Climate
Highest Waterfalls | |||
Waterfall | Location | River | Height in metres |
Angel | Venezuela | Tributary of Caroni | 1,000 |
Tugela | Natal, South Africa | Tugela | 914 |
Cuquenan | Venezuela | Cuquenan | 610 |
Sutherland | South Island, N.Z. | Arthur | 580 |
Takkakaw | British Columbia | Tributary of Yoho | 503 |
Ribbon | California | Creek flowing into Yosemite | 491 |
Upper Yosemite | California | Yosemite Creek, Tributary of Merced | 436 |
Gavarnie | Southwest France | Gava de Pau | 422 |
Vettisfoss | Norway | Morkedola | 366 |
Tears (Yosemite) | California | Tributary of Merced | 357 |
Staubbach | Switzerland | Staubbach (Lauterbrunnen Valley) | 300 |
Middle Cascade | California | Yosemite Creek, tributary of Merced | 277 |
King Edward VIII | Guyana | Courantyne | 259 |
Gersopa | India | Sharavati | 253 |
Kaieteur | Guyana | Potaro | 251 |
Vegetation
Name | Territories |
The Sahara | Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, (Includes the Libyan Desert and the Nubian Desert) |
Australian Desert | Australia (Includes the Great Sandy or Warburton) Great Victoria, Simpson (Arunta) Gibson and Stuart Deserts |
Arabian Desert | Southern Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (includes the Ar Rab’al Khali or Empty Quarter) |
The Gobi | Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia) |
Kalahari Desert | South Africa |
Takla Makan | Sinkiang, China |
Sonoran | Arizona and California, U.S.A. and |
Desert | Mexico |
Namib Desert | Namibia |
Kara Kum | Turkmenistan |
Thar Desert | North Western India and Pakistan |
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