Geography

Thursday, 3 September 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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Nile river
From Khartoum, the Nile flows in a northerly direction.
It flows through the Nubian desert in Sudan, Aswan, Cairo to Alexandria, where it enters the Mediterranean Sea.
Pamukkale
In Turkish, Pamukkale means “cotton castle,” or “cotton fortress.”
The connotation stems from the fact that there are extensive cotton plantations nearby, as eastern A ...
Negev
The Negev Desert and its surroundings are the sunniest part of Israel.
That’s why the desert has become the center of Israel’s solar industry. There are opinions of expert ...
Manhattan
Manhattan is served by New York’s major daily newspapers, including the New York Times, which have won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journalism.
The district is also home to the headquarters of the New York Daily News and the New York Post, as w ...
Stromboli volcano
In volcanology, there is a special type of eruption called a strombolian eruption.
The name is derived from the volcano, of course, and it is characterized by mild eruptions, with mor ...
Lake Victoria
The main invasive plant species in the lake is common water hyacinth.
Common water hyacinth is native to South America and was introduced to Lake Victoria as a result of human activity (probably got there from Rwanda via the Kagera River in the 1980s ).
Ojos del Salado
Ojos del Salado is part of the High Andes.
It rises from the southern end of the Atacama Plateau (Puna de Atacama), a plateau that lies next to the Atacama Desert, where the average altitude is 4,000 meters.
Amazon River
It flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
The mouth of the river is located in Brazil, but its exact location is difficult to determine due to ...
Hawaii
The capital of Hawaii is Honolulu.
The city is located on the island of Oʻahu and is inhabited by approximately 345.000 people. Honolul ...
Galapagos Islands
In 1944, Ecuador established another prison on Isabela, where about 300 prisoners were held in harsh conditions.
As a result of the mutiny and harsh living conditions, both prisoners and guards died, and Ecuadorian authorities closed the prison.