Geography

Sunday, 28 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
The Death Valley area abounds with many places of interest.
These are mainly located within Death Valley National Park and include: Aguereberry Point - a promo ...
Lake Baikal
Baikal is one of the most biodiverse lakes on earth.
It lives in 1340 species of animals, including 745 species of endemic animals and 570 species of plants, including 150 endemic.
Cappadocia
In the 4th century A.D., small religious communities of anachorites began to form in Cappadocia.
Anachoreticism, is a form of religiosity known in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Isla ...
Mississippi River
The deepest point in the Mississippi River is 61 meters deep.
It is located in New Orleans.
River Thames
The River Thames is divided into tidal and non-tidal sections.
The non-tidal Thames stretches for 237 kilometers from its source to Teddington Lock, while the tidal Thames stretches for 109 kilometers to the North Sea.
Gulf of Mexico
It covers an area of approximately 1,6 million square kilometers.
It is the largest gulf in the world.
Wadi Rum
It was perhaps the British officer Thomas Edward Lawrence who made Wadi Rum most famous in the West.
He crossed the valley several times during the Arab Revolt of 1917-18 and eventually settled there. ...
Negev
There are important deposits of raw materials there.
Large deposits of phosphates are intensively exploited and processed there, and bromide extracted fr ...
Asia
Gobi Desert is the largest one in Asia.
The Gobi lies within southern Mongolia and northern China. Its surface area is approximately 1,295,000 km² (500,000 sq mi).
River Thames
It is considered one of the cleanest rivers flowing through a city.
This is even more impressive considering that, in 1957, the River Thames was declared biologically dead.