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Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) is a region of Guyana, bordering the regions of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica and Mahaica-Berbice to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, and the regions of Potaro-Siparuni and Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the west.
Region 10 or Region X can refer to: Former Region 10 (Johannesburg), an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2000 to 2006;
A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated by a governmental organization or tourism bureau as having common cultural or environmental characteristics. These regions are often named after a geographical, former, or current administrative region or may have a name created for tourism purposes.
The Anglophone Crisis (French: Crise anglophone), also known as the Ambazonia War, [11] is an ongoing armed conflict in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, between the Cameroonian government and Ambazonian separatist groups, part of the long-standing Anglophone problem. [12]
The ITCZ is visible as a band of clouds encircling Earth near the Equator. The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ / ɪ tʃ / ITCH, or ICZ), [1] known by sailors as the doldrums [2] or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge.
The Caucasus is an area of great ecological importance. The region is included in the list of 34 world biodiversity hotspots. [66] [67] It harbors some 6400 species of higher plants, 1600 of which are endemic to the region. [68] Its wildlife includes Persian leopards, brown bears, wolves, bison, marals, golden eagles and hooded crows.
The region is characterized by a dry hot climate, high temperatures and low rainfall (100–600 mm per year). [44] So, droughts are the rule in the Sahel region. [45] The Sahel has lost approximately 650,000 km 2 of its productive agricultural land over the past 50 years; [46] the propagation of desertification in this area is considerable. [47 ...
The region's dependence on income from external sources reduced local purchasing power and drove the price of food up as it became more scarce. [10] Low rainfall and record-breaking locust infestations laid waste to the remaining crops, [7] [5] which further exacerbated the situation and put increasing pressure on already limited food supplies ...