I understand this question to mean "local diversity of human culture" (and not, for example, local biological diversity).
Local diversity can mean for example different food - different areas have their own food specialties).
It can also mean the customs and religions - for example how people eat (fork, chopstics, hands, etc).
Another example is the clothing, for example in India many women wear Saris, while in Europe women wear skirts or trousers.
He underestimated the circumference of the world and he did not realize that there was something between Asia and Western Europe.
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A. because large pore spaces will allow the pollutants to travel through, unfiltered
Since Nunavut is so close to the North Pole, I would go with D. tundra. A and B are close to the equator and C is where the Unites State is located.