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Dieng is a name that comes from Old Javanese words: di means "place" and hyang means "ancestors" or "gods", literally "Dihyang" means "place of the ancestors" or "place where the gods reside". [5]
Satellite image of the Tibetan Plateau between the Himalayan mountains to the south and the Taklamakan Desert to the north. In geology and physical geography, a plateau (/ p l ə ˈ t oʊ, p l æ ˈ t oʊ, ˈ p l æ t oʊ /; French:; pl.: plateaus or plateaux), [1] [2] also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the ...
Minangkabau mosque circa 1892–1905 photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis. The Minangkabau Highlands (Indonesian: Dataran Tinggi Minangkabau, Minang: Minang Darek) is a mountainous area in the province of West Sumatra, located around three mountains—Mount Marapi, Mount Singgalang, and Mount Sago—in west-central Sumatra, Indonesia.
The 125 most topographically prominent summits on Earth; No. Peak Range (or island) Location Coordinates [1]Prominence (m) Height (m) Col (m) Encirclement parent Prominence parent
At 3,805 metres (12,484 ft) above sea level, Kerinci is the highest volcano in Indonesia, and the highest of any situated on an island that is a part of Asia.Kerinci is located on the border of the titular Kerinci Regency of Jambi province and South Solok Regency of West Sumatra province, in the west-central part of the island near the west coast, and is about 130 km (81 mi) south of Padang.
Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation by NASA, showing the Cape Peninsula and Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in the foreground.. GIS or geographic information system is a computer system that allows for visualizing, manipulating, capturing, and storage of data with associated attributes.
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited.
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