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Hora-Dambal or Dambal (Oromo:Hora Dambal, Amharic: ዟይ ሐይቅ) is one of the freshwater Rift Valley lakes of Ethiopia. It is located about 100 miles south of Addis Ababa, on the border between the Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region; the woredas holding the lake's shoreline are Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha, Dugda, and Batu Dugda. The town of ...
Horicon Marsh is a marsh located in northern Dodge and southern Fond du Lac counties of Wisconsin. It is the site of both a national and state wildlife refuge. The extinct glacial lake is the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States. The refuges are known for their many species of birds, especially ducks, great blue herons, and Canada geese (which have be...
Some of you might be saying, “That’s not a lizard. That’s a horny toad!” Actually, the animal popularly known as a horny toad is, in fact, a lizard. Horned lizards are very attuned to the sun. In the fall, they hibernate--burying themselves in the sand. They wait to emerge in spring until the temperatures get warm enough. After hibernation, the...
Horton Plains National Park is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by montane grassland and cloud forest. This plateau at an altitude of 2,100–2,300 metres (6,900–7,500 ft) is rich in biodiversity and many species found here are endemic to the region. This region was designated a national park in 1988. It is also a popular...
The Houtman Abrolhos (often called the Abrolhos Islands) is a chain of 122 islands and associated coral reefs, in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Geraldton, Western Australia. It is the southernmost true coral reef in the Indian Ocean, and one of the highest latitude reef systems in the world.
It is one of the worl...
Howland Island is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States. Geographically, it is part of the Phoenix Islands. For statistical pu...
Howth is a village and outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head, forming the northern boundary of Dublin Bay. Originally just a small fishing village, Howth with its surrounding once-rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside. The only neighb...
Huascarán National Park is a national park in the Cordillera Blanca, a range of the Andes, in Ancash of central Peru. It was also pronounced as Natural Heritage of Humanity and recognized as Reserve of Biosphere Core. The highest mountain in Peru is located in the park (also named Huascarán, reaching 6,768 meters high). This park is the habitat of the Pu...
The Hula Valley is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa, Europe, and Asia. Lake Hula and the marshland surrounding it were a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria, and so were drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later re-flooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct ecosystem. An esti...
Puñihuil Islets near Chiloé, Chile is a great place to see a penguin rookery. The Islotes de Puñihuil Natural Monument, three small islands, lie to the west and north of the cove. The monument is the only known shared breeding site for Humboldt and Magellanic penguins.
Puñihuil is a cove with a small community on the northwestern coast of ...
Whale Watching in the Cook Islands can be done on a boat or even from shore. The Humpback whales migrate north into the South Pacific waters from their summer feeding grounds of Australia and New Zealand and the cool Antarctic Ocean. The whales visit the Cook Islands for around 4 months of from July right through to October. The western side of Rarotonga is the best b...
The Navidad Bank and Silver Bank area two area in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Dominican Republic and southeast of the Territory of Turks & Caicos where North Atlantic Humpback Whales have long used the banks as a breeding and calving ground. Along with Humpback Whales the banks have a wealth of corals and is a safe haven for other marine mammals.
The breeding ...
The Hawaiian Islands are one of the world's most important whale habitats, hosting thousands of humpbacks (Megaptera novaeangliae) each winter. The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary encompasses 1,400 square miles (3,600 km2) in the islands' waters. It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992 as a National Marine Sanctuary to...