Geography Generator Puzzle #15

Find the 13-letter, one-word, geographical feature, from the letters on the left, then answer the 20 geography questions using only those same letters.
Generator concept: kiwirage, whose latest Geography Generator is here
The previous puzzle #14 is here
Each letter may be used once only in each answer
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13-letter location
MEDITERRANEAN
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African country
Eritrea
currency of 8 countries, including Iraq
dinar
Portuguese region that produces sweet wine
Madeira
______ del Fuego
Tierra
raw sugar type, also a Guyanese
river and region
Demerara
language with 900 million speakers
Mandarin
African fruit (a near-anagram of ^^^)
tamarind
church => spire as mosque => _____
minaret
Abu Dhabi and Dubai, for example
Emirate
Saudi holy city
Medina
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Answer
aquatic effect created by the sun and moon
tide
parched; lacking rainfall
arid
Australian Desert
Tanami
Asian country
Iran
another Asian country
Armenia
Cook's and Magellan's occupation
mariner
Sumatran city, pop 3.4 mil
Medan
Yemeni port
Aden
capital of Shqipëria,
a European country
Tirana
borders Quebec and New Brunswick
Maine
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Level 76
Oct 30, 2015
Nice but I think 13 letters is a bit too much. I tried 'date' as an African fruit, although I don't actually know if it's African.
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Level 65
Oct 30, 2015
http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/63858/african-asian-geography-generator should be your link.