Geography

Tuesday, 11 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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Cappadocia
During the Persian Empire, Cappadocia was divided into two distinct satrapies: one centrally located still called Cappadocia or Great Cappadocia and the other called Pont.
The satrapy of Cappadocia covered the area between the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates River, its ...
Lake Huron
Manitoulin Island is located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario.
It is the largest freshwater island in the world, inhabited by over 13 thousand people. Although it is a lake island, it has 108 freshwater lakes, some of which have their islands too.
Amazon River
There are no bridges on the Amazon River.
While it is not impossible to build a bridge across the Amazon River, such a structure would not sur ...
Martinique
Martinique's main agricultural activity is banana cultivation.
Bananas are grown there on an area of over 7200 hectares, where 220.000 tons of this fruit are produced. This production employs 12.000 people.
Nan Madol
According to the calculations of the scientists, the structures were erected by the effort of a huge number of workers during several hundred years.
The creation of such a complex should take about 200-300 years of continuous, almost every day labor of the entire archipelago population.
Santorini
The town of Oia is the most photographed place on the island.
Here can find the church of St. Nicholas, patron of fishermen, and the famous windmill.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls was formed about 150 million years ago because of tectonic movements of the Earth. The riverbed below the falls is a crack in the Earth’s crust.
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea has no outflow.
It loses water only through evaporation.
Colorado
The official language of the state is English.
The second most spoken language is Spanish. One Native American language still spoken in the state is the Colorado River Numic language, known as the Ute dialect.
Mountains
There are over 720 million people living in the hills and mountains.
They are called mountain people and make up about 12% of Earth’s population.