Cocoa Beach is a barrier-island community on Florida’s central Atlantic coast, located east of the Indian River Lagoon and just south of Cape Canaveral. The city is closely associated with surfing, beach recreation, and the nearby Kennedy Space Center, while its compact streets lead quickly from residential areas and restaurants to the Atlantic shoreline. The beach itself stretches along a broad, sandy coast, and the city’s position between the ocean and lagoon provides opportunities for swimmin
Douz is a town in southern Tunisia on the edge of the Sahara, where date-palm oases meet the dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental. The town is often regarded as a gateway to the sandy desert, with dunes beginning close to the built-up area and extending toward the wider Sahara. Palm groves provide a strong contrast to the surrounding dry landscape, while nearby Chott el-Jerid forms a vast salt depression with bright mineral surfaces and mirages.
Madikwe Game Reserve is a large protected wildlife area in South Africa’s North West province, close to the Botswana border. Its landscape consists mainly of open grassland, bushveld, rocky hills, and seasonal watercourses, with habitats supporting a wide range of wildlife. The reserve is notable for being one of South Africa’s major conservation areas established on former farmland, with wildlife populations restored through a large-scale relocation programme.