The Limpopo river:

1. The Limpopo river rises in South Africa and flows generally eastwards through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
2.Its length is 1750km. It passes through Tropic of Capricorn twice.
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Danakil Depression:

1-The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is at the northern end of the Great Rift Valley and separated by live volcanoes from the Red Sea.
2-It is one of the world’s hottest and lowest(at 100 metres below sea level)places .
3-It was formed by the evaporation of an inland water body and no stream flow out from its extreme environment.
4-A new study says that active and naturally occurring life cannot be sustained and even it is daunting for extremophile microbes which can adapt to environmental conditions that are too extreme for everything else.
5-It identifies two barriers that makes adaptation highly difficult such as Magnesium-dominated brines that cause cells to break down and Environment having simultaneously very low pH and high salt.
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Andamans, Lakshwadeep declared ‘hope spots’ by IUCN

Two groups of islands are the first in India to make it to the list of 50 global hope spots with significant wildlife and underwater habitats.
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Z-Morh tunnel

@ Z-Morh Tunnel would provide all-weather road connectivity to Sonamarg tourist spot in Jammu and Kashmir which mostly remains closed during the winters due to heavy snowfall in Gagenger area.

@ The project includes construction, operation and maintenance of the tunnel with approaches on NH-1 at Srinagar-Sonmarg-Gumri Road on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) Annuity basis.

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Hudson Valley-USA

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Myitsone Dam The project was proposed across Irawaddy river

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Kajin Sara lake -Manang district of Nepal.
This lake in Nepal has set a new record of being the world's highest lake and replaced Tilicho Lake of Nepal. 

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Yarrabubba Crater

The Yarrabubba crater is an asteroid impact structure, the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated in the Mid West Western Australia.

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Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary

@ It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve along with Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, Mukurthi National Park, and Silent Valley.
@ Wayanad Wildlife sanctuary is significant because of ecological and geographic continuity with other protected areas such as Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarhole National Park, of Karnataka in the north-eastern portion and Mudumalai Tiger Reserve of Tamil Nadu in the south-east.
@ It has the world’s largest recorded population of the Asiatic elephant.
@ Almost the entire Wayanad district is drained by Kabini and its three tributaries, the Panamaram, Mananthavady, and Kalindy rivers.
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'Operation Vanilla':

# Recently, the Indian Navy has launched the 'Operation Vanilla' to assist the population of Madagascar affected by Cyclone Diane.

# Indian Navy also diverted a large amphibious ship viz. INS Airavat carrying relief material.

# Prime Minister's vision of 'Security and Growth for all in the Region (SAGAR)'.
# India's Strategy, balance the growing influence of China.
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Ujh Multipurpose Project:

@ Ujh Multipurpose Project is planned to fast track utilization of India's rights under Indus Waters Treaty.
@ The project will enhance the utilization of waters of Eastern Rivers allotted to India as per the Indus Water Treaty.
@ Location: constructed in Kathua District of Jammu & Kashmir on the River Ujh.
@ Ujh is a tributary of the Ravi river.

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Kappaphycus alvarezii:
@ It is an invasive seaweed which smothers and kills coral reefs.
@ Has spread its wings to coral reef areas in Valai island in the Gulf of Mannar (GoM) and is set to invade new coral colonies in the Marine National Park.
@ It has also invaded the shingle, Kurusadai and Mulli islands in Mandapam cluster.

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Ujh Multi-purpose Project

On river Ujh, a tributary of river Ravi.

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CHARDHAM TUNNEL
▪️The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has achieved a major milestone in the construction of a 440-m tunnel below
▪️the densely populated Chambatown on the Rishikesh-Dharasu road (NH 94) in Uttarakhand.
▪️The achievement is part of efforts to boost the annual Chardham yatra.
▪️Under the Chardham project costing about Rs.12,000 crore, the BRO ismn constructing 250 km of the national highways leading to the holy shrines of Gangotri and Badrinath.
▪️Five projects are slated for completion by October 2020


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Galapagos Archipelago

The Galapagos Islands, spread over almost 60,000 sq km, are a part of Ecuador.

These are located in the Pacific Ocean around 1,000 km away from the South American continent.

Protection Status:

Ecuador made a part of the Galapagos a wildlife sanctuary in 1935, and the sanctuary became the Galapagos National Park in 1959.

In 1978, the islands became UNESCO’s first World Heritage Site

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