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Lake Istokpoga is a 26,762.9-acre (108.306 km 2) freshwater lake in Highlands County, Florida. [1] It is fed by two creeks, Arbuckle Creek and Josephine Creek. The oblong-shaped lake is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) wide by 10 miles (16 km) long. It is considered the fifth largest lake in the state of Florida. [2]
A corner of Dầu Tiếng Lake. Dầu Tiếng Lake is an artificial lake in the three provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, and Bình Phước in the Southeast region, Vietnam. The lake was formed by damming the upper reaches of the Saigon River, making it the largest irrigation reservoir in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Construction of the lake ...
The forest cover in the park is of the order of 96.2% of primary forest. In April 2009, a group of cave explorers from the British Caving Association conducted surveys in this park and adjacent areas. The biggest chamber of Sơn Đoòng cave is about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) in length, 140 by 140 metres (460 by 460 ft) in size was discovered. [19]
The core zone of this national park covers 857.54 km 2 and a buffer zone of 1,954 km 2. [1] The park was created to protect one of the world's two largest karst regions with 300 caves and grottoes and also protects the ecosystem of limestone forest of the Annamite Range region in North Central Coast of Vietnam. [2] [3]
On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [ 4 ] On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed.
Lake Chagan has a roughly square shape, with one large bay in the northeast and a smaller one in the northern shore. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Lake Kalininskoye lies 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) to the northeast, Studyonoye 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the north, Ulken Azhbolat 17 kilometers (11 mi) to the southwest, and Bolshoye Topolnoye 22 kilometers (14 mi ...
Amenities for the living are unmatched at any other tomb in Vietnam. [ citation needed ] Here, the Emperor could boat on the lake and hunt small game on the tiny island in the lake's middle. He could recline at Xung Khiem Pavilion (冲嗛榭) and recite or compose poetry in the company of his concubines.
The Fishhook was the name given to a salient of Kampong Cham Province, southeast Cambodia that protrudes into Bình Long and Tây Ninh provinces, Vietnam, approximately 80 km northwest of Saigon. [1] The area consisted of generally flat plains adjacent to Mimot northeast through roughly rolling plains; and east to the roughly dissected hills ...