Portal:Geography/Did you know/5

... that the Beaver River (pictured) flows through the heart of the Yukon Flats, one of the most productive waterfowl breeding areas in North America, and the most productive in Alaska?
... that Angammedilla National Park is designated primarily to protect the drainage basin of Parakrama Samudra?
... that Tanco Mine in Manitoba, Canada, is the world's largest producer of caesium?
... that the 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake caused the most devastating tsunami in Japanese history, destroying about 9,000 homes and killing more than 22,000 people?
... that the Ahklun Mountains, located in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, support the only existing glaciers in western Alaska?