A long and narrow coastal Southern Cone country on the west side of the Andes Mountains, Chile stretches over 4,300 km (2,670 mi) north to south, but only 350 km (217 mi) at its widest point east to west.
MAJOR RIVERS
The Orange River is the country?s longest river, originating in the
highlands of Lesotho. Flowing in a northwesterly direction for
approximately 2 100km (1 300 miles), it flows into the Atlantic Ocean
at Alexander Bay. The Orange River ...
MAPUNGUBWE NATIONAL PARK
The name Mapungubwe means 'a place of the stone of wisdom'. (Ref: Dr
M. Motshekga, Kara Heritage Institute, Hatfield, Pretoria).
The Mapungubwe National Park was previously known as Vhembe Dongola
National Park. It is situated ...
The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small, landlocked country in Africa (one of the smallest on the continent), embedded between South Africa in the west, north and south and Mozambique in the east.
Bhutan is located on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas, landlocked between the Tibet Autonomous Region to the north and the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh to the west and south.
Vietnam has two World Natural Heritage Sites - Hạ Long Bay and Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park - and six biosphere reserves, including Cần Giờ Mangrove Forest, Cát Tiên, Cát Bà, Kiên Giang, the Red River Delta, and Western Nghệ An.
The Free State, lying at the heart of South Africa is made up of five sub-regions, Motheo at the centre, Northern Free State, Thabo Mofutanyana to the east, Lejweleputswa, at the west and Xhariep to the south.
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