Geography

Crete was formed from uplifted underwater mountain ranges.

Gobi Desert is the largest one in Asia.

Population density in the Sahara is low, at one person per km2.

The first year of the volcano's formation was the most intense period of its activity. At that time, a cone 275 m high was formed.

Lake Victoria is polluted with sewage, domestic and industrial waste, and fertilizers and chemicals from farms.

As a result of the eruption and the arrival of Typhoon Yunya, over 800 people lost their lives.

The earliest records of Cappadocia date back to the second half of the 6th century B.C. At that time, it was the property of two Achaemenid kings of Persia - Darius the Great and Xerxes I.

Mt. Pinatubo was the name of the C-47 presidential plane that crashed in 1957.

After the eruption of Avellino in 1995 BC, the volcano passed into a state of more frequent but less dangerous eruptions.

The Aokigahara Forest is called the Aokigahara Sea of Trees.