What Are Defoliants Used For?
Defoliants are chemicals applied to plants that cause their leaves (foliage) to fall off.
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Eastern Rift Valley (Gregory Rift) - Geography of Africa
The Gregory Rift Valley covers large expanses of highland areas in Eastern Africa.
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Marojejy National Park, Madagascar
Despite being a nature reserve, this park in northeast Madagascar still faces many ecological threats.
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10 Most Threatened Animals In North America
From birds to invertebrates, the populations of many of the continent's greatest treasures are teetering on the brink.
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King Cobra - Deadly Animals Of Southeast Asia
A single King Cobra's venom is said to be potent enough to kill one-and-a-half dozen people!
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Climate Change - How Bad Can It Get?
World Atlas takes a look at how severely humanity could be affected in the years to come by climate change.
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Cactus, Flora Of The Desert
The Family Cactaceae has almost 1,800 species, most of which are native to the Americas.
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What Does Contiguous Mean In Geography?
Contiguous refers to a geopolitical division that is not interrupted by other divisions of land or water.
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The Great Escarpment Of Southern Africa
The Great Escarpment covers large areas in and around South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
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The Ebro River Of Spain
The Ebro covers 578 miles between the mountains near Pico Tres Mares and the Mediterranean coast at Tarragona.
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What Is Evapotranspiration?
An integral part of the hydrological cycle, evapotranspiration includes the total water moved into the air from below.
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Sustained Yield Use In Forestry And Natural Resource Management
Sustained yield use allows people to obtain benefits from forests and other reserves of natural resources without undermining their ecological integrity.
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What Is The Water Table?
The water table is the top of the saturated zone where the water pressure and atmospheric pressure are equal.
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The Most Polluted River In The World: The Citarum River
The Citarum River in Indonesia is regarded as the most polluted river in the world.
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Kuril Islands Of The Northwest Pacific
This 800+ mile-long chain of volcanic islands has at times been highly disputed between Russia and Japan.
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Loess Soil And Ground Fertility
This wind-blown sediment is responsible in part for some of the world's most agriculturally productive areas.
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Most Polluted Cities In The United Kingdom
As per WHO reports, currently twelve urban areas in the United Kingdom exceed the safe upper limits of PM10 particulate air pollutants.
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What Is Crop Rotation?
Crop rotation is using the same piece of land to grow different crops in alternate years in an effort to maximize production.
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The Douro River Of Portugal And Spain
The Douro River is one of the most economically and hydrologically important rivers of the Iberian Peninsula.
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The Longest Non-Polar Glaciers In The World
Tajikistan is home to the longest non-polar glacier in the world, the 77-kilometer long Fedchenko Glacier.
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