World Geography

Patagonia

The word Patagonia is supposed to be derived from Patagones, the name given to the Tehuelche Indians, the region’s original inhabitants, by Spanish explorers in the 16th century. According to legend, Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator who led the first European expedition into the area, named the Tehuelche after Patagon, a dog-headed monster from Amads

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Kalahari Desert

The Kalahari Desert is a featureless, gradually undulating, sand-covered plain that rises to 3,000 feet (900 metres) above sea level on all sides. Bedrock is only visible in the low, vertical-walled hills known as kopjes, which rise above the surrounding surface seldom but prominently. Apart from the kopjes, the Kalahari is characterised by three surfaces:

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KASEZ: India’s First Green Industrial City

The Indian Green building council, in collaboration with the ministry of commerce and industry, advanced the green SEZ suggestions. The ranking system encourages projects to exceed the requirements of codes and standards. The USA’s oldest export sector, has ended up India’s “first green industrial city,” receiving a platinum score underneath the GBC green towns rating

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Great Victoria Desert

The Great Victoria Desert (GVD) stretches from eastern Western Australia to the western half of South Australia, making it Australia’s largest desert. It is a dynamic sand-ridge desert with many low, frequently tangled sand dunes and lunettes bordering playa lakes (crescent-shaped dunes). There are few creeks and rocky outcroppings. Gibber plains can also be found.

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Great Basin Desert

The Great Basin, often known as the Great Basin Desert, is a prominent natural feature of western North America, consisting of rocky north–south-trending mountain ranges and large intervening valleys. Great Basin Desert facts The Great Basin Desert, an ecologically diversified region between the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains as well as the western tip of

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