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The study of physical characteristics of earth and the distribution and effects of life on earth, especially that of humans.

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Humberstone, Chile

Geography; Geography

Humberstone Chile was built around the rush to produce sodium nitrate as fertilizer. However, when the American economy went bust during the Great Depression demand dropped and by ...

Kolmanskop, Namibia

Geography; Geography

Once a successful diamond mining community, Kolmanskop is now a desert ghost town where the houses welcome only sand. The desert city was originally built when Germans discovered ...

Craco, Italy

Geography; Geography

Its roots date back to the pre-Roman sixth century B.C. It was built on a summit, Craco's utility was initially derived from its ability to repel invaders. The town saw an average ...

Borobudur

Geography; Geography

The biggest Buddha Temple in the world is Borobudur temple in Central Java, with a height of 42 meters (10 levels) and more than 1 km relief length. Estimated to be made for 40 ...

Pithecanthropus Erectus

Geography; Geography

Java Man (Homo erectus erectus) is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at Trinil - Ngawi Regency on the banks of the Solo River in East Java, Indonesia, one of the first ...

Java is the most populous island

Geography; Geography

Java covers only 7 % of the entire territory of Indonesia and where almost 60 % of Indonesia's population ( about 130 million people) live on the island . Indonesia is a country ...

The World Biggest Archipelago

Geography; Geography

The Republic of Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world consisting of 17,504 islands (including 9,634 unnamed islands and 6,000 uninhabited islands). With 3 of the 6 ...