Explanation

The Bab-el-Mandeb 'Gate of Lamentation' or the Gate of Grief

the Bab al-Mandab strait is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa.

connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

The Bab-el-Mandeb is also a sub-region in the Arab League, which includes Djibouti, Yemen, and Eritrea.

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Explanation

The Blue Lagoon is located in the southwest of Iceland, within the UNESCO Reykjanes Peninsula.

The Blue Lagoon is located between the capital city of Reykjavik and the Iceland International airport

The Blue Lagoon is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland.

It's most famous for its steamy mineral-rich water and soft white silica mud

Explanation

In Australia, cyclones are called willy-willy.

In the US, it's a hurricane

in the Southern Pacific, a typhoon.

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Explanation

Two-thirds of the world's people live in four clusters:

East Asia

South Asia

Europe

and Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia also has large population clusters.

Additional large population centers exist in various countries with high urbanization.

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Explanation

Yellow river is also called The Huang he

The Yellow Sea is located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula.

The Yellow Sea is situated in the Western Pacific Ocean

The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China.

the sixth-longest river system in the world

Length: 5,464 km

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Explanation

The multiple nuclei model is an economical model

The multiple nuclei model is created by Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman in the 1945  article "The Nature of Cities"

The model describes the layout of a city, based on Chicago Chicago, Illinois, a city that outgrew its CBD

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Explanation

The Middle East Treaty Organization, also known as the Central Treaty Organization

CENTO was a military alliance of the Cold War.

Headquarters: Baghdad (1955 – 1958) Ankara (1958 – 1979)

Abbreviation: METO

CENTO was formed on 24 February 1955 by:

• Iran
• Iraq
• Pakistan
• Turkey
• and the United Kingdom.

CENTO alliance was dissolved on 16 March 1979

related question

Both Iran and Pakistan remained members of CENTO till?

 1979

Pakistan left CENTO in which year____?

 1979

When Pakistan signed the Baghdad pact, later called CENTO:

 23 September 1955

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Explanation

Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-present) is a theoretical physicist.

Her research and experiments paved the way for the creation of:

• fiber optic cables
• touch-tone telephones
• caller ID
• and call waiting.

Awards: National Medal of Science for Physical Science

while

Fiber optics was invented by Thomas Mensah

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Explanation

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea.

The Gulf of Bothniat is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast.

It covers an area of 45,200 square miles

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Explanation

Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is known as the father of the Indian constitution.

On 29 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee.

This Drafting Committee was headed by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Born: April 14, 1891, Nagar, India

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedka Died: on December 6, 1956, in New Delhi, India

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