Geography

Tuesday, 17 February 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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Gobi Desert
It consists mainly of gravel-stone deserts and semi-deserts separated by dry steppes.
Only a small area of the desert is covered with sands.
Jordan River
The flow rate of the Jordan River declined drastically since 2010.
Compared to 1,3 billion cubic meters annually, it now oscillates at 20 to 30 million cubic meters every year.
Santorini
Santorini is located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea, in the area of ​​the Aegean Volcanic Arc's greatest activity.
Continuous observations of this area's geological activity have revealed that in 2011 the island rose about 5 cm (2 in).
Mount Fuji
Until the 19th century, women were not allowed to climb Mount Fuji.
The first Japanese woman to climb the mountain was Tatsu Takayama, who ascended the summit in 1832. ...
Manhattan
Manhattan, regionally called The City, is the smallest of New York’s five boroughs.
It is also the most densely populated district in New York. 1.628.701 people live in an area of 87 square kilometers, the population density is 26.821 people per square kilometer.
Lake Superior
It is also a deep one.
The lake's average depth is 147 m (483 ft), with the lake's deepest point at 406m (1,333 ft).
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum covers an area of 720 square kilometers (278 square miles).
It is located within the boundaries of the Hisma Desert, a sandy desert on the Arabian Peninsula tha ...
Tropical rainforests
Soils in tropical forests fall into two categories: red soils and ferralitic soils.
Red soils are well-weathered, red clay soils that are acidic and poor in essential nutrients such as ...
Murray River
Murray River's history dates back 130 million years.
It originates from the paleolake Bungunnia.
Bermuda Triangle
The methane gas floats on the water's surface as many tiny bubbles. The density of the resulting gas-water mixture is much less than that of seawater. If a ship finds itself in such an area, due to the lower density, it quickly sinks below the actual sea surface, and the crew is unable even to make an emergency call. The ship sinks.
In the case of Flight 19, several witnesses confirmed that they saw an explosion in the sky. However ...