Geography

The most important ports of the Mediterranean include: Marseille, Genoa, Trieste, Venice, Naples, Cartagena, Haifa, Beirut, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Barcelona, Algiers, Tunis.

The oldest mummy in the world was found in the Sahara desert, dating from before the founding of the Egyptian state.

An enclave of traditional life in Crete is a triangle between mountain villages: Anogia, Zoniana, and Aimonas.

It is a fog desert.

The fertile volcanic soils around Etna favor extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards stretching across the lower slopes of the mountain and the plain of Catania to the south.

Ojos del Salado is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

The surroundings of the lake are rich in valuable deposits of raw materials.

The lowest point in North America is Badwater Basin, a small salt lake in Death Valley.

Fault-block mountains are formed as a result of stresses in the earth’s crust caused by tectonic forces that lead to the fracturing and movement of rock masses along fracture lines.

Finland is the European lake region.