Benin

Benin

Benin, commonly known as Dahomey, is a nation in West Africa. It is officially called the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin), but it is also referred to as Benin (/bɛˈniːn/ ben-EEN, /bɪˈni\n/ bin-EEN; French: Bénin [benɛ̃], Fon: Benɛ, Fula: Benen). Burkina Faso borders it to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Nigeria to … Read more

Belize

Belize

Belize, also known as Belize Kriol English: Bileez, is a country in Central America’s northeastern region (/bɪˈliːz, bɛ-/, bih-LEEZ, beh-). Mexico borders it to the north, Guatemala borders it to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea borders it to the east. To the southeast, it borders Honduras by water as well. Belize is … Read more

Belgium

Belgium

Northwestern Europe is home to the nation of Belgium, or officially the Kingdom of Belgium. The Netherlands borders the nation on the north, Germany borders it on the east, Luxembourg borders it on the southeast, France borders it on the south, and the North Sea borders it on the west. With a population of almost … Read more

Belarus

Belarus

Located in Eastern Europe, Belarus is formally known as the Republic of Belarus. Poland borders it to the west, Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest, Ukraine to the south, and Russia to the east and northeast. With a population of 9.1 million, Belarus has an area of 207,600 square kilometers (80,200 sq mi). Six areas … Read more

Barbados

Barbados

Barbados, the most easterly of the Caribbean islands, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, in the Caribbean area close to North America and north of South America. UK: /bɑ̐r̈beɪdɒs/ bar-BAY-doss; US: /bɑ\r̈be̪do̊s/ bar-BAY-dohss; locally /bɑ\r̈beɪdəs/ bar-BAY-d̙ss. It is located where the Caribbean and South American plates meet. Bridgetown is … Read more

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

South Asia’s Bangladesh is formally known as the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. With 170 million people living in an area of 148,460 square kilometers, it is the seventh most populous country in the world and among the most densely inhabited (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh borders Myanmar to the southeast and India to the north, west, … Read more

Richat Structure

Richat Structure

Known by its Arabic name, قلب الريشات, romanized as Qalb ar-Rīšāt (Hassaniyya: [galb er. riːʃaːt]), the Richat Structure is a well-known circular geological formation located in the Adrar Plateau in the Sahara. It is situated in Mauritania’s Adrar Region, close to Ouadane. Feathers is the meaning of rīšāt in Hassaniya Arabic. It is also called … Read more

Fairy circle (arid grass formation)

Fairy circle

Fairy circles are circular areas of land devoid of vegetation, with a diameter ranging from 2 to 12 meters (7 to 39 feet), and are frequently surrounded by a ring of grass that has been coaxed to grow. They may be found in the dry grasslands of Western Australia’s Pilbara region and the Namib desert … Read more

Manpupuner rock formations

Manpupuner rock formations

The seven stone pillars known as the Manpupuner rock formations (Man-Pupu-Nyor; Mansi: Мань-Пупыг-Нёр [manʲ.pupiɣ noˑr], literally ‘Small Idol Mountain’; Komi: Бoлвано-Из [bolvano iz], literally ‘Idol Stone’) are situated in the Troitsko-Pechorsky District of the Komi Republic, west of the Ural Mountains. Situated between the Pechora and Ilych rivers, on the mountain Man-Pupu-nyor, they are part … Read more

Blood Falls

Blood Falls

In the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Bill Falls is the outflow of a plume of seawater contaminated with iron(III) oxide. The plume originates on the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney and flows from the tongue of Taylor Glacier. Small cracks in the ice cascades occasionally release … Read more

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