bowen Secondary SchoolBowen Secondary SchoolBowen Secondary School is a government school in Singapore. It offers subjects like LifeLit, which is a combination of English & Literature and offers a wide variety of CCAs and subjects up for hold for the students.-History:...
, a school
Other
- Bowen (crater)Bowen (crater)Bowen is a small lunar crater that is located to the southwest of the Montes Haemus, on the edge of a small lunar mare named the Lacus Doloris. It is distinguished only by having a relatively flat floor, rather than being bowl-shaped like most small craters. Bowen was previously designated...
, a lunar crater - HMAS BowenHMAS BowenHMAS Bowen , named for the town of Bowen, Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland on 9 February 1942, launched on 11 June 1942 by Mrs...
, an Australian warship named after Bowen, QueenslandBowen, QueenslandBowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street... - Plant Bowen, a major coal-fired power plant in Georgia, USGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
- Bowen's DiseaseBowen's diseaseBowen's disease is a neoplastic skin disease, it can be considered as an early stage or intraepidermal form of squamous cell carcinoma. It was named after Mark Bowen...
, a sunlight-induced skin disease - Bowen Theory, developed by Murray BowenMurray BowenMurray Bowen, M.D., was an American psychiatrist and a professor in Psychiatry at the Georgetown University. Bowen was among the pioneers of family therapy and founders of systemic therapy...
, M.D. - Bowen's KaleBowen's KaleProduced by Humphry Bowen, the reference material called Bowen's Kale was used for the calibration of early scientific instruments intended to measure trace elements in the 1960s...
, a calibration substance - The Bowen knotBowen knotThe Bowen knot is not a true knot, but is rather a heraldic knot, sometimes used in heraldic designs. It consists of a rope in the form of a continuous loop laid out as an upright square shape with loops at each of the four corners...
, an emblem - The Bowen ratioBowen ratioIn meteorology and hydrology, the Bowen ratio is used to describe the type of heat transfer in a water body. Heat transfer can either occur as sensible heat or latent heat...
of energy flux - The Bowen's reaction seriesBowen's reaction seriesWithin the field of geology, Bowen's reaction series is the work of the petrologist, Norman L. Bowen who was able to explain why certain types of minerals tend to be found together while others are almost never associated with one another...
- Bowens InternationalBowens InternationalBowens International was originally founded as Bowens Camera Service Company, a London based camera repair company, in 1923 which by the 1950s had grown to be one of the largest in Europe. In 1963, the name Bowens International LTD. was registered....
, a manufacturer of professional photographic lighting equipment - The Bowen techniqueBowen techniqueThe Bowen technique or Bowen therapy is a term used to describe a variety of therapies based on the work of the Australian layman Tom Bowen, and was later taught to others by his students Oswald and Elaine Rentsch. The practitioner lightly rolls across different muscle groups, with two minute...
, an alternative therapy - BoweniteBoweniteBowenite is a hard, compact variety of the serpentinite species antigorite, . Classed as semi-precious gem stone it has been used for tools, weapons and jewellery by the Māori in New Zealand, and for jewellery by Fabergé. Deposits are found in several places around the world including Afghanistan,...
, a mineral - BoweniaBoweniaThe genus Bowenia, includes two living and two fossil species of cycads in the family Stangeriaceae, sometimes placed on their own family Boweniaceae. They are entirely restricted to Australia...
, a genusGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...