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MAYON VOLCANO Mayon Volcano (Tagalog : Bulkang Mayon, Central Bikol : Bulkan Mayon), also known as Mount Mayon, is an active volcano in the province of Albay , on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its almost symmetric conical shape , the mountain was declared a national park and a protected landscape on July 20, 1938, the first in the country.

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MAYON VOLCANO

Mayon Volcano(Tagalog:Bulkang Mayon,Central Bikol:Bulkan Mayon), also known asMount Mayon, is anactivevolcanoin theprovinceofAlbay, on the island ofLuzonin thePhilippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its almostsymmetricconical shape, the mountain was declared anational parkand aprotected landscapeon July 20, 1938, the first in the country. It was reclassified a Natural Park and renamedMayon Volcano Natural Parkin the year 2000.[3]MOUNT FUJI

Mount Fuji(Fujisan?,IPA:[disa](listen)), located onHonshu Island, is the highestmountaininJapanat 3,776.24m (12,389ft).[1]Anactivestratovolcano[5][6]that last erupted in 170708, Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometres (60mi) south-west ofTokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped several months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers. Mount Fuji is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains"(Sanreizan?)along withMount TateandMount Haku.

YANGZTE RIVER

TheYangtze River(English pronunciation:/jtsi/or/jtsi/), (Chinese: ,Chng Jing), known in China as theChangJiangor theYangzi, is the longestriver in Asiaand thethird-longestin the world. It flows for 6,300 kilometers (3,915mi) from the glaciers on theQinghai-Tibet PlateauinQinghaieastward acrosssouthwest,centralandeastern Chinabefore emptying into theEast China SeaatShanghai. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country.DECCAN PLATEAU

TheDeccan Plateau[1]is a largeplateauinIndia, making up most of the southern part of the country. It rises a hundred metres high in the north, and more than a kilometre high in the south, forming a raised triangle within the familiar downward-pointing triangle of theIndian subcontinent's coastline.[2]NIAGARA FALLS

Niagara Falls(/nar/,Cayuga:GahnawehtaorTgahnawhta[1]) is the collective name for threewaterfallsthat straddlethe international borderbetweenCanadaand theUnited States; more specifically, between theprovinceofOntarioand thestateofNew York. They form the southern end of theNiagara Gorge.SAHARA DESERT

TheSahara(Arabic: ,sa'hr al-Kubr, 'the Great Desert') is the largesthot desertand third largestdesertafterAntarcticaand theArctic.[1]Its combined surface area of 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000sqmi)accounting for substrates such as theLibyan Desertand theSudan regionis comparable to the respective land areas ofChinaand theUnited States