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Why is Antarctica the highest continent on Earth?

The average height of the indigenous (subglacial) surface of Antarctica is only 410 meters, while the average height of the surface of all other continents is 730 meters.

Nevertheless, it is Antarctica that is considered the highest continent on Earth. But the fact is that Antarctica is covered with an ice shell, the average height of which is 2040 meters (2,8 times the average height of the surface of all other continents).

Near the South Pole, the thickness of the ice shell reaches 3800 meters. The total mass of frozen water concentrated in Antarctica is 30 million cubic kilometers. Under its weight, the earth's crust on this continent sagged up to 950 meters.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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What is the difference between a donkey and a donkey? Absolutely nothing. The fact is that both of these names refer to the same animal, more precisely to the male donkey (the female is called a donkey). The donkey is one of the first domesticated animals. The Egyptians domesticated donkeys over 5000 years ago.

Due to their exceptional usefulness, these animals are bred all over the world. There are many varieties of donkeys. For example, in Somalia and other parts of Africa, there are wild Somali donkeys, cautious animals that live in groups of 5 to 20 individuals, feeding on dry grass and shrubs in the desert. Most of the local tribes hunt Somali donkeys for their skin and meat or catch them for sale, so today this animal is quite rare.

Several species of wild donkeys live in Asia. One of them, the Syrian donkey, which once lived in Syria and other areas of the Middle East, is now, in all likelihood, already extinct.

The donkey is adapted to life in the desert and can do without water for some time. At the time of the birth of offspring, donkeys gather in large herds, but soon break up into small groups and disperse throughout the country. Modern donkeys are descendants of the Nubian donkeys from northeast Africa, which were once found throughout the territory from the Nile to the Red Sea. But most species of wild donkeys have already been exterminated, and now people are trying to protect a few surviving species from a similar fate. In many parts of Mexico and Central America, the donkey is a common means of transportation, replacing the horse or car.

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