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This is a list of satellite map images with missing or unclear data. Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as ...
The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic plant and animal species. The country's surrounding waters reportedly [1] have the highest level of marine biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot. In 2013, 700 of the country's 52,177 ...
The satellite is named Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA). [1] MULA would be the first of a "next-generation satellites" under the Philippine space program, with the team behind the satellite building on the knowledge gained in developing the Diwata and Maya nanosatellites. [2] The investment cost for the satellite is at least US$34 ...
Flora of the Philippines. Lush vegetation in a forest in Palawan. The flora of the Philippines boasts a diverse array of plant species given its location in the great Malaysian flora. The Malaysian Phytogeographic zone is considered to be one of the most important centers for plant diversity because of the multitude and variance of species ...
Species are assessed solely according to their population in the Philippines and hence may not be in line with other conversation lists such as the IUCN Red List which list the Crab-eating macaque (including subspecies the Philippine long-tailed macaque) as vulnerable but is not included in the 2019 release of the Philippines' national Red List.
Shorea astylosa. Shorea contorta. Shorea malibato. Shorea negrosensis. (previous page) ( next page ) Categories: Flora of the Philippines. Endemic flora by country. Endemic flora of Malesia.
Diwata-1 [6] also known as PHL-Microsat-1 was a Philippine microsatellite launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 23, 2016, and was deployed into orbit from the ISS on April 27, 2016. It was the first Philippine microsatellite and the first satellite built and designed by Filipinos. [7] [8] It was followed by Diwata-2 ...
The following is a list of animal species classified as threatened: Vulnerable Philippine eagle-owl (Bubo philippensis) Green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) A baby Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) with mother Philippine flat-headed frog (Barbourula busuangensis) Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Philippine hawk-eagle (Nisaetus philippensis) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus ...