What Is The Rain Shadow Effect?
Often times, mountains stand as barriers preventing precipitation from falling over certain areas.
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What Is Silt, And How Does it Impact The Environment?
A double-edged sword, siltation can positively enrich croplands or negatively choke out biodiversity.
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Where Do The Longfellow Mountains Rise?
An extension of the Appalachian Range, these mountains were so named by the state of Maine to honor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Did You Know That The Pacific Northwest Has Four Peaks Each Named Mount Washington?
One in the Washingtonian Cascades, one in the Washingtonian Olympics, and one in the Oregonian Cascades, with a smaller Mt. Washington in Skagit County, WA.
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Did You Know That There Are Bridges In India "Grown" From Tree Roots?
The roots of native Rubber Fig trees provide walkways across the water in Cherrapunji, India.
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The Loire River
The longest river in France, the 630-mile-long Loire drains 21% of Metropolitan France's land area, with recent conservation efforts undamming its rivers.
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What Is Geography, And How Did Its Study Begin?
The term Geography is directly derived from a Greek term meaning "description of the earth".
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How Is Global Warming Causing Methane Blowholes, And How Do They Cause Climate Change?
Anthropogenic climate change is contributing to methane blowholes in the Arctic, which are in turn worsening global warming in a self-perpetuating cycle.
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Why Are Species In Hawaii Going Extinct At Such A Rapid Rate?
What is causing the Hawaiian Islands to be losing so many native species, and what can be done about it?
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How Is The Palm Oil Industry Destroying Wildlife and Their Habitats?
The industry producing one of the most widely used products globally is linked to deforestation, exploitation, and general environmental degradation.
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What Are Watersheds And Drainage Basins?
Alternatively known as a drainage area or catchment area, these refer to the areas drained by a specific outlet, such as a river or lake.
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Where Is The Island Of Surtsey?
Lying to the south of Iceland, this recently formed volcanic island was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008.
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How Do Beavers Build Dams?
Beavers are some of the most skillful tree fellers and dam builders on planet earth.
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Where Is Sundarbans National Park?
An exotic world of mangroves and man eaters lies in the state of West Bengal in eastern India.
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Where Is The Island Of Tahiti?
The largest of the Windward Islands of French Polynesia covers an area of 400 square miles.
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Did You Know Lighting Can Occur In Clouds From Volcanic Eruptions?
Arguably one of the most unique natural phenomenons in the world, these are often referred to as "dirty thunderstorms".
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Is the Bermuda Triangle Really Cursed?
Miami, Florida in the U.S., the island of Bermuda, and San Juan in Puerto Rico are often considered the three corners of the "paranormal" Bermuda Triangle.
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What Is Muskeg Soil, And Where Is It Found?
Acidic muskeg soil is commonly seen in a number of northern, subarctic habitats, especially in bog lands.
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The Susquehanna River
One of the largest, most important rivers in the U.S. flows for 465 miles through Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York.
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The Saint Clair River
One of the most commercially significant North American rivers spans around 40 miles along the U.S.-Canadian border, part of the larger Great Lakes Waterway.
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