New Caledonia is an archipelago located in the south western part of the Pacific Ocean, and belongs to what is known as Melanesia. The mainland known as the "Grande Terre" is the principal island of New Caledonia and covers an area of 400 kms north to south and 50 kms west to east, with a total surface of 19 000 square meters. It is the third largest island in the South Pacific after New Guinea and New Zealand.
Sausalito was incorporated in 1893, and named by 18th century Spanish explorers for the "little willow" trees (Saucelito) which were found, in abundance, on the banks of its streams.
The Po River, the longest in Italy, flows eastward from Monte Viso, in the Cottian Alps, through the northern part of the country and drains into the Adriatic Sea near Venice. The Po flows through many important Italian cities, including Turin, Cremona, Piacenza, Ferrara.
Volcanoes National Park, in northwestern Rwanda, is a place where dramatic volcanic landscapes meet extraordinary wildlife encounters. Stretching across the Virunga Mountains, the park is dominated by five towering volcanoes whose slopes are cloaked in rainforest and bamboo.
Lake Malawi - The Lake of Stars - is an immense inland sea of fresh, crystal clear water in which tropical fish abound. Its shores and the deserted islands which dot its surface are home to a variety of game and an abundance of exotic birdlife. Local fishermen leisurely paddle their traditional "mokoros", or dugouts, across its expanse, and the sun drenched serenity is but enhanced by the shriek of a Fish Eagle or the grunting of distant hippo.
Lake Malawi is one of a series of lakes in Africa's Rift Valley. It is the ninth largest lake in the world, with a surface area of about 30,000 square km, a length of about 580 km, and is approximately 704 meters deep. Lake Malawi has a very diverse bottom, ranging from rocky, to sandy, to heavily planted areas. As with Lake Tanganyika, the lower layers of the lake are completely devoid of oxygen and uninhabitable by fish. It was reported in "African Cichlids of Lakes Malawi and
Tanganyika-12th Ed." that there are 225 known species of cichlids in the lake, with 40+ species of non-cichlids. Lake Malawi's fish population is a prime food source for many Malawi inhabitants. Lake Malawi National Park, opened in 1980 near Monkey Bay, was put in place to protect the many cichlid species of the lake from extinction due to over-fishing and
collection for export.