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🟢 ZANZIBAR- TANZANIA
✓ About Zanzibar
✓ Bordered by:
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✓The MoU for setting up of campus of IIT Madras (1st outside India) in Zanzibar- Tanzania was signed between India and Zanzibar- Tanzania.✓ About Zanzibar
is an archipelago off the coast of east Africa that united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.✓ Bordered by:
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Indian Ocean.🌐 MAIN CHANNEL: @KBsIAS
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💎 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
▪️In News: India and Papua New Guinea signed a MoU on sharing INDIA STACK, successful digital solutions implemented at the population scale, following the Global DPI Summit organized by MeitY in Pune.
▪️Papua New Guinea, in the southwestern Pacific, encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea and its offshore islands..
▪️ Inland are active volcanoes, granite Mt. Wilhelm, dense rainforest and hiking routes like the Kokoda Trail.
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▪️In News: India and Papua New Guinea signed a MoU on sharing INDIA STACK, successful digital solutions implemented at the population scale, following the Global DPI Summit organized by MeitY in Pune.
▪️Papua New Guinea, in the southwestern Pacific, encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea and its offshore islands..
▪️ Inland are active volcanoes, granite Mt. Wilhelm, dense rainforest and hiking routes like the Kokoda Trail.
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🟠 CORAL SEA
▪️It takes its name from its coral formations of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the Largest Known Reef System in the world.
▪️GBR, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981.
▪️Basin countries: Australia, New Caledonia (France), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu.
▪️Islands: Willis Island, Rennell Island, San Cristobal, Aneityum & Sudest Island.
▪️The Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve was proclaimed in December 2013, It was renamed as the Coral Sea Marine Park in October 2017.
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🟠 CORAL SEA
▪️It takes its name from its coral formations of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the Largest Known Reef System in the world.
▪️GBR, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981.
▪️Basin countries: Australia, New Caledonia (France), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu.
▪️Islands: Willis Island, Rennell Island, San Cristobal, Aneityum & Sudest Island.
▪️The Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve was proclaimed in December 2013, It was renamed as the Coral Sea Marine Park in October 2017.
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🌀Inter Basin Water Transfer Links
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Libya
▪️It is mostly desert and oil-rich country in northern Africa.
▪️It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the SE, Chad to the south, Niger to the SW, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the NW.
▪️It has the largest oil reserve in Africa and one of the largest oil producers in the world.
▪️Instability in Libya may increase oil prices globally.
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Libya
▪️It is mostly desert and oil-rich country in northern Africa.
▪️It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the SE, Chad to the south, Niger to the SW, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the NW.
▪️It has the largest oil reserve in Africa and one of the largest oil producers in the world.
▪️Instability in Libya may increase oil prices globally.
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No direct relevance but the developments in Africa can be seen as new Cold War retelling, as the new military regimes increasingly align with Russia against the West.
No direct relevance but the developments in Africa can be seen as new Cold War retelling, as the new military regimes increasingly align with Russia against the West.
🟢 ARCHIPELAGO OF GUADELOUPE
In News: Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in the archipelago of Guadeloupe, a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
- It is an archipelago in the Lesser Antilles chain of the eastern Caribbean Sea.
- It comes under the overseas department and region of France.
- Tropical climate is tempered by the northeast trade winds.
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In News: Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in the archipelago of Guadeloupe, a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
- It is an archipelago in the Lesser Antilles chain of the eastern Caribbean Sea.
- It comes under the overseas department and region of France.
- Tropical climate is tempered by the northeast trade winds.
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🟠 Mozambique
- In News: Recently, a Parliamentary Delegation from Mozambique called on India’s President
- Location: Southeast coast of Africa
- Mozambique Channel: It is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by this Channel.
- Longest River: Zambezi River (flowing into the Indian Ocean)
- Bordered by: the Indian Ocean, Tanzani, Malawi and Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa .
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🟠 Mozambique
- In News: Recently, a Parliamentary Delegation from Mozambique called on India’s President
- Location: Southeast coast of Africa
- Mozambique Channel: It is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by this Channel.
- Longest River: Zambezi River (flowing into the Indian Ocean)
- Bordered by: the Indian Ocean, Tanzani, Malawi and Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa .
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🟠 Mozambique
- In News: Recently, a Parliamentary Delegation from Mozambique called on India’s President
- Location: Southeast coast of Africa
- Mozambique Channel: It is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by this Channel.
- Longest River: Zambezi River (flowing into the Indian Ocean)
- Bordered by: the Indian Ocean, Tanzani, Malawi and Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa .
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🟠 Mozambique
- In News: Recently, a Parliamentary Delegation from Mozambique called on India’s President
- Location: Southeast coast of Africa
- Mozambique Channel: It is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by this Channel.
- Longest River: Zambezi River (flowing into the Indian Ocean)
- Bordered by: the Indian Ocean, Tanzani, Malawi and Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa .
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🔴 YASUNI NATIONAL PARK
- In News: Decades of oil drilling in the Yasuni national park is deteriorating the area
▪️About Yasuní National Park
- Location: between Napo & Curaray Rivers of the Amazon forests in Ecuador.
- It is a UNESCO designated BR.
- Yasuní sits at the intersection of the Amazon, the Andes, and the equator.
- Crude Oil Reserves: It is home to 40% of Ecuador's crude oil reserves - in the ITT oil fields.
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- In News: Decades of oil drilling in the Yasuni national park is deteriorating the area
▪️About Yasuní National Park
- Location: between Napo & Curaray Rivers of the Amazon forests in Ecuador.
- It is a UNESCO designated BR.
- Yasuní sits at the intersection of the Amazon, the Andes, and the equator.
- Crude Oil Reserves: It is home to 40% of Ecuador's crude oil reserves - in the ITT oil fields.
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El Salvador, a small coastal country in Central America, has become the first in the world to adopt Bitcoin, as legal tender.
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🔵Democratic Republic of the Congo
▪️In News: Mt Nyiragongo Volc. Eruption.
▪️It is located in Central Africa.
◾️It is the second largest country on the continent; only Algeria is larger.
◾️It is bordered by 9 countries: Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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🔵Democratic Republic of the Congo
▪️In News: Mt Nyiragongo Volc. Eruption.
▪️It is located in Central Africa.
◾️It is the second largest country on the continent; only Algeria is larger.
◾️It is bordered by 9 countries: Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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🟤 Lebanon
◾️Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia.
◾️It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies west across the Mediterranean Sea
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◾️Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia.
◾️It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies west across the Mediterranean Sea
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