Rolando Y. Wee

Written by Rolando Y. Wee

View of Mount Hotaka (a.k.a. Hotakadake or Okuhotaka), the highest peak in the Japanese Alps.

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Where are the Japanese Alps?

The shores of Waya, one of the largest of the Yasawa Islands.

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Where Are The Yasawa Islands?

Makarakomburu is surrounded by an abundance of equatorial greenery on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

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Where Does Mount Makarakomburu Rise?

Mount Washington, as it sits above the Lakes of the Clouds in New Hampshire.

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What Do You Know About New Hampshire's Mount Washington?

Buried under e-Waste.

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What is e-Waste (Electronic Waste)?

The Tibetan Plateau in China can be considerably arid due to the rain shadow effect it receives from the massive Himalayas rising nearby.

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What Is The Rain Shadow Effect?

A Costa Rican river discharging massive amounts of its silt-laden waters (caused by erosion) into the ocean.

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What Is Silt, And How Does it Impact The Environment?

Quiet stretch of the Loire (or Liger River) in the French region of Anjou.

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The Loire River

Ancient Greek polymath Eratosthenes, one of the foremost geographers of the ancient world, and one of the first to use the term "geography" to describe the trade.

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What Is Geography, And How Did Its Study Begin?

Map of the Mississipi River watershed, with its many tributaries and ultimate outflow into the Gulf of Mexico.

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What Are Watersheds And Drainage Basins?

The Icelandic volcanic island of Surtsey.

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Where Is The Island Of Surtsey?

A breathtaking view of the Tahitian coast as seen from helicopter.

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Where Is The Island Of Tahiti?

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