Geography

Sunday, 7 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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Death Valley
There have been at least four periods of active volcanism in Death Valley in the past.
There were also three or four periods of sedimentation and plate tectonic shifts. The area has been glaciated at least twice.
Niagara Falls
The cascade on the Canadian side is called Horseshoe Falls and is 53 meters high.
A small part of it is located in the US, as confirmed by both Canadian and US maps. It is the highes ...
Caspian Sea
It was formed 30 million years ago.
Colorado
The Rocky Mountains are covered with snow only in winter.
Most of the snow melts by mid-August, except for a few small glaciers.
Atacama Desert
Numerous telescopes have been installed there to allow astronomers from around the world to study the universe.
In October 2011, a radio astronomy telescope called the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, built by Eur ...
Montana
In 1852 gold was discovered in Montana.
Since then, it took ten years for a gold rush to develop. Although Montana is not as rich in gold as ...
Hawaii
There are several astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea.
There are 13 telescopes installed on the volcano for observations in various ranges of electromagnet ...
Komodo National Park
There are currently about four thousand people living in Komodo National Park, living in four settlements: Komodo, Rinca, Kerora, and Papagaran.
These settlements existed in the area before it was protected. The Komodo settlement has the largest ...
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 ...
Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Archipelago is one of the most active volcanic areas in the world.
The islands that comprise it were formed by volcanic activity associated with the existence of the G ...