Geography

Friday, 27 March 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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Santorini
From 300 to 500 years after the volcanic eruption, the island was uninhabited.
After that period, Dorians (a Greek people speaking a Doric dialect) settled here.
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea has received various names over the centuries.
It has been referred to as: Sea of Arabah, Sea of Lot, Sea of Zo'ar, Lake Asphaltites, Lake of Sodom.
Mount Fuji
The average time needed to climb Mount Fuji is six hours.
It is considered a remotely easy climb.
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley in eastern California, an area of drainless depression in the northern part of the Mojave Desert.
The Mojave Desert is located mostly in the eastern part of the state of California, as well as in th ...
Caspian Sea
It is rich in oil and gas reserves.
It is one of the world’s oldest oil-producing areas.
Amazon River
The Amazon River basin covers about 44% of South America's land area, about 6.1 million km2.
It is estimated that about 400 different ethnic groups inhabit the banks and basin of the Amazon River.
Tropical rainforests
They extend latitudinally over nearly the entire surface of the globe.
Equatorial forests grow in tropical America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Madagascar, parts of Australia, and New Guinea.
Colorado
There is a point where the boundaries of four states–Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah–meet.
This place is called the Four Corners after the quadripoint (37° north latitude with 109° 03’ west l ...
Lake Tanganyika
Is one of the oldest lakes in the world.
The only older one is Lake Baikal, which at 25 million years old is about twice as old.
Europe
The most forested country in Europe is Sweden.
Almost 70 percent of the country's land area is covered by forests, most of which are managed and regulated by the state. Virgin forests occur only in the northernmost mountain regions.