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Locate Little Prespa Lake, which is currently drying up and transforming much of its area into swamps or barren land.
Little Prespa Lake, situated on the Albanian-Greek border, is slowly drying up, with most of its area now turning into marshland or dry ground.
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Locate the region where vegetation cover has increased significantly, with an area growth from less than 1 square km in 1986 to almost 12 square km by 2021
The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced a 10-fold increase in vegetation cover, growing from less than 1 square km in 1986 to nearly 12 square km by 2021. The rate of change in vegetation cover from 2016 to 2021 was 0.424 km² per year, compared to an average of 0.317 km² per year over the entire 35-year study period.
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Locate the archipelago for which the United Kingdom recently agreed to transfer sovereignty to Mauritius, while retaining sovereign rights over one of its islands.
Recently, the United Kingdom (UK) agreed to cede sovereignty of the strategically important Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, although it will continue to exercise sovereign rights over Diego Garcia island.
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Locate the desert where a rare deluge of rainfall recently flooded palm trees and sand dunes due to the northward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
Recently, a rare deluge of rainfall flooded the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara Desert in Morocco, triggered by the northward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), causing equatorial-like downpours in the region.
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Locate the country in Southeast Asia that was severely impacted by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest tropical cyclone in Asia as of September 2024.
The Philippines was one of the countries in Southeast Asia severely impacted by Typhoon Yagi, Asia's strongest tropical cyclone up to September 2024, which caused extensive damage across the region
