Are you referring to on an international level or national? Internationally it developed in the Soviet Union and the United States, nationally it was based in Texas.
HDI is a tool that the UN created to measure how 'developed' a country is based on 4 factors. These are; life expectancy, expected years of schooling, GNI (gross national income) per capita (person) and mean years of schooling. HDI is also a much more accurate tool for calculating development (as opposed to GDP) as it includes social factors, whereas GDP only includes economic factors.
South Africa is located in Africa and it is a relatively dry country, with an average annual rainfall of about 464 mm.
<h3>South Africa Seasons</h3>
There are four main seasons and they include the following:
The annual rainfall graphs in the country is however very moderate which is characterized by sunlight and is the reason why it is among the dry countries on the African continent.
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Iceland and New Zealand are two places in the world where geothermal energy provides a cost-effective energy resource because these countries have an active volcanic area.
Geothermal- Geothermal energy is a kind of energy that human gets from the heat of the earth. This is a kind of renewable energy because the earth produces a large amount of heat.
The high temperature of the interior makes the rocks melt and the molten rock comes into the crust of the earth in the form of lava.
Iceland and New Zealand are the two places where so many active volcanic areas are available. This makes new Zealand and Iceland the most cost-effective places on earth for the generation of geothermal energy.
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