Jura
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Mountains

  • Jura mountains
    Jura mountains
    The 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 Jurassic
    Jurassic
    The 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 Jura
    Franconian Jura
    The 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 Jura
    Bernese Jura
    Bernese 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, Switzerland
    Switzerland
    Switzerland 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 Poland
    Poland
    Poland , 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 Jura
    Montes Jura
    Montes 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, Scotland
    Jura, Scotland
    Jura 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 Malt
    Isle of Jura Single Malt
    Isle 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

  • Jūra
    Jura
    -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 Jura
    Canton of Jura
    The 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
  • Jura
    Jura, Transnistria
    Jura 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 Transnistria
    Transnistria
    Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

    , Moldova
    Moldova
    Moldova , 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-Jura
    Al-Jura
    Al-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-Jura
    Al-Jura, Jerusalem
    Al-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 Books
    Jura Books
    Jura 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 Elektroapparate
    Jura Elektroapparate
    Jura 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 espresso
    Espresso
    Espresso 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
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