What Is A Continental Shelf?
The shallower areas of coastal waters extending offshore sit atop continental shelves.
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Countries With The Most Protected Lands (Percentage Of Area As Reserves)
Excluding marine and inter-tidal areas conserved as such, these countries have the highest percentages of their respective terrestrial spaces protected as reserves.
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Where Are The Yasawa Islands?
The Yasawa Islands are a volcanic archipelago in western Fiji. Tourism has been a major boost to the local economy since restrictions on such were lifted in 1987.
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What Is The Rainbow Eucalyptus?
The colorful Rainbow Eucalyptus is the only eucalyptus variety naturally found growing in the Northern Hemisphere.
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What Animals Live In Oceania?
Australia, New Zealand, and the other island nations of Oceania have developed their own unique sets of fauna, setting them apart in the world of biodiversity.
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What Are Earth System Studies?
Looking at interactions between the Earth's water, ice, rock, living things, and atmosphere gives a well-rounded picture of our planet.
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What Is Dryland Agriculture?
Much of the world's crop outputs are grown in areas receiving little precipitation without the use of irrigation.
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Where Does Mount Makarakomburu Rise?
Makarakomburu reaches an elevation of 7,580 feet on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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What Do You Know About New Hampshire's Mount Washington?
The highest point in the Northeastern United States is famous for its vistas, cycling races, and neighboring lakes.
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Where Does Mount Tai (Tai Shan) Rise?
The easternmost of the Five Great Mountains of China rises more than one mile into the sky in Shandong Province.
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Where Is The Kuznetsk Depression?
Some of the largest coal deposits in the world lie at the feet of the mountains of South-Central Siberia.
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The Nanticoke River
At more than 60 miles long, the Nanticoke is one of the most important tributaries of Chesapeake Bay.
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The Cuyahoga River
Once one of the most polluted rivers in the world, the Cuyahoga River literally caught fire multiple times.
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Where Is The Nullarbor Plain?
The world's largest expanse of exposed limestone bedrock covers more than 75,000 square miles in southern Australia.
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What Is Catatumbo Lightning?
This unique phenomenon only occurs around Lake Maracaibo and the Catatumbo River in Venezuela.
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What Are The Sailing Stones Of Death Valley?
Apparently moving by themselves across the desert, these rocks are likely being carried along by bacteria.
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Why Are Grauer’s Gorilla Populations So Threatened?
War, deforestation, and the hunting of them for bush-meat alike are ravaging Eastern Lowland gorilla populations across much of their natural range.
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What Is Fracking, And Is It Harmful?
Hydraulic fracturing is a controversial innovation used for extracting natural gas and petroleum reserves.
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What Is The Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
This seed vault on a far northern island of Norway promises to help ensure the protection of the earth's flora biodiversity in the event of a global catastrophe.
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What Is Red Ivory, And How Is Its Trade Threatening The Helmeted Hornbill?
The keratin wedge formations atop the crests of male Helmeted hornbills' crests are in high demand to create red ivory, an ornamental luxury.
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