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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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