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The Lukunsky grove (Russian: Лукунский) is a forest in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, on the southern bank of the Lukunsk River, to the south of the Khatanga River.It is the northernmost forest extension in the world. [1]
The word ruby comes from ruber, Latin for red. The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium. Some gemstones that are popularly or historically called rubies, such as the Black Prince's Ruby in the British Imperial State Crown, are actually spinels. These were once known as "Balas rubies".
The Ruby Mountains are the only range of an introduced bird, the Himalayan snowcock, in North America. The mountain range was named after the garnets found by early explorers. [ citation needed ] The central core of the range shows extensive evidence of glaciation during recent ice ages , including U-shaped canyons , moraines , hanging valleys ...
The Foloi oak forest in early summer. The Folóï oak forest (Greek: Δρυοδάσος Φολόης) is an oak forest in southwestern Greece. It is located in the municipal unit Foloi, Olympia, Elis, in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The Folóï oak forest is situated at an altitude of 688m, on the plateau of the Folóï mountain.
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It as a primeval forest in Dzūkija region (also known as Dainava) in southern Lithuania with the total area of 1,450 km 2 (560 sq mi) of which 1,290 km 2 (500 sq mi) is covered by trees. A large part of the forest is protected by the Dzūkija National Park and the Čepkeliai Nature Reserve. [1] The Dainava Forest mainly consists of pine trees.
Forest goes swimming every other day and plays golf three times a week. "I go out for long weekends, and boy, after the third day, I'm exhausted," she said. "But that keeps me physically active.
The unidentified woman explained to police that she had been driving at 50 mph on the freeway when “she felt something on her foot,” before looking down “to find a deadly tiger snake ...