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12,244
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42
2
0
Generally, temperatures do not drop below 20 °C in this season.
20
12,248
12248
64
2
0
Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, although only 37 kilometers separate them.
37
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12249
3
7
0
At 1564116 sqkm , Mongolia is the 18th-largest and the most sparsely populated sovereign state in the world, with a population of around three million people.
1,564,116
12,250
12250
28
3
0
7th-century artifacts found 180 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar.
180
12,251
12251
188
8
0
Under his successors it stretched from present-day Poland in the west to Korea in the east, and from parts Siberia in the north to the Gulf of Oman and Vietnam in the south, covering some 33000000 sqkm , (22% of Earth's total land area) and had a population of over 100 million people (about a quarter of Earth's total p...
33,000,000
12,252
12252
3
7
0
At 1564116 sqkm , Mongolia is the world's 18th-largest country (after Iran).
1,564,116
12,253
12253
89
2
0
Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its westernmost point is only 36 kilometers from Kazakhstan.
36
12,254
12254
94
4
0
The highest point in Mongolia is the Khüiten Peak in the Tavan bogd massif in the far west at 4374 meters .
4,374
12,255
12255
116
5
0
Most of the country is hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter, with January averages dropping as low as -30.0 °C .
-30
12,257
12257
49
4
0
The annual average temperature in Ulaanbaatar is -1.3 °C , making it the world's coldest capital city.
-1
12,260
12260
103
2
0
However, the main international airport is Chinggis Khaan International Airport, located approximately 20 kilometers from downtown Ulaanbaatar.
20
12,262
12262
79
2
0
Dashi-Choiling monastery has commenced a project to restore the temple and the 25 meters sculpture of Maitreya.
25
12,263
12263
90
4
0
The Khüiten Peak in extreme western Mongolia on the Chinese border is the highest point ( 4374 meters ).
4,374
12,264
12264
23
3
0
The lowest point is at 518 meters , an otherwise undistinguished spot in the eastern Mongolian plain.
518
12,265
12265
40
4
0
The country has an average elevation of 1580 meters .
1,580
12,266
12266
57
3
0
The nation's closest point to any ocean is approximately 645 kilometers from the country's easternmost tip, bordering North China to Jinzhou in Liaoning province, China along the coastline of the Bohai Sea.
645
12,267
12267
51
4
0
The range contains the country's highest peak, the 4374 meters high Khüiten Peak.
4,374
12,268
12268
26
5
0
Winter nights can drop to -40.0 °C in most years.
-40
12,270
12270
20
4
0
Ulaanbaatar lies at 1351 meters above sea level in the valley of the Tuul River.
1,351
12,271
12271
79
3
0
Located in the relatively well-watered north, it receives an annual average of 310 mm of precipitation, almost all of which falls in July and in August.
310
12,272
12272
49
4
0
Ulaanbaatar has an average annual temperature of -2.9 °C and a frost-free period extending on the average from mid-may to late August.
-2
12,274
12274
13
3
0
It comprises 104 sqkm and is gradually increasing owing to the buildup of volcanic deposits on the south-east coast.
104
12,275
12275
144
2
0
In July 1995, Montserrat's Soufrière Hills volcano, dormant for centuries, erupted and soon buried the island's capital, Plymouth, in more than 12 meters of mud, destroyed its airport and docking facilities, and rendered the southern part of the island, now termed the exclusion zone, uninhabitable and not safe for trav...
12
12,277
12277
25
6
0
Morocco spans an area of 710850 sqkm and has a population of over 36 million.
710,850
12,278
12278
50
4
0
Toubkal, the highest peak in Northwest Africa, at 4167 meters
4,167
12,279
12279
3
6
0
At 446550 sqkm , Morocco excluding Western Sahara is the fifty-seventh largest country in the world.
446,550
12,283
12283
48
2
0
The medium daily temperatures can get as low as 19 Coulomb , while winters are chilly to mild and wet.
19
12,286
12286
27
4
0
Fès for example registered -8.0 Coulomb in winter 2005.
-8
12,288
12288
109
4
0
And when cold damp air comes to Morocco from the northwest, for a few days, temperatures sometimes get below -5.0 Coulomb .
-5
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12290
33
1
0
In winters, highs average around 8 Coulomb , and lows go well below the freezing point.
8
12,291
12291
30
1
0
The ruins of the town lie for 5 miles along the River Ziz in the Tafilalt oasis near the town of Rissani.
5
12,292
12292
59
2
0
The strait of Gibraltar separates Spain off Morocco with a 13 kilometers span of water.
13
12,293
12293
20
4
0
It expands to about 1350 kilometers and is the dorsal spine of the country.
1,350
12,294
12294
35
3
0
The massive range expands to about 250 kilometers from Tangier in the west to Nador eastward.
250
12,295
12295
117
4
0
In the west of the country, along the Atlantic coast, the Moroccan Plateau stretches from Tangier to Lagouira, about 2310 kilometers long, and get inward to Saiss Plains near Fes and Tansift-Alhaouz near Marrakech.
2,310
12,297
12297
20
4
0
At elevations above 1000 meters , the climate is alpine with warm summers and cold winters.
1,000
12,298
12298
20
4
0
At elevations above 1000 meters , the climate is typically alpine, with warm summers and cold winters.
1,000
12,299
12299
19
5
0
With approximately 85000 sqkm of arable land (one-seventh of which can be irrigated) and its generally temperate Mediterranean climate, Morocco's agricultural potential is matched by few other Arab or African countries.
85,000
12,301
12301
17
5
0
There are around 56986 kilometers of roads (national, regional and provincial) in Morocco.
56,986
12,302
12302
15
4
0
In addition to 1808 kilometers of highways (August 2016).
1,808
12,303
12303
132
4
0
The Tangier–Casablanca high-speed rail link marks the first stage of the ONCF’s high-speed rail master plan, pursuant to which over 1500 kilometers of new railway lines will be built by 2035.
1,500
12,305
12305
171
2
0
A law had been passed on the initiative of the relatively unknown Armando Guebuza of the FRELIMO party, ordering the Portuguese to leave the country in 24 hours with only 20 kilograms of luggage.
20
12,306
12306
3
6
0
At 309475 sqmi , Mozambique is the world's 36th-largest country.
309,475
12,307
12307
15
5
0
There are over 30000 kilometers of roads, but much of the network is unpaved.
30,000
12,308
12308
19
4
0
It has a length of 1430 miles .
1,430
12,309
12309
5
2
0
Some 40 miles north of the South African frontier is the deep indentation of Maputo Bay (formerly Delagoa Bay).
40
12,310
12310
23
6
0
The bay has an area of 801590 sqkm .
801,590
12,311
12311
58
4
0
The Lebombo Mountains, behind Delagoa Bay, nowhere exceed 2070 feet in height.
2,070
12,312
12312
14
4
0
Monte Binga ( 2440 meters ), on the border with Zimbabwe, is Mozambique's highest peak.
2,440
12,313
12313
18
4
0
Mount Gorongosa ( 6550 feet ) lies north-east of the Manica Plateau, and is, like it, of granitic formation.
6,550
12,314
12314
81
4
0
Farther north the river basins are divided by well-marked ranges with heights of 3000 feet and over.
3,000
12,315
12315
114
3
0
Besides the Zambezi, the most considerable river in Mozambique is the Limpopo which enters the Indian Ocean about 100 miles north of Maputo Bay.
100
12,317
12317
30
2
0
At its mouth it forms a delta 60 miles in extent.
60
12,319
12319
85
3
0
The Lúrio, rising in the Namuli Mountains, flows north-east, having a course of some 200 miles .
200
12,321
12321
84
3
0
The formation of new crust beneath the surface displaced ocean waters by as much as 200 meters above today's sea level, flooding coastal areas.
200
12,322
12322
39
6
0
The Moon's average orbital distance is 384402 kilometers , or 1.28 light-seconds.
384,402
12,323
12323
40
2
0
The Moon's far side has a crust that is 50 kilometers thicker than that of the near side.
50
12,326
12326
76
3
0
Around the core is a partially molten boundary layer with a radius of about 500 kilometers .
500
12,327
12327
30
2
0
The crust is on average about 50 kilometers thick.
50
12,328
12328
69
3
0
However, the inner core of the Moon is small, with a radius of about 350 kilometers or less, around 20% of the radius of the Moon.
350
12,331
12331
93
2
0
The Moon has an atmosphere so tenuous as to be nearly vacuum, with a total mass of less than 10 tonnes .
10
12,334
12334
117
2
0
The Earth revolves around the Earth-Moon barycentre once a sidereal month, with 1/81 the speed of the Moon, or about 12 meters per second.
12
12,335
12335
106
2
0
This motion is superimposed on the much larger revolution of the Earth around the Sun at a speed of about 30 kilometers per second.
30
12,336
12336
31
6
0
14 November 2016 supermoon was 356511 kilometers away from the center of Earth, the closest occurrence since 26 January 1948.
356,511
12,338
12338
47
1
0
Recently, it has been suggested that a roughly 3 kilometers diameter region of the lunar surface was modified by a gas release event about a million years ago.
3
12,340
12340
106
1
0
The lander Vikram attempted to land on the lunar south pole regime on 6 September, but lost the signal in 2 kilometers .
2
12,341
12341
26
5
0
They had travelled almost 15000 miles .
15,000
12,342
12342
89
4
0
Bento de Góis, inspired by Polo's writings of a Christian kingdom in the east, travelled 4000 miles in three years across Central Asia.
4,000
12,343
12343
13
4
0
The Andes is 7000 kilometers long and is often considered the world's longest mountain system.
7,000
12,344
12344
92
4
0
The Himalayas contain the highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest, which is 8848 meters high and traverses the border between China and Nepal.
8,848
12,345
12345
177
5
0
If the definition of a mountain range is stretched to include underwater mountains, then the Ocean Ridges form the longest continuous mountain system on Earth, with a length of 65000 kilometers .
65,000
12,346
12346
33
5
0
As the uplift was occurring some 10000 feet of mostly Mesozoic sedimentary strata were removed by erosion over the core of the mountain range and spread as sand and clays across the Great Plains to the east.
10,000
12,347
12347
110
3
0
2002 The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 kilometers above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
800
12,348
12348
138
6
0
1961 Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113740 feet .
113,740
12,350
12350
44
3
0
The cars are capable of speeds in excess of 175 mph .
175
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12351
127
3
0
Bringing anti-colonial nationalism to the common Indians, Gandhi led them in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 kilometers Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942.
400
12,352
12352
121
3
0
This was highlighted by the Salt March to Dandi from 12 March to 6 April, where, together with 78 volunteers, he marched 388 kilometers from Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat to make salt himself, with the declared intention of breaking the salt laws.
388
12,353
12353
15
6
0
With a size of 676578 sqkm , Myanmar is the largest of the Mainland Southeast Asian states by area.
676,578
12,354
12354
28
6
0
Myanmar has a total area of 678500 sqkm .
678,500
12,355
12355
113
4
0
Its north and northeast border is with the Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan for a Sino-Myanmar border total of 2185 kilometers .
2,185
12,356
12356
12
4
0
Myanmar has 1930 kilometers of contiguous coastline along the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to the southwest and the south, which forms one quarter of its total perimeter.
1,930
12,357
12357
58
4
0
Hkakabo Razi, located in Kachin State, at an elevation of 5881 meters , is the highest point in Myanmar.
5,881
12,358
12358
53
4
0
The Irrawaddy River, Myanmar's longest river, nearly 2170 kilometers long, flows into the Gulf of Martaban.
2,170
12,359
12359
79
4
0
It lies in the monsoon region of Asia, with its coastal regions receiving over 5000 mm of rain annually.
5,000
12,361
12361
78
2
0
The Northern regions of Myanmar are the coolest, with average temperatures of 21 Coulomb .
21
12,362
12362
65
2
0
Coastal and delta regions have an average maximum temperature of 32 Coulomb .
32
12,363
12363
58
3
0
Myanmar's "Valley of Rubies", the mountainous Mogok area, 200 kilometers north of Mandalay, is noted for its rare pigeon's blood rubies and blue sapphires.
200
12,365
12365
55
2
0
A marathon is a foot race for humans for a distance of 42 kilometers .
42
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12366
91
3
0
1904 The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph .
100
12,367
12367
54
3
0
2011 An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 kilometers east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people.
130
12,368
12368
117
1
0
On 4 December 1960, due to torrential rain, the River Taff burst its banks with the Arms Park pitch being left under 4 feet of water.
4
12,369
12369
93
2
0
They also could not agree a solution with the Cardiff Athletic Club, so they purchased about 80 acres of land at Island Farm in Bridgend, which was previously used as a prisoner-of-war camp.
80
12,370
12370
23
1
0
On 19 September 2017 a 9 meters monument of Kalashnikov was unveiled in Garden Ring, central Moscow.
9
12,371
12371
108
5
0
This addition increased the land area of what was already the largest state in the Union at the time (about 66500 sqmi to Virginia's 65,000 square miles, which then included West Virginia).
66,500
12,372
12372
131
3
0
In order to control the flooding of farmland and low-lying villages along the Mississippi, the state had completed construction of 140 miles of levees along the river by 1860. [
140
12,373
12373
107
6
0
In 2005, Missouri received 16,695,000 visitors to its national parks and other recreational areas totaling 101000 acres , giving it $7.41 million in annual revenues, 26.6% of its operating expenditures.
101,000
12,375
12375
181
4
0
Following the passage of Amendment 3 in late 2004, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began its Smoother, Safer, Sooner road-building program with a goal of bringing 2200 miles of highways up to good condition by December 2007.
2,200
12,376
12376
96
4
0
From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2320 miles to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
2,320
12,377
12377
80
7
0
The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is 1151000 sqmi , of which only about one percent is in Canada.
1,151,000
12,378
12378
16
3
0
The headwaters, 493 miles from the source to Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and
493