Geography

Saturday, 13 June 2026
16 facts about Hawaii
16 facts about Hawaii
Volcanic paradise
This picturesque archipelago located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean owes its creation entirely to volcanic eruptions. Lush deciduous forests inter ...

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Galapagos Islands
The problem in the Galapagos Islands is feral goats.
Feral goats were brought there by humans for agricultural purposes and have had a huge impact on the ...
Mount Pinatubo
On April 2nd, 1991, natives living on the north side of Mount Pinatubo started noticing a series of phreatic explosions.
The news reached a volcano observatory in Manila, where seismographic equipment was set to monitor t ...
Cappadocia
The earliest records of Cappadocia date back to the second half of the 6th century B.C. At that time, it was the property of two Achaemenid kings of Persia - Darius the Great and Xerxes I.
The Achaemenids were a dynasty that ruled Persia between 550 and 330 B.C. The peak of their power wa ...
Cappadocia
During the Persian Empire, Cappadocia was divided into two distinct satrapies: one centrally located still called Cappadocia or Great Cappadocia and the other called Pont.
The satrapy of Cappadocia covered the area between the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates River, its ...
Paricutin volcano
The church has partially collapsed, with only two towers transcending above the solidified lava's surface.
The altar also survived because the flowing lava stopped right in front of it. This event was consid ...
Mount St. Helens
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, most of the volcano cone is relatively young and was formed over the last 2,200 years.
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is not a navigable river.
Navigation is only possible at the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Unfortunately, the glacier on Kilimanjaro is melting; since 1912, 82% of the glacier has disappeared.
The area of the glacier at the beginning of the 20th century was about 12 square kilometers, now it ...
Bermuda Triangle
There are several hypotheses for the mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle area.
One is the occasional methane eruption from underwater methane clathrate deposits in these areas. In ...
Yangtze River
The longest arch bridge in the world, located on the Yangtze, is the Chaotianmen Bridge.
It is 552 meters long.