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Europe Continent World » WRD Place » Continent Europe 68 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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Australia Continent World » WRD Place » Continent Oceania 31 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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Rio Grande World » WRD Place » River North America 26 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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Mount Elgon World » WRD Place » Mountain Africa 30 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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Gulf of America World » WRD Place » Sea North America 43 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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Rhone River World » WRD Place » River Europe 28 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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Tagus River World » WRD Place » River Europe 22 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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Oder River World » WRD Place » River Europe 29 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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Dnieper River World » WRD Place » River Europe 24 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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Amazon River World » WRD Place » River South America 57 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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Elbe River World » WRD Place » River Europe 26 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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Milky Way World » WRD Place » Space Universe 36 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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Kalahari Desert World » WRD Place » Desert Africa 26 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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Volga River World » WRD Place » River Europe 25 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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Sonoran Desert World » WRD Place » Desert North America 28 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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Rhine River World » WRD Place » River Europe 42 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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Nevado Tres Cruces World » WRD Place » Mountain South America 38 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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Namib Desert World » WRD Place » Desert Africa 25 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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Danube River World » WRD Place » River Europe 32 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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Mount Stanley World » WRD Place » Mountain Africa 37 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. | |