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Create a single post and add the following.

1. Find a photograph showing human-environment interaction at your vacation destination.  Put a large copy of it below.

2. Then 2-4 sentences describe the human-environment interaction shown in the photo.

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Create a single post and add the following parts.

1. How would you get to your vacation destination?  Describe how in at least 2 sentences with specific details.

2.Put a photo of the mode(s) of transportation you would use to get to your destination here.

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Read the link below in the comments to get a quick look at the 5 Themes of Geography

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Create a single post and add the following parts..

1. My vacation destination is located in the _________________ region.

2. Put a map that shows your vacation destinations region here.

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Numerous schemes exist for dividing Earth's vast land area into helpful categories that combine geography with political considerations. While seven distinct continents exist, one of them, Antarctica, is uninhabited save for research stations and is not included in most formal regional schemes of the world.

The Unites States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has divided the planet into eight distinct inhabited regions, listed and detailed below. Note that this is distinct from the G8, or group of eight industrialized nations recognized by the United Nations (UN). These eight geographic regions of the world provide a helpful analytical and practical framework for national defense, commerce and other geopolitical considerations.

The eight official DHS-recognized global regions on the world map are Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania in the Eastern hemisphere and the Caribbean and the three American zones (North, Central and South) in the Western hemisphere. (A small portion of Europe is actually in the Western hemisphere.)

Most of the world's land lies north of the equator, i.e., in the Northern hemisphere. Of the eight specified regions, only Oceania lies entirely in the Southern hemisphere.

The second largest continent on Earth, Africa is about three times as large as the entire United States. It is connected to Asia via the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, which lies adjacent to Israel. It features the longest river in the world, the Nile, as well as the venerated and massive Sahara Desert.

Asia is the planet's largest and most populous continent. As of 2020, Asia held the only two countries with a population of over 1 billion, China and India. Asia features the world's tallest mountain range (the Himalayas) and its tallest individual peak (Mount Everest). The Asia region holds more than 40 countries in all.

Despite its small size, the Caribbean was perhaps designated as its own region by DHS because of its proximity to the United States and the fact that it exists as a set of distinct island nations. Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Aruba are some of the tropical countries stretching from southeast of the U.S. proper toward northern South America.

As the name implies, Central America lies between North and South America, just north of the equator. It includes only seven countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) but has been of significant geopolitical importance to the U.S. government thanks to immigration, narcotics and human-trafficking concerns.

Europe is about the size of the United States, yet most of its 44 countries are smaller than many of the larger individual U.S. states. The headquarters of the United Nations sit in Geneva, Switzerland.

Most European countries have access to the Atlantic Ocean or a major waterway, which was vital in the exploration of the world in centuries past.

The North America region includes the Unites States, Canada and Mexico as well as the massive island of Greenland. North America the continent also includes the DHS regions' Central America and the Caribbean. It includes grand mountain ranges, lush expansive soil and a range of climate-related and ecological variations.

Oceania is a unique region consisting of Australia, New Zealand and over a dozen island nations, most of them very tiny. Australia is famously known as "The Land Down Under" because it lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere, but even the southernmost portions are fairly close to the equator, and the region is very temperate weather-wise.

South America has a distinctive pointed-triangle shape, tapering from north to south and featuring Brazil as its largest and most populous nation. The cities of Sao Paolo, Santiago, Caracas and Buenos Aires are world-revered cultural centers, and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has divided the planet into eight distinct inhabited regions. These eight regions of the world include Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania in the Eastern Hemisphere and North, South and Central America plus the Caribbean in the Western hemisphere.

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Create a single post and add the following parts to it.

1. 2-4 sentence description of the HUMAN characteristics of your vacation destination

2. Put a photo of HUMAN characteristics of your vacation destination here.

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HUMAN AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACES

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Physical Characteristics Landforms Rivers/lakes Climate Animal life GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES Human characteristics cont. Human characteristics Human Characteristics Human made features Human characteristics deal with people within a place. These characteristics are: language

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Create a single post and add the following parts to it.

1.  2-4 sentence description of the PHYSICAL characteristics of your vacation destination

2.  Put a photo or map of PHYSICAL characteristics of your vacation destination here.

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HUMAN AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACES

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Physical Characteristics Landforms Rivers/lakes Climate Animal life GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES Human characteristics cont. Human characteristics Human Characteristics Human made features Human characteristics deal with people within a place. These characteristics are: language

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Relative Location of Vacation Destination

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Relative Location of Vacation Destination

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Create a post and add the following parts to a single post

1. Nearby cites/states/countries of vacation destination (Must have all 3)
2. Map of relative location of vaca destination.

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Geographers can describe the location of a place in one of two ways: absolute and relative. Both are descriptives of where a geographic location is. Let's learn about the difference between absolute and relative location.

Absolute Location

Absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth. The most common way is to identify the location using coordinates such as latitude and longitude. Lines of longitude and latitude crisscross the earth.

Latitude is used to mark the north-south position of a location on the Earth's surface and ranges from 0 degrees at the equator to 90 degrees at the North and South Poles. There are 180 degrees of latitude and the distance between each degree of latitude is roughly 69 miles (111 km).

An example of an absolute location using latitude and longitude is the United States Capitol which is located at 38° 53′ 35″ N, 77° 00′ 32″ W. Latitude is always written first and latitude and longitude are composed of degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS).

Absolute location can also refer to an address, the street address of the US State Capitol is First St SE in Washington, DC 20004. In both instances, absolute location refers to a fixed point based on an abstract network of imaginary locations.

(You might also be interested in reading about: Relative Direction Versus Compass Direction)

Relative Location

Relative location refers to the position of a place or entity based on its location with respect to other locations. For example, the location of the US Capitol is located about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore. Relative location can be expressed in terms of distance, travel time, or cost.

Relative location can also be used to provide geographic context. For example, overview or locator maps show the relative location of a place or entity based on a larger geographic view. For example, the inset map below, shows the relative location of the state of Texas within the United States.

Relative location, unlike absolute location is not a fixed reference. In the map below, a person would describe the relative location of Broad River, which flows through North Caroline and South Carolina, differently. A person living in Hickory, North Carolina would describe the location of Broad river as flowing south and slightly west of them. A person in Charlotte, North Carolina would describe the river as flowing west of them. A person living in Spartanburg, South Carolina would describe the river as being located north and east of them.

Watch: Absolute Versus Relative Location

Examples of Absolute and Relative Location

More examples of absolute and relative location can be found here.

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Geographers can describe the location of a place in one of two ways: absolute and relative. Both are descriptives of where a geographic location is. Let's learn about the difference between absolute and relative location. Absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth.

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Absolute Location of Vacation Destination 

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Create a post and add the following parts to a single post.

1. Vacation lat/long coordinates.
3. Put a map with the ABSOLUTE location of place.

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A location is the place where a particular point or object exists. Location is an important term in geography, and is usually considered more precise than "place." A is a human settlement: city, town, village, or even archaeological site.

A place's absolute location is its exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude.

For example, the Empire State Building is located at 40.7 degrees north (latitude), 74 degrees west (longitude). It sits at the intersection of 33rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City, New York. That is the building's absolute location.

Location can sometimes be expressed in relative terms. Relative location is a description of how a place is related to other places. For example, the Empire State Building is 365 kilometers (227 miles) north of the White House in Washington, D.C. It is also about 15 blocks from New York's Central Park. These are just two of the building's relative locations.

Relative location can help analyze how two places are connected, whether by distance, culture, or even technology. The city of Kiev, Ukraine, for example, is about 2,298 kilometers (1,428 miles) east of London, England. The U.S. cities of Key West, Florida, and Anchorage, Alaska, are even further apart-6,436 kilometers (3,999 miles). However, Floridians and Alaskans share the same language, national government, and geographic features. (They both have long ocean coasts subject to heavy storms, for instance.). Culturally, Ukraine and England are much further apart than Florida and Alaska: They speak different languages, have different government systems, and different geographic features. (Ukraine is landlocked, for instance, while England is part of the island nation of the United Kingdom.)

Directions like north, south, east, and west help describe where one place is in relation to another. The "Wild West" is a cultural location that vaguely refers to parts of the United States west of the Mississippi River. The Wild West, however, rarely includes the states of Alaska and Hawaii, the westernmost states in the nation.

Coordinates of longitude and latitude help pinpoint the absolute location of a person, place, or thing. Knowing a location is 0 degrees west (longitude) and 51 degrees north (latitude) tells you it's probably near Greenwich, England, for instance. Knowing the location is 0 degrees west and 51 degrees, 28 minutes, and 40 seconds north tells you the location is the Royal Observatory, a building in Greenwich. At the Royal Observatory, directions like left, right, upstairs, and downstairs give visitors even more precise locations.

Even absolute location is a form of relative location! Coordinates simply give a place's position relative to the Equator (latitude) and prime meridian (longitude).

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A location is the place where a particular point or object exists. Location is an important term in geography, and is usually considered more precise than "place." A is a human settlement: city, town, village, or even archaeological site. A place's absolute location is its exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude.

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Latitude: 25.7907° N
Longitude: 80.1300° W

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coordinates: 19.8968° N, 155.5828° W

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16.4872° S, 151.7517° W

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latitude 34.0522° N
longitude 118.2437° W

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19.4326° N, 99.1332° W

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45.4408, 12.3155

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36.1126 N, 115.1767 W

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Vacation place: Virginia beach
36.8529° N, 75.9780° W

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City Near Carson City
State: Near Oregon
Country: West Region of United States

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state tennessee
region south region of united states
city Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

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21.1619° N, 86.8515° W

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a major city California near universal studios hollywood and LAX

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28.4789 N
81.4682 W

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Miami, beach is close by
North Miami Beach, FL. and Westview, FL. And the state its nearby would be Florida as well as the country nearby is Havana, Cuba

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Adriatic Sea is a relative location of Venice, Italy.

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Holbox Island, Quintana Roo (State), Campeche (State)

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Holbox Island, Quintana Roo (State), Campeche (State)

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28.4517 81.4659

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36.1699N - 115.1398W

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I would take a plane and arrive in Miami. Then I would take a taxi to go over to the beach

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los angeles i would arive in a car or plane depending on where im coming from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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Nearby city: Chesapeake, VA
nearby state: Maryland

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i would arrive in a plane then drive to mexico

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25,76717 N, 80.1918 W

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orlando florida is near universal orlando resort 

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orlando florida is near universal orlando resort 

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Mexico City is South of Queretaro (city), East from Morelia, Michoacán (state), and Northwest from Guatemala (country)

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I would take a plane to Las Vegas and then take a taxi to drive to the hotel

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i would fly to florida for 3 hours and then get there,drive to miami and go to a hotel.then take a nap and wake up and go to the pool.

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i would fly to florida for 3 hours and then get there,drive to miami and go to a hotel.then take a nap and wake up and go to the pool.

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i would fly to orlando florida and then drive to the hotel

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i would fly to orlando florida and then drive to the hotel

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Hialeah is a nearby city to miami, the close state would be Florida , and the closet country is Havana,Cuba 

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Hialeah is a nearby city to miami, the close state would be Florida , and the closet country is Havana,Cuba 

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Las vegas, Nevada is west of Utah and east of california.

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Some characteristics would be the nearest hotel closest to the miami beach and it's called the ¨Holiday Inn Miami Beach-Oceanfront¨ were people can stay

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I would first do a reservation and then take a flight to my destination and therefore go to the hotel.

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I would first do a reservation and then take a flight to my destination and therefore go to the hotel.

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picture taken by me :D

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I would fly to Italy and take public transportation to the Venice Canals.

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I would fly to Virginia and rent a car or something.

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I would fly to Florida take a nap on the plane then when I land I would get something to eat then go to my hotel and then do me

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I would fly to Florida take a nap on the plane then when I land I would get something to eat then go to my hotel and then do me

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I would take a plane to get to Las Vegas, Nevada. Mainly to save my gas.

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I would fly to bora bora then take a boat to faanui bay

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near orlando

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40.7580° N, 73.9855° W

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some of the characteristics is a ocean of light blue clear water. with layer of sand at the bottom .

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Miami be lit most of the time,it has beautiful light blue water, nice places to go like the Bayside Marketplace 

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Miami be lit most of the time,it has beautiful light blue water, nice places to go like the Bayside Marketplace 

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I would drive my way there. I Would go with parents but I'll go by myself.

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 comprises a mixed culture a mixed culture of various ethnic groups such as Greeks and other Europeans, American Whites, Asians, Cubans, Puerto Ricans and African Americans. The state's culture is also influenced by Native Americans. modify- the land to grow crops and create farmland.

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 comprises a mixed culture a mixed culture of various ethnic groups such as Greeks and other Europeans, American Whites, Asians, Cubans, Puerto Ricans and African Americans. The state's culture is also influenced by Native Americans. modify- the land to grow crops and create farmland.

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The hotel has lots of pretty lights and a huge water fountain in front of it

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big buildings and the walk of fame. lots of places to eat. great for a tourist trap.

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new york is a very fun place you can see different store and see all type of things you never seen before

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i would fly there and then get a room then go check out time S

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i would fly there and then get a room then go check out time S

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It is near the water because some of the places there is on islands in the lake

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I would drive to the airport and take a 4 hour airplane ride to Mexico City. From there I take a 15 minute taxi to my grandma's house.

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Mexico City has the Temple of the Sun. The Temple of the Sun is a213 feet tall pyramid, making it the largest building in Teotihuacan. It was made around 200 AD. There is also a second Pyramid, known as the Temple of the Moon.

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20.7984 N, 156.3319 W

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located near the haleakala, red hill

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i will drive 35 minutes to the chicago airport. And take a 11 hr plane ride to maui. And take a 15 minute lyft or uber to maui beach hotel.

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maui has lots of hotels and beaches. specifically maui beach hotel has and indoor and outdoor pool and 3 separate jacuzzis. it also includes a very large fitness center and many more things.

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the island is shielded by 2 volcanoes. And if you look closely the island is kind of shaped like a person.

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Create a single post and add the following parts.

1. You can travel to your vacation destination right now thanks to the internet.

2. Put a website link and screenshot below of TWO websites that would be useful to vacationers going to your chosen destination.

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https://www.united.com/en/us also

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1. My vacation destination is located in the Southeastern region (Florida)

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miami has something called jungle island

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miami has something called jungle island

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https://www.thecrazytourist.com/25-best-things-miami-florida/.

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This photograph shows us that humans are doing construction on the Miami beach. To make it bigger so more people can go and enjoy their time there.

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my vaation is listed in the official city of miami region

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my vaation is listed in the official city of miami region

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25.7617N,
80.1918W

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The beaches are top notch, restaurants will seell you the best seafood you'll ever have.

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A physical characteristic the miami beach has would be, the soils the beach has. Also another characteristic would be the landforms 

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A physical characteristic the miami beach has would be, the soils the beach has. Also another characteristic would be the landforms 

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Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 kilometres (143 miles) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef.

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i would fly to bora bora then drive to the hotel

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i would fly to bora bora then drive to the hotel

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This is the #1 amusement park in Virginia Beach called Atlantic Fun Park. There are many rides that adults and kids can ride on and can walk around and eat food.

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Mexico city is located in the Valley of Mexico. This area has mountains at a higher ground level, and can be known as the highlands plateau. It is also surrounded by a mountain range known as Sierra Madre del Sur.

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A physical characteristic of Virginia Beach is the ocean and the sand. The beach is also connected to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Bora Bora is a volcanic island, about 6 miles long by 2.5 miles wide, with an area of about 14.7 square miles.. It's surrounded by coral reefs, with a large lagoon and a spacious harbor on the west side.

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People on Bora Bora are very careful about littering on land but not so much in water. There is a lot of garbage in the oceans because people aren't careful with all of their stuff. They are starting to do a recycling program to help and reduce waste production. They also do water conservation because their water isn't clean. 

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People on Bora Bora are very careful about littering on land but not so much in water. There is a lot of garbage in the oceans because people aren't careful with all of their stuff. They are starting to do a recycling program to help and reduce waste production. They also do water conservation because their water isn't clean. 

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Las Vegas' climate, weather, water bodies, natural environment, and natural resources make up the beautiful state of Nevada. It is located in a desert region. ​ The climate during the seasons is described as very hot, windy, and dry.

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Las Vegas' climate, weather, water bodies, natural environment, and natural resources make up the beautiful state of Nevada. It is located in a desert region. ​ The climate during the seasons is described as very hot, windy, and dry.

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Cancun covers miles of the world's finest beaches. ... There are also great opportunities to just socialize at the different bars by the beach, or enjoy loads of water activities such as scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, jet-skiing, swimming and fishing.

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My vacation destination is located in the western region of the United States.

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My vacation destination is located in the western region of the United States.

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https://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?city=-1655011

https://www.grandfiestamericana.com/en/home