Geography

Friday, 7 August 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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Easter Island
In addition to moai, there is a particular type of statue - takuturi.
Unlike moai, takuturi rest kneeling and have entirely different facial features and head shapes. Ano ...
Amazon River
It has over 1,100 tributaries.
Longest one is Madeira, measuring 3,380 km.
Wadi Rum
The name Wadi Rum was probably first mentioned by the Roman historian Ptolemy.
He called it Aramava in his list of cities in Arabia, indicating that the valley was at a point tang ...
Yangtze River
The Three Gorges Dam–the largest hydropower station in the world–is located on the Yangtze.
It generates over 100 TWh of electricity a year.
Mount Vesuvius
The formation of the volcano began about 25 thousand years ago. Subsequent eruptions and lava flows caused the mountain to grow ever larger.
Another powerful explosion occurred about 19 thousand years ago, initiating the whole cycle of catac ...
River Thames
It proves two-thirds of drinking water for Londoners.
Gulf of Mexico
It is estimated that approximately 2,5 million migratory birds rest daily on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert is over 1,680 km (1,045 mi) long in the southwest-northeast direction and over 800 km (500 mi) in the north-south direction.
The widest section is in the western part.
Lake Tanganyika
It consists of three basins that are connected to each other. These are the northern, central and southern basins.
The central basin developed earliest. Lake Tanganyika began to form in the period 12-9 million years ...
Komodo National Park
The average level of education in Komodo National Park villages is the fourth grade of elementary school.
There is a four-class elementary school in each village, but students are not enrolled every year. T ...