Around The World
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1. Europe Continent World » WRD Place » Continent Europe 72 views 💖 1 |
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. | |
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2. Australia Continent World » WRD Place » Continent Oceania 33 views 💖 1 |
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Australia is both a country and a continent, making it unique in the world. Australia is the smallest continent, covering about 7.7 million square kilometers (2.97 million square miles). It lies in the Southern Hemisphere, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and is entirely surrounded by water. Australia's physical separation from other landmasses has resulted in unique biodiversity and ecosystems. | |
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3. Rio Grande World » WRD Place » River North America 30 views 💖 1 |
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The Rio Grande, known as the Río Bravo in Mexico, is one of North America's most significant rivers, extending approximately 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from its source in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. It serves as a vital water source for millions and forms a natural border between the United States and Mexico, particularly between Texas and several Mexican states including Chihuahua and Coahuila. | |
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4. Mount Elgon World » WRD Place » Mountain Africa 34 views 💖 1 |
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Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda. Mt Elgon was once Africa’s highest mountain, far exceeding Kilimanjaro’s current 5,895m. Millennia of erosion have reduced its height to 4,321m, relegating it to the 4th highest peak in East Africa and 8th on the continent. | |
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5. Gulf of America World » WRD Place » Sea North America 45 views 💖 1 |
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The Gulf of America is a vast oceanic basin bordered by the United States, Mexico, and Cuba. It plays a vital role in the region's economy, ecology, and culture, offering a blend of natural beauty, rich resources, and historical significance. | |
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6. Rhone River World » WRD Place » River Europe 30 views 💖 1 |
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The River Rhône is one of the major rivers of Europe. It rises in the Swiss Alps, passes through Lake Geneva and then runs through south eastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Grand Rhône and the Petit Rhône. The resulting delta constitutes the Camargue region. | |
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7. Tagus River World » WRD Place » River Europe 24 views 💖 1 |
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The Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows 1,007 km (626 mi), generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon, right at the point where Portuguese caravels set sail on their many voyages of discovery hundreds of years ago. | |
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8. Oder River World » WRD Place » River Europe 32 views 💖 1 |
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The Oder is one of the largest rivers in Central Europe. It rises in the Oder Mountains in the Czech Republic, from where it flows towards the border with Poland. For a short section it is the border river between Poland and the Czech Republic. The longest section is in Poland (503 km). From the confluence of the Lusatian Neisse river to the dividing into Western Oder and Eastern Oder, it marks the border between Germany and Poland (163 km). | |
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9. Dnieper River World » WRD Place » River Europe 25 views 💖 1 |
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The Dnieper River, one of Europe's major rivers, is approximately 2,200 kilometers (1,367 miles) long, making it the fourth longest river in Europe after the Volga, Danube, and Ural rivers. It originates in the Valdai Hills of Russia and flows through Belarus and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea. The river's basin covers an area of about 504,000 square kilometers (195,000 square miles). | |
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10. Amazon River World » WRD Place » River South America 60 views 💖 1 |
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The Amazon River, located in South America, is renowned for being the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world. It discharges about 215,000–230,000 cubic meters per second, which is approximately 6,591–7,570 cubic kilometers per year. This volume is more than the next seven largest independent rivers combined and accounts for about 20% of the global riverine discharge into oceans. | |
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11. Elbe River World » WRD Place » River Europe 29 views 💖 1 |
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The Elbe River is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia, then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 kilometres (68 miles) northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 1,094 km (680 mi). The Elbe's major tributaries include the rivers Vltava, Saale, Havel, Mulde, Schwarze Elster, and Ohře. | |
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12. Milky Way World » WRD Place » Space Universe 38 views 💖 1 |
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The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system. It's a barred spiral galaxy, meaning it has a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars. The Milky Way spans about 100,000–200,000 light-years in diameter. It contains approximately 100–400 billion stars. Its mass is estimated to be about 1.5 trillion times the mass of the Sun, most of which is dark matter. | |
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13. Kalahari Desert World » WRD Place » Desert Africa 28 views 💖 1 |
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The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana, as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa. The Kalahari Desert is not a desert in the strictest sense of the word. It receives too much rainfall - between 5 and 10 inches annually. | |
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14. Volga River World » WRD Place » River Europe 28 views 💖 1 |
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The Volga is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. Exploring the Volga River unveils not only the grandeur of Russia’s longest watercourse (3,531 km or 2,194 mi) and a catchment area of (1,360,000 km2 or 530,000 sq mi) but also the rich biodiversity that thrives in and around its waters. | |
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15. Sonoran Desert World » WRD Place » Desert North America 31 views 💖 1 |
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The Sonoran Desert is an arid region covering approximately 100,000 square miles (260,000 square kilometers) in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California, as well as most of Baja California and the western half of the state of Sonora, Mexico. | |
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16. Rhine River World » WRD Place » River Europe 45 views 💖 1 |
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The Rhine River is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. It flows approximately 1,230 kilometers (760 miles) from its source in the Swiss Alps to its mouth at the North Sea in the Netherlands. The Rhine has historically been a vital waterway for trade, cultural exchange, and strategic defense, shaping the economies and histories of the regions it traverses. | |
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17. Nevado Tres Cruces World » WRD Place » Mountain South America 40 views 💖 1 |
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Nevado Tres Cruces is a massif of volcanic origin in the Andes Mountains on the border of Argentina and Chile. It has two main summits, Tres Cruces Sur at 6,748 metres (22,139 ft) and Tres Cruces Centro at 6,629 m (21,749 ft) and a third minor summit, Tres Cruces Norte 6,030 m (19,780 ft). | |
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18. Namib Desert World » WRD Place » Desert Africa 27 views 💖 1 |
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The Namib is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and northwest South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape, South Africa. | |
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19. Danube River World » WRD Place » River Europe 34 views 💖 1 |
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The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea, the Danube is the soul of Central Europe. Once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire, the Danube is one of Europe’s most famous waterways. | |
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20. Mount Stanley World » WRD Place » Mountain Africa 39 views 💖 1 |
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Mount Stanley is located in the Rwenzori Mountains range. At an altitude of 5,109 m (16,763 feet), its the utmost mountain feature of the Democratic Republic Congo and Uganda. It also takes the third highest position in the whole of Africa Kilimanjaro at 5,895 metres and Mount Kenya at 5,199 metres. | |
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21. Ceres World » WRD Place » Space Universe 35 views 💖 1 |
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Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system. It was the first member of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it in 1801. When NASA's Dawn arrived in 2015, Ceres became the first dwarf planet to receive a visit from a spacecraft. | |
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22. Lake Malawi World » WRD Place » Lake Africa 31 views 💖 1 |
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Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. This vast body of crystal clear freshwater fringed by beaches of golden sand is not only a scenic wonderland but it provides water sport opportunities for those looking for something beyond sun, sand and swimming. | |
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23. Cho Oyu World » WRD Place » Mountain Himalayas 81 views 💖 1 |
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Mount Cho Oyu is the world’s sixth highest mountain. This is the westernmost major peak in the Khumbu Sub region along the Mahalangur range. Cho Oyu stands on the border between Nepal and China. The peak lies in the Mahalangur sub range of the Nepal Himalayas. It elevates to a height of 8,201 m or 26,906 feet. | |
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24. Mount Everest World » WRD Place » Mountain Mount Everest 90 views 💖 1 |
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Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, with its summit reaching an elevation of 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet) above sea level. It is located in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. | |
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25. Lhotse World » WRD Place » Mountain 79 views 💖 1 |
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Mt. Lhotse is connected to Everest via the South Col and is the fourth highest mountain in the world. The main summit is 8,516 m while Lhotse Middle (East) is 8,414 metres and Lhotse Shar is 8,383 metres. Very often, climbers making an attempt on Everest, go up the Lhotse to acclimatize. | |
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26. Gulf of Aden World » WRD Place » Sea 51 views 💖 1 |
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The Gulf of Aden is a vital waterway located in the Arabian Sea, nestled between the southern coast of Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula to the north and the northern coast of Somalia in the Horn of Africa to the south. It connects the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which in turn links to the Suez Canal, making it a key route for international maritime trade. | |
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27. Gulf of Thailand World » WRD Place » Sea Asia 47 views 💖 1 |
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The Gulf of Thailand, historically referred to as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet of the South China Sea located in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Thailand to the north, west, and southwest, and by Cambodia and the southern part of Vietnam to the northeast. The gulf covers an area of approximately 320,000 square kilometers (about 123,500 square miles). | |
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28. Laccadive Sea World » WRD Place » Sea Asia 44 views 💖 1 |
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The Laccadive Sea is a body of water in the northeastern Indian Ocean, bordered by India to the north (specifically, the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka to the east, the Maldives to the southwest, and the Lakshadweep Islands (India) to the northwest. | |
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29. Eris World » WRD Place » Space Universe 37 views 💖 1 |
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Eris is a fascinating celestial object in our Solar System and one of the largest known dwarf planets. It's about the same size as Pluto, but it's three times farther from the Sun. It is discovered by a team led by Mike Brown in 2005. It is located in the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune populated with icy bodies and dwarf planets. | |
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30. Haumea World » WRD Place » Space Universe 35 views 💖 1 |
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Haumea is not a planet but a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies and remnants from the Solar System's formation. Haumea has an elongated, ellipsoidal shape, likely due to its rapid rotation. It measures approximately 2,322 km by 1,704 km by 1,138 km, making it one of the largest known objects in the Kuiper Belt. | |
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31. North Pole World » WRD Place » Region North Pole 86 views 💖 1 |
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The North Pole is the northernmost point on Earth, located at the geographic North Pole, where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean and is surrounded by water covered by sea ice. Unlike the South Pole, which is located on the continent of Antarctica, the North Pole is not land but rather a point in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. | |
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32. Mt Korab World » WRD Place » Mountain Europe 41 views 💖 1 |
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Mount Korab is the highest peak in both North Macedonia and Albania, standing at an elevation of 2,764 meters (9,068 feet) above sea level. It's part of the Korab mountain range and is situated on the border between the two countries. Korab Range, part of the larger Dinaric Alps. | |
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33. Arctic Ocean World » WRD Place » Sea Arctic Ocean 78 views 💖 1 |
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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceans, covering an area of about 14 million square kilometers (5.4 million square miles) at the North Pole. It is surrounded by the northern coastlines of North America, Europe, and Asia. The Arctic Ocean is unique for its ice cover, which varies significantly with the seasons, expanding in the winter and shrinking in the summer. | |
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34. Red Sea World » WRD Place » Sea Red Sea 67 views 💖 1 |
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The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. It is one of the most significant bodies of water in the world due to its strategic location and rich biodiversity. The Red Sea is a popular destination for tourists, especially for diving and snorkeling, due to its clear waters and rich underwater ecosystems. | |
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35. Persian Gulf World » WRD Place » Sea Persian Gulf 57 views 💖 1 |
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The Persian Gulf, also sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a body of water located in Western Asia. It is an extension of the Indian Ocean that lies between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. The Persian Gulf is bordered by eight countries: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Oman. | |
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36. K2 World » WRD Place » Mountain Asia 74 views 💖 1 |
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K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang. | |
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37. Lake Victoria World » WRD Place » Lake Africa 41 views 💖 1 |
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Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, covering approximately 68,800 square kilometers (26,600 square miles). It is shared by three countries: Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. | |
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38. Bay of Bengal World » WRD Place » Sea Asia 39 views 💖 1 |
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The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bordered by India and Sri Lanka to the west, Bangladesh to the north, Myanmar (Burma) to the east, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the southeast. It is the largest bay in the world and holds significant geographical, ecological, and economic importance. | |
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39. Lake Khanka World » WRD Place » Lake Asia 46 views 💖 1 |
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Lake Khanka (also known as Lake Xingkai) is a transboundary freshwater lake located on the border between Russia and China. It is the largest freshwater lake in the Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai) and the Heilongjiang Province of China. | |
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40. Banda Sea World » WRD Place » Sea Asia 44 views 💖 1 |
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The Banda Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, located in Southeast Asia. It is surrounded by various islands that belong to Indonesia, making it a central part of the country's eastern maritime territory. The Banda Sea is home to the Banda Islands, historically known as the "Spice Islands" due to their production of nutmeg and mace. | |
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41. North America World » WRD Place » Continent Continent 42 views 💖 1 |
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North America is a diverse continent that spans from the Arctic in the north to tropical regions in the south. The region includes the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Clipperton Island, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States. The population is around 600 million people as of recent estimates. | |
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42. Makemake World » WRD Place » Space Universe 48 views 💖 1 |
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Dwarf planet Makemake – along with Pluto, Haumea, and Eris – is located in the Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. Makemake is slightly smaller than Pluto, and is the second-brightest object in the Kuiper Belt as seen from Earth while Pluto is the brightest. It takes about 305 Earth years for this dwarf planet to make one trip around the Sun. | |
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43. Oceania World » WRD Place » Region Oceania 85 views 💖 1 |
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Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the eastern and western hemispheres, it comprises numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean, including the continent of Australia. Oceania is a diverse and fascinating region, offering a blend of unique cultures, stunning natural environments, and complex histories. | |
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44. Antarctica World » WRD Place » Continent Antarctica 87 views 💖 1 |
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Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth, situated almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle. It's the fifth-largest continent by land area, covering approximately 14 million square kilometers (5.4 million square miles), making it larger than Europe and almost twice the size of Australia. | |
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45. Africa World » WRD Place » Continent Africa 72 views 💖 1 |
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Africa is a diverse and vast continent composed of 54 countries, each with its own unique cultural, historical, and geographical attributes. Africa is traditionally divided into several regions, including North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa. | |
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46. Shkodra Lake World » WRD Place » Lake Europe 35 views 💖 1 |
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Shkodra Lake, also known as Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër, or Skadar Lake, is the largest lake in Southern Europe. It straddles the border between Albania and Montenegro, offering stunning natural beauty and a unique ecosystem. | |
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47. Mekong River World » WRD Place » River Mekong River 58 views 💖 1 |
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The Mekong River is one of the longest and most important rivers in Southeast Asia, flowing through six countries: China, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It originates in the Tibetan Plateau of China and travels approximately 4,350 kilometers (2,703 miles) before emptying into the South China Sea. | |
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48. Pyrenees World » WRD Place » Mountain Europe 57 views 💖 1 |
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The Pyrenees is a mountain range in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between Spain and France, extending about 491 kilometers (305 miles) from the Bay of Biscay in the west to the Mediterranean Sea in the east. | |
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49. Timor Sea World » WRD Place » Sea Timor Sea 35 views 💖 1 |
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The Timor Sea is a relatively shallow sea located in the region of Southeast Asia, forming part of the Indian Ocean. It lies between the northern coast of Australia, the island of Timor (part of Indonesia and East Timor), and the Arafura Sea to the east. Here are key features and facts about the Timor Sea: | |
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50. Pluto World » WRD Place » Space Solar System 34 views 💖 1 |
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Pluto was once our solar system's ninth planet, but has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. It's located in a distant region of our solar system beyond Neptune known as the Kuiper Belt. Its diameter is about 2,377 kilometers (1,477 miles), smaller than Earth's Moon. Orbit is highly elliptical and inclined, taking 248 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun. Sometimes it is closer to the Sun than Neptune. | |