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Angola is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. The capital and largest city is Luanda. It lies on the Atlantic coast in the northwest of the country. A highly multiethnic country has 25,8 million inhabitants. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese rule, in the predominance of the Portuguese language and of the Catholic Church. It is the world's twenty-third largest country - twice the size of France. Angola's climate is characterized by two seasons: rainfall from October to Ap [...]

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Angola is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. The capital and largest city is Luanda. It lies on the Atlantic coast in the northwest of the country. A highly multiethnic country has 25,8 million inhabitants. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese rule, in the predominance of the Portuguese language and of the Catholic Church. Steve [...]

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Antarctica is the southernmost and least populated continent. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and the geographic South Pole is located here. With an area of 14.2 million km2, it is almost twice the size of Australia. The vast majority of Antarctica is covered by ice, the thickness of which is on average 1.9 km. About 70 % of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica. If the ice covering Antarctica were to melt, the level of the world's oceans would rise by almost 60 meters. [...]

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Perito Moreno is a glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park in the southwestern province of Santa Cruz. It is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Argentine Patagonia. Its area is 250 km2 and has a length of 30 km. It is named after the explorer Francisco Moreno, who explored the region in the 19th century. One of the few glaciers that remains steady despite global warming is the Perito Moreno Glacier. The mouth of the glacier is 5 km wide and its average height is 74 m above the [...]

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Fuego National Park is located on the Argentine part of the island Tierra del Fuego, 11 km from the town Ushuaia. It was founded in 1960. This natural wilderness has an area of almost 630 km2. The Panamerican Highway ends in the park, but it is also possible to visit it by the southernmost working railway in the world - the End of the World Train. The park represents two ecoregions - Altos Andes and Patagonian Forest. These diverse habitats are home to diverse fauna and flora. The southern part [...]

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The Great Barrier Reef is Australia's best-known natural value. But it's not the only incredible reef system you can find in Australia. The coast of the country is dotted with a number of cliff systems awaiting their discovery. The north, west and southeast coasts are unique ecosystems. Millions of visitors snorkel or dive among corals, brightly colored fish, turtles, sharks or whales and with their own eyes absorb the fascinating splendor of reefs. [...]

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The Great Barrier Reef is Australia's best-known natural value. But it's not the only incredible reef system you can find in Australia. The coast of the country is dotted with a number of cliff systems awaiting their discovery. The north, west and southeast coasts are unique ecosystems. Millions of visitors snorkel or dive among corals, brightly colored fish, turtles, sharks or whales and with their own eyes absorb the fascinating splendor of reefs. [...]

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The Great Barrier Reef is Australia's best-known natural value. But it's not the only incredible reef system you can find in Australia. The coast of the country is dotted with a number of cliff systems awaiting their discovery. The north, west and southeast coasts are unique ecosystems. Millions of visitors snorkel or dive among corals, brightly colored fish, turtles, sharks or whales and with their own eyes absorb the fascinating splendor of reefs. [...]

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Kings Canyon is a canyon in the Northern Territory of Australia, located at the western end of the George Gill Mountains, 323 km southwest of Alice Springs. It was formed more than 400 million years ago. The walls of the canyon are over 100 metres high, with Kings Creek at the bottom. A part of the canyon is a sacred Aboriginal site. The 6 km walk traces the top of the canyon. It gradually descends into the Garden of Eden, permanently irrigated by groundwater and surrounded by plant life. The ro [...]

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Tasmania, Australia's largest island, has an area of 68.5 thousand km2, including a thousand adjacent islands. It is the only Australian state not located on the Australian mainland. Its population is 530,000. The capital and largest city is Hobart. Tasmania is located 240 kilometers south of the Australian mainland, from which it is separated by the Bass Strait. About 2,500 kilometers south of the island of Tasmania is the coast of Antarctica. The most mountainous region is the Central Highland [...]

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For those who have tablets and smartphones, I have also compiled a video from this presentation. It is saved on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4x4T-5Itm_FsR07hKJYstA/ Steve Uluru or Ayers Rock is a rocky monolith, which was formed by erosion of the surrounding plains and is one of the most recognized natural monuments in Australia. It is made of red sandstone and its age is estimated at more than 500 million years. It is located in the middle of the Australian continent in the [...]

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The beauty of African beaches lies mainly in the fact that you will not meet anyone for many kilometers and you will hear the murmur of the sea instead of the noise of civilization. They are mostly beaches still untouched by civilization. Steve [...]

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Throughout the long history of mankind, humans have grown plants in gardens from both a practical and aesthetic point of view. We do not mean only small plots of land in gardens where you grow vegetables. Horticulture is an art form ranging from Zen-like gardens of Eastern cultures to perfectly formed Western-style gardens. It is true that "when you see the garden, you see the culture" and also "the gardens are a wonderful refuge and people are increasingly seeking refuge from the stresses of mo [...]

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The Andean Altiplano is the area where the Andes are widest. It is the largest plateau on Earth after Tibet. Most of the Altiplano is in Bolivia, but its northern part is in Peru and its southern part in Chile and Argentina. The Laguna Blanca salt lake is located in the Bolivian part of the Altiplano, in its southwestern part. It was named after its whitish color, caused by the high content of dissolved minerals. The lake lies at an altitude of 4,350 m and covers an area of 10.9 km2. It is a ver [...]

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Iguazu Falls are waterfalls on the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together they form the largest waterfall in the world. The river flows mostly through Brazil, but most of the waterfalls are on the Argentine side. The first European to record the existence of waterfalls in 1541 was the Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Steve [...]

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Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park. It was established in 1885 and is located in the Rocky Mountains (in province Alberta). The main commercial centre of the park is the town Banff, in the Bow River valley. The Park has a subarctic climate with three ecoregions, including montane, subalpine, and alpine. The mountains are formed from sedimentary rocks which were pushed east over newer rock strata, between 80 and 55 million years ago. Erosion from water and ice have carved the mo [...]

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The Republic of Cape Verde consists of ten volcanic islands. They are located 570 kilometers from the African mainland in the Atlantic Ocean. The only active volcano is on the island of Fogo. Its last eruption was in 2014. The climate of the archipelago is determined by the trade winds, which makes it very dry. The country has a shortage of water. The uninhabited islands were discovered in the 15th century by Portuguese navigators. The first settlement on the islands was Cidade Velha, which has [...]

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Huangshan is a mountain range located in the eastern part of China in the province of Anhui, covering an area of 154 km2. Much of the mountain's reputation stems from its importance in Chinese fine art and literature. It is characterized by sharp points of rock massifs, which were formed by glaciers. The rocks are overgrown with deformed Huangshan pines. They are tenacious trees, growing from rock cracks and living for over a hundred years. Mountain tops often offer a view of the clouds from abo [...]

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Suzhou is a city located in eastern China, about 100 km west of Shanghai. It lies on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and has more than 11 million inhabitants. The city is famous for its classic landscape gardens, which have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These gardens represent the development of the design of Chinese landscape gardens over a period of more than two thousand years. They have become the standard in Chinese garden design. The basis was the idea of the lan [...]

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You can see very nice natural photos from the Palouse (region of the northwestern United States) and Canada. They were taken by the excellent photographer Chip Phillips. Tony [...]

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