Geography

Sunday, 15 November 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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Wadi Rum
Concentrated in the Wadi Rum valley, the desert encompasses the highest peaks of the Levant (countries on the eastern Asian Mediterranean coast).
These include Jabal Umm ad Dami, Jabal Ramm and Jabal um Ishrin.Jabal Umm ad Dami is Jordan's highes ...
Lake Tanganyika
It is the second oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second largest by volume, and the second deepest.
It is about the same size as the state of Maryland and two times smaller than Lake Huron.
Easter Island
Heyerdahl experimentally proved in 1947 the feasibility of sailing from South America to Polynesia on the Kon-Tiki raft.
According to legend, the "long-eared" people, who constituted the aristocracy, were almost completel ...
Uluru
It was landmarked by William Gosse, an Australian explorer, during his survey in 1873.
He named it Ayers Rock, after Sir Henry Ayers, Chief Secretary of South Australia.
Santorini
Santorini is located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea, in the area of ​​the Aegean Volcanic Arc's greatest activity.
Continuous observations of this area's geological activity have revealed that in 2011 the island rose about 5 cm (2 in).
Negev
Timna National Archeological and Geological Park is located in the Negev.
It is located in the Rimna Valley, north of the Gulf of Aqaba. This is a region where copper was min ...
Yangtze River
Human activity in the Yangtze River basin dates back to 27,000 years ago.
Greenland
The highest peak in Greenland is Gunnbjørn Fjeld.
It is both the highest peak in Greenland and the highest peak in the Arctic, with an altitude of 3,6 ...
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano.
Stratovolcanoes are cone-shaped mountains, consisting of multiple layers of lava and other pyroclast ...
Mount Elbrus
It is a dormant stratovolcano.
Elbrus was formed about 2.5 million years ago and its period of most violent eruptions ended about 700,000 years ago. The last eruption took place around the year 50 AD.