Equatorial air rises and, deflected, falls back to the surface in temperate latitudes, where it then flows toward the east. ... Current gyres carry cold water toward the equator on east sides of the oceans, warm water to higher latitudes on the west sides. ... Vegetation patterns are responsive to the interaction of temperature (latitudinal and altitudinal gradients) and precipitation (more complex, often longitudinal gradients because of the east-west tendency of the winds, as well as well-defined latitudinal ones) patterns. ...

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In modern society many people today are looking more like tribal warriors of many African cultures. ... Ear piercings are most widely practiced piercings among cultural groups in Africa, India, Indonesia, North and South America. ... Stretched earlobes are dominant among groups in Indonesia and South America. ... Henna, also known as mehndi, is the painting of the body using temporary ink (usually a dark orange color) made from the herb henna, widely used in the Middle East. ... African mehndi patterns usually use black henna while Asian and Middle Eastern mehndi is often reddish brown. ...

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The landmass is bigger than the United States if you exclude Alaska; the journey from Recife in the east to the western border with Peru is longer than that from London to Moscow, and the distance between the norther and southern borders is about the same as that between New York and Los Angeles. ... African languages, especially from Nigeria and Angola, have survived in religious rituals, cooking and some general words, the most well-known example being samba. ... Spanish is generally understood but a knowledge of Spanish does not always enable you to understand spoken Portuguese, except perh...

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