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Switzerland has no access to the sea, its largest reservoir is Lake Geneva.

Cuba's forests cover less than a quarter of the country's land - where tropical forests once grew are now cultivated fields and plantations.

The Jagiellonians ruled Poland until 1573, when Sigismund II Augustus died childlessly.

In the Faroe Islands, with few exceptions, no trees grow.

Switzerland has an outstanding record in environmental protection among developed countries.

In Stone City, in the city hospital, on September 5, 1946, Farrokh Bulsara, known as Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the British group Queen, was born.

The lowlands cover a quarter of the country's area and are concentrated in the coastal belt in the form of alluvium, up to 50 km inland.

One of the elements of the emblem of South Africa is the royal protea (Protea cynaroides) - a species of plant from the silver family.

There are four main physical-geographic regions in the country: the mountainous area of Northern Thailand, the Chao Phraya Plain, the Korat Plain and the Malay Peninsula.

On the promenade of Zadar, there is a monument Pozdrav Suncu, a circle with a diameter of 22 meters, embedded between the promenade's stones with 300 special plates that absorb the Sun's rays.