Environment

This unincorporated US territory is a strategically important island atoll in the western Pacific Ocean.

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From wetlands to forests to deserts, North America is home to an assortment of dangerous snakes.

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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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This 35-mile long escarpment in South Africa has both beautiful geological formations and breathtaking waterfalls.

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The Juruá River (a.k.a. Rio Yuruá) is navigable for the majority of its 1,500-mile length in Brazil and Peru.

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Gobi Gurvansaikhan in the northern region of the Gobi Desert is Mongolia's largest national park at 10,425 square miles.

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All of Ecuador's largest rivers, including parts of the massive Amazon, are shared with neighboring Peru.

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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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Beekeepers have been noticing the rapid decline in their bee populations since at least the year 2006.

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A number of endemic parrot species inhabit New Zealand including the kea, kakapo, the New Zealand kaka, and more.

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Hallasan, a volcanic peak on the island of Jeju, is South Korea's tallest at 6,400 feet, and one of the most sacred sites to Koreans.

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Angola's native amphibians include Hildebrandtia ornatissima, an endemic frog that can survive in both dry and moist environments.

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Typically more devastating for animals and forests, some wildfires have also taken swaths of human lives. These have been the worst in terms of human casualties.

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The largest of the Pearl River's tributaries is the Xi River of China and Vietnam.

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Chad's reptiles include the Mocquard's Writhing Skink, which can be found nowhere else on earth.

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The Yalu, or Amnok, River forms a large portion of the border between China and North Korea.

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Curiously, only one mountain on Earth, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, is tall enough from base to peak to be featured on this list. Read to learn why even Everest fails the test!

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Less than 100 miles from Port Sudan, the area provides a sanctuary for dugongs and other marine species.

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Niger's avian residents are largely comprised by species well suited to arid environments.

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Sněžka along the border with Poland is the highest point in the Czech Republic (now Czechia) and the Krkonoše Range.

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