Geography

These tortoises, also known as elephant tortoises, live on seven islands. They are the largest livin ...

It supports approximately 17%-25% of U.S. domestic oil production. The first oil well was drilled in 1938.

It is the largest canoe race in the world.

Heraklion was the capital of Crete from Byzantine times until 1989. For 73 years Chania was the island’s capital, only to have Heraklion become it again in 1971.

The desert covers 31% of Africa and 8% of the Earth's land area. Comparing the Sahara to countries, its area is almost identical to that of the United States of America.

Sick people who came in large numbers to Hierapolis for treatment did not always return home. Some d ...

The construction was officially finished in 1984. It is 520 meters wide.

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 ).

In the years 1998-2003, 442 cases of taking one's life were recorded there. Recently, the authoritie ...

Red soils are well-weathered, red clay soils that are acidic and poor in essential nutrients such as ...