Antarctica Under the Ice
Antarctica’s ice reaches more than 4 kilometres in depth in places and covers 98% of the continent. Three maps show the bedrock terrain beneath it, the continent without ice, and the landscape that would eventually emerge after isostatic rebound. East Antarctica stays above sea level without ice. West Antarctica mostly does not.
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The Ottoman Empire, one of the most significant empires in history, had a long and complex rise and fall that spanned over six centuries.
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How Islam Spread Across Three Continents in Just Over a Century
In 610 CE, Muhammad received his first revelation in a cave near Mecca, and within the lifetimes of just a few generations, the faith he founded had reached from Spain to the borders of India.
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The total length of coastlines in the world as 1.16 million kilometres. Benjamin Hennig via geographical.co.uk
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River basins of South America in rainbow colours
Via etsy.com Related posts: – River basins of Africa in rainbow colours – Rivers of Europe in rainbow colours –
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Voting Divisions in Europe (official color of dominant coalition/party shown)
Alexandr Trubetskoy (www.ispol.com) Related post: – Active separatist movements in Europe
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Greenland is the world’s largest island and the least densely populated country in the world. It is located in the northern part of the North American continent, between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, with its own government and parliament.
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River basins of Africa
There are about 80 large rivers in Africa. Sixty-three are transboundary river basins covering about 64% of its land area and contain 93% of its total surface water resources. The largest river basins in Africa are Congo, Niger, Nile, the Senegal, Juba Shibeli, Lake Chad, Lake Turkana, Limpopo, Ogooue, Okavango, Orange, Volta, and Zambezi river.
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