Geography

Monday, 27 April 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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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 ...
Atacama Desert
The desert has the world's largest natural reserves of sodium nitrate (Chilean saltpeter).
A border dispute over these resources between Bolivia and Chile led to the War of the Pacific. Saltp ...
Caspian Sea
There are 50 islands in the Caspian Sea.
The largest is the Ogurja Ada, which belongs to Turkmenistan.
Lake Baikal
In 1996, Lake Baikal and adjacent protected areas were enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List as areas of exceptional value for evolutionary sciences.
Yangtze River
The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia.
It is 6,397 kilometers long.
Europe
Europe is inhabited by over 748 million inhabitants, which constitutes 9.8 percent of the Earth's population.
There are therefore more than twice as many Europeans as inhabitants of the USA, and almost half as many as inhabitants of Africa, India, or China.
Rio Grande
In the 19th century, the Rio Grande was a major transportation route for steamboats.
Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert is about 15 million years old.
Indigenous peoples from the Andes settled in the oases: Atacameño, Aymara, Diaguitas and Chinchorros ...
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika lies within the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift.
It lies on the territory of four African countries: Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Tanzania.
Mount Vesuvius
At the same time, it is the only active volcano on the territory of continental Europe and one of three active volcanoes on the territory of Italy.