Vitória & Vila Velha (Brazil)
Vila Velha (Brazil)
Doce River delta
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Vitória & Vila Velha (Brazil) (266 downloads)
Vila Velha (Brazil) (271 downloads)
Doce River delta (258 downloads)
On the eve of the Day of the Airborne Forces of Russia, I answer 8 questions about the Special Parachute Training for the Cosmonauts
Moscow is easily recognizable from a photo taken on board the ISS, since it has a radial-beam layout of the city.
The city consists of several streets and rings running from the center (3 transport – MKAD, Sadovoe, 3rd transport, as well as the Boulevard Ring).
The Moscow metro is built on the same principle – the Circle Line and the Moscow Central Circle have stations for transferring to radial lines that connect the center of Moscow with the outskirts.
You can endlessly talk about the incredible number of city attractions. Many places and buildings are unique and world famous!
Therefore, maybe you – residents and guests of the capital – tell us about your favorite places in Moscow?
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Kukunor is the second largest inland mountain salt lake in Central Asia after Lake Issyk-Kul.
It is mountainous and is located at an altitude of 3205 m.
Chinese – Qinghai, Mongolian – Khukh-Nur and Tibetan – Tso Ngongpo names mean “blue-green (turquoise) sea (lake)”.One of the first Europeans to explore the lake was the Russian traveler, geographer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky in 1872.
23 rivers flow into Kukunor, the most aquiferous of which – Bukh-Gol – forms a delta that extends into Kukunor in the west.
The lake has a large amount of alkali, so drinking water from the lake is not only harmful, but also life threatening.
The lake is surrounded by many legends, mystical beliefs and traditions that have been formed over centuries.
During the existence of the Chinese Empire, the northern section of the Great Silk Road passed along the shores of the lake. Residents of settlements located near the lake, called the reservoir Avaricious master. This is due to the fact that not a single river flows from the lake, and it is impossible to use water for cooking.
Due to its length, the lake is called Long Water.
In the year of the horse, every Tibetan Buddhist is obliged to go around the lake around, making the Great Pilgrimage to the holy places.
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Diego Garcia is the largest atoll island of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, located 1600 km south of Hindustan and 1200 km south of the Maldives.
The lagoon, with an area of about 27 km², is surrounded by a narrow strip of surface coral reefs.
Diego Garcia has a length of about 60 km, a maximum height of about 7 meters above sea level.
The atoll consists of four islands. The largest of them is the island of Diego Garcia. In addition to this island, the atoll includes small islands:
The island was discovered by the famous Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama at the beginning of the XVI century.
In 1966, the population of the island was only 924 people, at the moment – the population is about three thousand people.
Since 1973, a large US military base has been located on the island.
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