Geography

It is an open secret that in these mountainous regions of Crete, on the slopes of the mountains, there are plantations where locals grow marijuana and make handsome profits from its sale.

The Nile has two main tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile.

The eruption, which occurred on the morning of May 13, 2008, immediately east of Etna's summit craters, was accompanied by more than 200 earthquakes and significant ground deformation in the Etna area.

The temperature range in the Gobi desert is quite large. In summer temperatures here can exceed 40 °C (104 °F)  and in winter fall below -40 °C (-40 °F).

Whether the Amazon is the longest river on earth is still a matter of debate.

The Murray River holds a dark spot in its history.

The Thames was mentioned in writing by Julius Caesar, a dictator of the Roman Empire, after his expedition to Britain in 54 B.C.

The last reports of alleged Bermuda Triangle activity date back to the early 1970s.

Along with Kata-Tjuta, a group of 36 conglomerate bornhardts, the Uluru forms Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Manhattan, regionally called The City, is the smallest of New York’s five boroughs.