GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

MOUNT EVEREST

• Height is 8,848M or 29,029 ft.
• British mountaineers came up with the idea to reach its summit.
• Named after George Everest.
• Climbers face the death zone, which is 26,000 feet or above.

THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

• One of Asia's two main opium-producing areas.
• 367,000 square miles.
• Overlaps the mountains of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand.
• Was the largest opium-producing countries until the 21st century, when Afghanistan took over as the leading producer of opium.

AYER'S ROCK

• Visitors are welcome to climb Ayer's Rock.
• Juts up 350M from its barren surrounds and extending more underground.
• Large Sandstone rock formation in Central Australia.
• One of the oldest rocks on Earth.

GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN

• One of the largest water reservoirs in the world.
• Only reliable resource for freshwater in inland Australia.
• Stretches over a total of 1,700,000 square kilometers,
• In some places can get as deep as 9,800 feet.

THE FOX GLACIER

• 13 kilometers long.
• Named after William Fox, a former Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• One of the most accessible glaciers in the world.
• 1,000 people visit this tourist site every day.

MOUNT YASUR

• One of the most active volcanoes in the world.
• Height of 361 meters above sea level.
• Last erupted in 2008.
• Circular summit crater of around 400 meters in diameter.

TAKI FALLS

• Largest Waterfall in Palau.
• 30M high and 37M Wide.
• A popular site for tourists.
• Ngardmau is the home of this popular waterfall.

CHAMPAGNE POOL

• Filled with carbon dioxide bubbles.
• 65 meters across, 62 meters in depth.
• Contains several pieces of endemic micro organisms.
• Along the rim are bright Orange salts.

MURRAY RIVER

• Longest river in Australia.
• Rises in the Australian Alps
• 2,375 kilometers in length.
• Receives 58% of natural flow.

DARLING RIVER

• 1,472 kilometers in length.
• It recently has been in poor health.
• Third-longest river in Australia.
• Raises in many headstreams in the Great Dividing Range.