Geography

Asia, due to its enormous size, has a very diverse climate.

On the Nuussuaq Peninsula lies the former Inuit settlement of Qilakitsoq, where the well-preserved mummies of six women and two young children dating back some 500 years have been discovered.

Missionaries arrived on the island in the 1860s, and by the 1870s, Easter Islanders had adopted Catholicism.

In 1907, French clergyman Guillaume de Jerphanion in the Gὃreme Valley in Cappadocia found nearly 350 churches carved into the rock.

The centuries-old activity of Krakatoa is reported in historical records. This volcano was formed two million years ago and has always shown great activity. 

Due to the dry climate of the region, there is a lack of vegetation above 4,600 meters.

It is known by three different names, depending on the country it flows through.

At the edge of the waterfall is a rock-carved pool called the Devil’s Pool.

To the north and west, the Negev is a plain covered with dust and partly loess.

The deadliest eruption took place on June 15th, 1991.