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Why is it lower than the sea level but there is no big lake in Turpan basin?
The Turpan basin has the lowest elevation in China. This basin is 154 meters high below sea level but in reality, there are no large lakes here.
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Animal world
Mice live on the top of a volcano nearly 7000m high
Experts found that mammals live at the world's largest elevation, where trees cannot grow and the temperature drops to -65 degrees Celsius.
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The satellite captures an unprecedented 'ghost sea' in the Sahara Desert
Special satellite images of NASA have highlighted the subtlety elevation in an area of the Sahara Desert, revealing the silhouette of a mysterious water world wider th…
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Super high resolution of the new map of the icy continent
The height of an ice mountain would only be counted in meters instead of the previous kilometers.
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The reason for the melody of the song haunts the listener
The characteristics of variation in tempo and pitch are what makes a melody easy to remember and haunt the listener.
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Why is the airplane window oval?
Surely you will not be able to find a plane with a rectangular window. Let's join the BGR technology page to find out why.
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Why can humans live at a height of 2,500m?
Experts finally discovered that it is genetics that helps Ethiopians live at thousands of meters above sea level.
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High quality, easy to advance
Researchers say men and women often have higher social elevations than those who do not touch any drops of alcohol.
1001 mystery
The mystery of the giant tree trunk stands in the middle of the lake for 100 years
The mysterious trunk was discovered on Lake Crater for the first time in 1902, with an elevation of about 9.1m, rising from the water surface about 1.2m.
Space science
ISS trajectory increased by 6km
International Space Station (ISS) on (November 18) adjusted the trajectory to 6km, to a height of about 392km compared to Earth, RIA Novosti quoted the spokesman Center…
Space science
New Earth Map
The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said on October 17 that it has published the most complete digital Earth topographic map, created in collaboration with Japane…
Animal world
A new species of Goose found in Vietnam
This species is found in evergreen forest at elevations above 1,000 meters in the Kon Tum plateau and named after Professor Thomas Ziegler (Cologne Zoo).
Scientific application
Uses of the water tower
The water tower is an elevated water tank, with the main purpose being to store water for less time to use for peak hours, appearing in many parts of the world.
Environment
The valley in Nepal is 80 cm tall after the earthquake
The elevation of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley compared to the sea level increased by 80 cm after the devastating earthquake on April 25.
Environment
The mystery of the rise of the Himalayas
According to a new hypothesis, the speed of collisions between tectonic plates on the earth is slowing, creating a great repulsive force affecting the altitudes of the H…