Environment

At 15,777 feet in elevation along the Italian border in the Graian Alps, Mont Blanc is France's highest peak.

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The island of Babeldaob covers 70% of Palau's land area, and also houses its national capital city of Ngerulmud.

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The mountainous Buddhist kingdom is covered by Himalayan forests and foothill grasslands.

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Sadly, human activities pose great threats to Thailand's wealth of Indochinese biodiversity.

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The Yenisei–Angara–Selenge River System is Russia's longest, with a small portion of its length lying in neighboring Mongolia.

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Mount Whitney, the highest peak in California and the entire Sierra Nevada Range, has an alpine climate and ecology.

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Planting forests upon barren land proffers hope in mitigating the negative effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and natural resource depletion.

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The Amazon River drainage basin covers a larger share of Brazil's area than any other.

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Few likely realize that the largest numbers of today's organic growers hail from developing economies.

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Kapuas on Borneo is the longest Indonesian river, closely followed by Sepik on the island of New Guinea.

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Reaching 9,718 feet along the Austrian border, Zugspitze is the highest peak in Germany.

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Shared with 9 other European countries, the Danube is the longest river to pass into Germany, while the Main is the longest lying wholly within Germany.

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Signed in 1997 and effective a little more than 7 years later, these extensions of the UNFCCC were a landmark achievement in international environmental legislation.

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Tropical moist forests and savannas cover most of the Central African Republic's land area.

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From semi-arid savannas to flooded plains, Botswana is a southern African nation of grasslands.

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The island nation of Sri Lanka is extremely varied in precipitation distribution and topography, while much of the country is forested.

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Though best known for its Amazonian rainforests, Brazil also houses numerous other biodiverse ecosystems.

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Just shy of 10,000 feet, Pico da Neblina near the Venezuelan border is Brazil's highest summit.

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While some may or may not believe Mount Ararat was where Noah's Ark rested, few will contend it doesn't house the highest peak in Turkey.

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Chad's environment varies from wet savannas and grasslands to the arid outer reaches of the Sahara Desert.

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