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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and in Europe, its summit reaching 15,777 feet. The name has been derived from French and it means ‘White Mountain’. It has...

Mont Blanc

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Mount Lhotse

Mount Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at an elevation of 27,940 feet. It is located about 3 kilometers south of Mount Everest. The summits...

Mount Lhotse

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Yangtze River

The Yangtze River is the longest in Asia and the third longest in the world with a length of 3,915 miles. It flows from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China to the...

Yangtze River

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Mount Fuji – Japan

Mount Fuji is one of the most famous mountains in the world and also the highest in Japan with a height of 3,766 meters. It is also the world’s most climbed mountain...

Mount Fuji – Japan

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Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece. It is located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia. It measures 7,956 feet above sea level. This mountain is a part of the Olympus massif near the...

Mount Olympus

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Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier is an active volcano located in the southeast of Seattle, Washington. It last erupted in 1894. It is a part of the Cascade Range and also...

Mount Rainier

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Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano in the south-central part of the island of Hawaii. It is also the tallest mountain in the Hawaiian chain with an elevation of 4,205 meters above sea level. The peak of this volcano is the...

Mauna Kea

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Challenger Deep

The Challenger Deep is the deepest place in the world’s oceans. It is located at the southern end of the Mariana Trench. Mariana Trench is a crescent-shaped trench in the Western

Challenger Deep

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world after the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It covers approximately 14% of the

Indian Ocean

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean on earth and it covers more than 30% of the earth’s surface. This ocean accounts for approximately 46% of the earth’s water surface area. It extends from Asia and

Pacific Ocean

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Mount Everest Worksheet and Quiz

Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. This mountain is more than 60 million years old. It was formed by the movement of the Indian tectonic plate pushing up and against the Asian plate.

Mount Everest Worksheet and Quiz

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Angel Falls

Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the entire world with a height of 807 meters. It is also ranked among the world’s four most beautiful waterfalls. It is also one of the least accessible tourist attractions in South America. It is located in the Canaima National Park in Venezuela. This...

Angel Falls

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Iguazu Falls Facts

Iguazu Falls, also known as Iguassu Falls are located on the Brazilian and Argentinean borders. The word Iguazu means ‘big water’. These falls are one of the most popular and beautiful falls in the world. These waterfalls are second to

Iguazu Falls Facts

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All about Lithosphere

The word ‘Lithosphere’ is formed by combining Greek words ‘lithos’ which means rock and ‘sphaira’ which means sphere. Lithosphere can be defined as the solid outer section of our planet, Earth. It includes...

All about Lithosphere

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Types of Seasons

There are four types of seasons on earth: - spring, autumn, winter and summer. These seasons are characterized by differences in temperature and the length of daylight. Seasons are found only in the temperate zones. The...

Types of Seasons

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Tallest Mountain in the North America

Denali is the tallest mountain in North America at a height of 6,190 meters. It is the third highest of the seven summits. In 1896, this mountain was named as Mount McKinley by William Dickey after

Tallest Mountain in the North America

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Life in the Ocean

With over 70 percent of the Earth covered in water, oceans, bays and tributaries make up the largest biome – or ecosystem – on the planet. Scientists have found over 1 million species of animals and plants...

Life in the Ocean

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Mountain Life

If you’ve ever gone hiking in the Rocky Mountains or Sierras in the western United States , you know that the higher you go, the colder conditions get. The air is thinner and...

Mountain Life

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Moving Rocks of Death Valley

In Death Valley, California, one natural phenomenon has bewildered scientists for decades. Here rocks and even huge boulders move along the dry lake bed. The movement...

Moving Rocks of Death Valley

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Top 10 Longest Rivers In the World

Rivers can form from something as small as a mountain spring or they may start from a large

Top 10 Longest Rivers In the World

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Ice Sheets and Glaciers

How long does the snow in your backyard last? A few days? A few weeks? High in the mountains – or in very cold places – the...

Ice Sheets and Glaciers

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All About Rivers

What if a mighty river could begin as nothing more than a small spring bubbling water out of the Earth? That’s just the case of the Danube River, which begins at a spring in the Black Forest of

All About Rivers

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Rock Cycle

Humans use rocks for many different things – in particular, roofing and building materials. Is it possible to run out of rocks? Although we should always use natural resources carefully, it’s not likely that we’ll run out of rocks anytime soon. Rocks go through a continuous cycle of...

Rock Cycle

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