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South Korea has 17 mountainous, 4 marine and coastal, and 1 historical national park, all of which play a vital role in the protection of the country's wildlife.
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Cambodia hosts a great diversity of avifauna but many species of birds are threatened due to poaching, hunting, habitat destruction.
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In a country where tradition preaches the conservation of the environment, the Chipko Movement proved once again the love of the people for nature.
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The true crocodiles are any one of the 14 extant species of large aquatic reptiles living in the tropics of Asia, Africa, Americas, and Australia.
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A riparian zone is the interface between land and a river or stream and play an important role in biodiversity conservation.
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Paraguay, a small landlocked country in South America, has diverse landscapes, ecoregions, and wildlife that are protected within the national parks of the country.
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A long and narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs that is created by glacial erosion is called a fjord.
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Bays, bights, sounds, and fjords are coastal features with distinct characteristics of their own.
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides an elaborate classification of soil based on the origin, composition, and other features.
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A cove is a coastal feature, a small sheltered bay on the coast of an ocean, river, or lake, often associated with scenic beauty.
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When an unglaciated river valley is partially submerged leading to the formation of a coastal inlet, it is called a ria.
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When the mainland is attached to an island by a narrow piece of land such as a bar or a spit, the resulting landform is called a tombolo.
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A spit is a stretch of beach material connected to mainland at the proximal end and projecting out into a water body at the distal end.
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Weathering is an important natural process by which rocks, soils, minerals, etc., are broken down by the various forces of nature.
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A playa lake is an ephemeral lakebed, meaning that the lake is filled with water only for transient time periods.
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An oasis is an isolated patch of land in a desert surrounding a source of water which allows vegetation to grow.
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Mudflats serve to protect coastal lands from the eroding forces of nature and also provide an important habitat for shore birds.
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A large number of snakes, both venomous species and non-venomous species, call Alabam their home.
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A sinkhole is a hole or a depression in the ground that results from some form of collapse of the surface layer.
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Lavaka, a type of erosional feature common in Madagascar, is basically a hole etched out on the slopes of a hill by forces of weathering.
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