Geography

In Turkish, Pamukkale means “cotton castle,” or “cotton fortress.”

The high water pollution caused several species found in the Yangtze River basin to be listed as endangered.

The archipelago is located in the western part of the Galapagos Submarine Ridge (an undersea ridge made of volcanic rocks and characterized by volcanic activity), on the Nazca Plate, which moves southeast at a rate of about 6.4 cm per year. 

The reduced flow greatly impacts the Dead Sea, causing its rapid shrinking.

On the western shore of Como is the Sacro Monte di Ossuccio, one of the nine sacred mountains in northern Italy.

Ojos del Salado, also known as Nevada Ojos del Salado, is a dormant volcano.

Fault-block mountains are formed as a result of stresses in the earth’s crust caused by tectonic forces that lead to the fracturing and movement of rock masses along fracture lines.

The islands are prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Approximately 12,000 deaths occurred as a direct result of eruptions.

One of the largest museums in the world is The British Museum. It has over 8 million exhibits in its resources, but only 1 percent of them are exhibited.