Geography

Friday, 11 September 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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Mediterranean Sea
It is an intercontinental sea.
It is situated between Europe, Africa and Asia.
Lake Huron
It has over 80 tributaries.
Approximately 192 billion liters of water flow from Lake Superior through the St. Marys River daily. Another 130 billion liters of water flow from Lake Michigan through the Straits of Mackinac.
Amazon River
It has over 1,100 tributaries.
Longest one is Madeira, measuring 3,380 km.
Paricutin volcano
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.
The volcano ejected mainly pyroclastic (ejecta) material. Ejecta, or the crumbly products of a volca ...
Lake Como
Lake Como (Largo di Como) is a glacial lake in Lombardy, Italy.
Lombardy is one of the twenty administrative regions in Italy, located in the north of the country, ...
Nile river
In ancient Egypt, the river was called Iteru.
It was along the Nile that ancient North African civilizations such as Egypt and the kingdoms of Sudan developed.
Mountains
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.
Those lines are called faults. Most known mountains of this type are Sierra Nevada in California, the Tetons in Wyoming and Harz in Germany.
Mount Vesuvius
At the same time, it is the only active volcano on the territory of continental Europe and one of three active volcanoes on the territory of Italy.
Wadi Rum
There are two entrances to Wadi Rum.
One is on the southern side, near Wadi Al-Yatm, and the other is on the northern side. There are man ...
Santorini
The name of the island of Santorini comes from the thirteenth century from the character of St. Irene.
Previously the island was called Kallisti, Strongili, Tera.