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The Suez Canal (Arabic: قناة السويس‎ Qanāt al-Sūwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years […]

Skara Brae /ˈskærə ˈbreɪ/ is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. […]

The Snowy Mountains known informally as The Snowies an IBRA subregion are the highest Australian mountain range and contain the Australian mainland’s highest mountain Mount Kosciuszko which reaches 2228 m […]

The Sudetes /suːˈdiːtiːz/ is the scientific name of a mountain range in Central Europe also known in English – from their local designation in respectively German and Czech/Polish – as […]

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire England about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites […]

The Saint Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is the common name for a system of locks canals and channels that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the […]

South America is a continent located in the Western Hemisphere mostly in the Southern Hemisphere with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be considered as […]

Scandinavia is a historical and cultural-linguistic region in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethno-cultural Germanic heritage and related languages which includes the three kingdoms of Denmark Norway and Sweden. […]

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew usually referred to as Kew Gardens comprises 121 hectares of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in Richmond upon Thames in southwest London […]

The Rocky Mountains commonly known as the Rockies are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3000 miles (4830 km) from the northernmost […]