Illustrated landscape plate: African Steppes, Africa
African Steppes

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Continental Antarctica

The Antarctic continent is a vast ice sheet with nunataks and dry valleys, the coldest and driest place on Earth. Emperor penguins and lichens survive here; there is no permanent human population.

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