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Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level.

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The Himalayas stretch across parts of South Asia and include many of the world's highest peaks.

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The Andes run along the western edge of South America and are the world's longest continental mountain range.

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The Rockies run through western North America from Canada into the United States.

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The Alps are a major mountain system in central Europe.

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The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world.

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The Gobi is a large desert in East Asia spanning parts of Mongolia and China.

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The Arabian Desert covers much of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Antarctica is the coldest continent and is covered by a vast ice sheet.

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The Amazon Rainforest is the world's largest tropical rainforest by area.

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The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, is one of the world's most spectacular canyons, carved by the Colorado River.

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The Atacama Desert in South America is one of the driest places on Earth.

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The Serengeti in East Africa is a vast grassland ecosystem known for its annual wildebeest migration.

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The Pampas are fertile grasslands in South America, particularly in Argentina.

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The Great Plains of North America stretch from Canada to Texas and are important agricultural regions.

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The Tibetan Plateau is the world's highest and largest plateau, often called the 'Roof of the World'.

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Caves and karst landscapes form when water dissolves limestone and other soluble rocks.

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Fjords are deep, narrow inlets carved by glaciers, common in Norway, New Zealand, and Chile.

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The Great Rift Valley in East Africa is a geological feature formed by tectonic plate movement.

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Peninsulas are landforms surrounded by water on three sides, like the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).

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