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Name: Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
Location: State of Maranhão, Brazil
Coordinates: -2.5299, -43.0250
Why it’s incredible: Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, yet it hosts thousands of temporary lagoons.
Lençóis…
