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K2
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Asia
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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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Amazon River
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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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Antarctica
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Antarctica
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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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Rio Grande
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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 Everest
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Mount Everest
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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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Lhotse
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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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Mozambique Channel
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Indian Ocean
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The Mozambique Channel is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique. The channel is about 1,700 km (900 nmi; 1,100 mi) long and 419 km (226 nmi; 260 mi) across at its narrowest point, and reaches a depth of 3,292 m (10,801 ft) about 230 km (124 nmi; 143 mi) off the coast of Mozambique.
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Lake Erie
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Lake Erie is the fourth-largest of the five Great Lakes of North America by surface area and the smallest by volume. It borders four U.S. states—Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan—and the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Amazon Rainforest
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South America
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The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. The basin -- roughly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States -- covers some 40 percent of the South American continent and includes parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as French Guiana, a department of France.
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Arabian Desert
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Arabian Desert
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The Arabian Desert is a vast desert region that spans much of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian Desert covers parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Yemen. The desert features diverse landscapes, including vast sand dunes, gravel plains, rocky plateaus, and occasional mountain ranges.
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Arctic Desert
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Arctic Desert
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The Arctic Desert, also known as the Arctic Tundra, is a cold, desolate region that encircles the North Pole, encompassing parts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The Arctic Desert experiences extremely cold temperatures, often dropping below -40°C (-40°F) in winter. Summers are short and cool, with average temperatures ranging from 3°C to 12°C (37°F to 54°F).
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Bennu
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Universe
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101955 Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999. It is a potentially hazardous object that is listed on the Sentry Risk Table and has the highest cumulative rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale. Bennu has a 1 in nearly 1,800 chance to hit Earth in the next 300 years.
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Lake Huron
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Lake Huron
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With the longest shoreline of all of the Great Lakes, Lake Huron is one of the most unique lakes on Earth. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes, and the fourth largest lake in the world by surface area. Huron is renowned for its beaches, sand dunes, wetlands, forests, and extensive river systems.
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Congo Basin
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Africa
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A mosaic of rivers, forests, savannas, swamps and flooded forests, the Congo Basin is teeming with life. Gorillas, elephants and buffalo all call the region home. The Congo Basin spans across six countries—Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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Rhone River
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Europe
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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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Kalahari Desert
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Africa
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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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Strait of Malacca
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Strait of Malacca
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The Strait of Malacca is a critical and strategic maritime passage that lies between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The strait extends approximately 890 kilometers (550 miles) from the Andaman Sea to the South China Sea, narrowing down to about 2.8 kilometers (1.7 miles) at its narrowest point near Singapore.
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Atlantic Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean in the world, covering approximately 106.5 million square kilometers (41.1 million square miles). It separates the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from North and South America to the west. The deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean is the Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench, which reaches a depth of about 8,376 meters (27,480 feet).
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Timor Sea
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Timor Sea
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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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Iguazu River
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The Iguazu River is a significant waterway in South America. The Iguazu River flows through Brazil and Argentina. It forms part of the boundary between the two countries. The river is approximately 1,320 kilometers (820 miles) long. It originates near the city of Curitiba in the Brazilian state of Paraná and flows westward, eventually joining the Paraná River.