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White wagtail (national bird) Motacilla alba [31] Two-spotted ladybird (national insect) Adalia bipunctata [31] Lebanon: Striped hyena (national animal) Hyaena hyaena [41] Lithuania: White stork (national bird) Ciconia ciconia [42] Mongolia: Saker falcon (national bird) Falco cherrug [43] [better source needed] [44] [better source needed] Malaysia
Aedes albopictus ( synonym Stegomyia albopicta ), from the mosquito (Culicidae) family, also known as the (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito, is a mosquito native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia. In the past few centuries, however, this species has spread to many countries through the transport of goods and ...
Largest lake. None. Exclusive economic zone. 1,300 km 2 (500 sq mi) Singapore is a city-state and island country in maritime Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia as well as the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. It is heavily compact and urbanised.
The water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ), also called the domestic water buffalo, Asian water buffalo or Asiatic water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also found in Italy, the Balkans, Australia, North America, South America and some African countries. [ 1]
Singapore, [e] officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.It is about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the ...
The Singapore Zoo, formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardensor Mandai Zoo, is a 28 hectares (69 acres) zoolocated on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoirwithin Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. It is operated by the Mandai Wildlife Group, which also manages the neighbouring Night Safari, River Wonders, Bird ...
The flag of Azerbaijan is the national ensign of Azerbaijan. It consists of three equal horizontal bands colored blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band. The blue band refers to Turkic heritage, the red is for progress and the green refers to Islam. 2002 –.
The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe. The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian ( Venetian) cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography ." [ 1] It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame that measures over two by two meters.