What Is The Pacific Plate?
The Pacific Plate is a massive tectonic plate lying underneath the Pacific Ocean, and the largest oceanic plate of the planet.
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What Is A Qanat, And Where Are They Found?
In Persia and beyond, qanats have for millennia transported water to help facilitate economics, agricultural irrigation, and to meet basic human drinking water needs.
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Where Are The Ryukyu Islands?
Okinawa is the largest of these islands. Here, life seems to remain simpler and less industrialized than that seen in the rest of modern Japan.
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What Is Gum Arabic (Acacia Gum)?
This natural gum is produced throughout the Sahel, Arabia, and beyond for a variety of commercial uses.
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What Is Sisal (Agave sisalana)?
Native to Mexico and Central America, this fibrous species of agave is now cultivated in warm climes around the globe.
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The Syr Darya River
The drought-prone Syr Darya flows for almost 1,400 miles in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.
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Deadliest Minerals And Gemstones
Per research compiled by GeologyIn.com, these are some of the deadliest minerals in the world.
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What And Where Is The Hydrosphere?
The hydrosphere is the "water world" found collectively above, below, and directly upon the earth's land surfaces.
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What Is Jute Used For, And Where Is It Grown?
Much of this fibrous crop, well suited for rope- and bag-making, is cultivated within the Indian subcontinent of Asia.
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What Is The United States Geological Survey?
Began in 1879, the USGS operates within the United States Department of the Interior conducting research and disseminating geological data.
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Where Can The Vosges Mountains Be Found?
The Vosges Mountains of France span a length of 75 miles near the French-German border.
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Where Is Wake Island, And Who Owns It?
This unincorporated US territory is a strategically important island atoll in the western Pacific Ocean.
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What And Where Is Witwatersrand?
This 35-mile long escarpment in South Africa has both beautiful geological formations and breathtaking waterfalls.
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The Xi River
The largest of the Pearl River's tributaries is the Xi River of China and Vietnam.
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The Yalu (Amnok) River
The Yalu, or Amnok, River forms a large portion of the border between China and North Korea.
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Where Is The Adamawa Plateau?
The Adamawa Plateau and its grasslands are shared by the African nations of Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Central African Republic.
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What Are Badlands, And Where Do They Occur?
Badlands are some of the most beautiful examples of naturally occurring, erosion-shaped terrain.
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What Is A Volcanic Caldera?
Fittingly enough, the term "caldera" comes from the Spanish word for "cauldron". These bowl-shaped volcanic features can even be seen occurring in outer space.
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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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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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