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Colorado
Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the southeast. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau an
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North Sea
marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean
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Yangtze
The Yangtze River, Yangzi River ( or ) or Chang Jiang () is the longest river in China and the third-longest river in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows for , including the Dam Qu River, the longest source of the Yangtze, in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea. It is the fifth-largest primary river by discharge volume in the world. Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of China, and is home to nearly one-third of the country's population.
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Northern Mariana Islands
unincorporated territory of the US located in the Pacific
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Panama Canal
large canal in Panama
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Crete
Crete ( ; , Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 90th largest island in the world, and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located approximately south of the Peloponnese, and about southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete (or North Cretan Sea) to the north and the Libyan Sea (or South Cretan Sea) to the south. Crete covers 260 km from west to east but is narr
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Isfahan
Isfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city has a population of approximately 2,238,000, making it the third-most populous city in Iran, after Tehran and Mashhad, and the second-largest metropolitan area.
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Sumer
Sumer ( ) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the 5th and 4th millennium BC. Like nearby Elam, it is one of the cradles of civilization, along with Egypt, the Indus Valley, the Erligang culture of the Yellow River valley, Caral-Supe, and Mesoamerica. Living along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Sumerian farmers grew an abundance of grain and other crops, a surplus of which enabled them to form urban settlements. The world's earliest k
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2010 FIFA World Cup
19th FIFA World Cup, held in South Africa
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
British overseas territory in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
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Sint Maarten
country on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Mekong River
The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of water annually. From its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau, the river runs through Southwest China (where it is officially called the Lancang River), Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and southern Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult, though the river remains a major trade ro
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National Basketball Association
North American professional basketball league
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Washington Irving
American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)
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November 2015 Paris attacks
A series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 21:16, three suicide bombers struck outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, during an international football match, after failing to gain entry to the stadium. Another group of attackers then fired on crowded cafés and restaurants in Paris, with one of them also detonating an explosive, killing himself in the process. A third group carried out another mass shooting and took hostages at an Eagles of Death Metal concert attended by 1,500 people in the Bataclan theatre, leading to a stand-off with police. The attackers were either shot or detonated suicide vests when police raided the theatre.
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Coral Sea
Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of Australia
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Tropic of Cancer
line of northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead
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Baffin Island
largest Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada
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Tropic of Capricorn
line of southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead
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Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
international airport serving Paris, France
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Channel Tunnel
rail tunnel beneath the English Channel between France and Great Britain
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Ellesmere Island
part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut
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Sharjah
Sharjah (; '', Gulf Arabic: aš-Šārja'') is a major port city and the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. The emirate shares legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates of the UAE within a federal framework. Each emirate has jurisdiction over some functions such as civil law enforcement and provision and upkeep of local facilities. Sharjah has been ruled by the Al Qasimi dynasty since the 18th century.
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Baikonur Cosmodrome
cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used by Russia
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Labrador Sea
sea
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Moscow Metro
rapid transit system in Moscow agglomeration
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Cape Horn
headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago located in Chile
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Gulf of Saint Lawrence
estuary on the east coast of Canada
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chimney
A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that the gases flow smoothly, drawing air into the combustion in what is known as the stack, or chimney effect. The space inside a chimney is called the flue. Chimneys are adjacent to large industrial refineries, fossil fuel combustion facilities or part of buildings, steam locomotives and ships.
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Kerguelen Islands
archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, and one of the districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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Victoria Island
island in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada
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Canadian Arctic Archipelago
archipelago in northern North America
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Johnston Atoll
unincorporated territory of the United States
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Mount Logan
highest mountain in Canada, in Yukon
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Salween River
river in Asia
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Meteora
thumb|Meteora by night
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Palawan
Palawan (, ; officially the Province of Palawan; ; ) is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area, with . The capital and largest city is Puerto Princesa which is geographically grouped with but administered independently from the province. Palawan is known as the Philippines' Last Frontier and as the Philippines' Best Island.
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Mount Erebus
volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
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Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day held during the last week of March or the first week of April. Six teams in each league then advance to a four-round postseason tournament in October, culminating in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions first played in 1903. MLB is headquartered in New York City.
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Chagos Archipelago
archipelago in the Indian Ocean
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Niagara River
watercourse on the boundary of Canada and the United States
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Area 51
classified United States military base at Groom Lake, Nevada
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Seven Summits
set of highest mountains of each of the seven continents
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Kruger National Park
national park in South Africa
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Northwest Passage
sea route north of North America
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Arlington National Cemetery
national cemetery in Virginia, United States
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Bozeman
city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
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Struve Geodetic Arc
meridian arc from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea
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County Kilkenny
county in Ireland
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Crozet Islands
district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean
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Chiclana de la Frontera
municipality of the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
list of World Heritage Sites in Africa
Wikimedia list article
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Camagüey Province
province of Cuba
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Lusitania
thumb|The Iberian Peninsula in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD) showing, in western Iberia, the [[imperial province of Lusitania (Portugal and Extremadura)]]
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Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( ) is a city on the border of the South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the was 142,163, having grown at an average annual rate of 1.45% over the previous two decades. Toowoomba is the second-most-populous inland city in Australia after the nation's capital, Canberra. It is also the second-largest regional centre in Queensland and is often referred to as the capital of the Darling Downs, or the 4th biggest city in South East Queensland after Brisbane, Gol
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Queen Elizabeth Islands
Northernmost group of islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Matanzas Province
province of Cuba
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Pinar del Río Province
province of Cuba
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Marinduque
Marinduque (; ), officially the Province of Marinduque, is an island province in the Philippines located in Southwestern Tagalog Region or Mimaropa, formerly designated as Region IV-B. Its capital is the municipality of Boac, the most populous in the province. Marinduque lies between Tayabas Bay to the north and Sibuyan Sea to the south. It is west of the Bondoc Peninsula of Quezon province in mainland Luzon; east of Mindoro Island; and north of the island province of Romblon. Some parts of the Verde Island Passage, the center of the center of world's marine biodiversity and a protected marine
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New Scotland Yard
headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, Westminster, Greater London from October 2016