Geography

Wednesday, 16 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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Caspian Sea
Its maximum depth is 1,025 meters, which places it in third place in terms of maximum depth, right after Baikal (1,637 m) and Tanganyika (1,435 m).
River Thames
There are over 80 islands on the Thames.
Montana
The fauna of the state is very diverse.
There are 115 mammal, 427 bird, 20 reptiles, 14 amphibian, 90 fish species in Montana.
Bermuda Triangle
The methane gas floats on the water's surface as many tiny bubbles. The density of the resulting gas-water mixture is much less than that of seawater. If a ship finds itself in such an area, due to the lower density, it quickly sinks below the actual sea surface, and the crew is unable even to make an emergency call. The ship sinks.
In the case of Flight 19, several witnesses confirmed that they saw an explosion in the sky. However ...
Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert is very popular with off-road sports enthusiasts.
Various championships are held there, such as the Atacama Rally, the Chile Rally, the Patagonia-Atac ...
Mountains
The highest located city in the world is El Alto in Bolivia.
Its average height is 4150 meters above the mean sea level. El Alto is one of the fastest-growing cities in Bolivia with over 940 thousand citizens.
Galapagos Islands
The first documented inhabitant of the Galapagos Islands was an Irishman, Patrick Watkins.
He was stranded on Floreana in the early 19th century after an argument with his captain. He lived o ...
Mount Etna
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 eruption lasted 417 days until July 6, 2009, making it the longest eruption on Etna's flank sinc ...
Amazon River
Whether the Amazon is the longest river on earth is still a matter of debate.
It may be longer or shorter than the Nile, depending on the measurement criteria used. It's length may be anywhere between 6,275 and 6,992 km, while Nile is estimated to be between 5,499 and 7,088 km.
Negev
Since the establishment of the State of Israel, work has been carried out to transform the desert into fertile land.
The most famous proponent of this idea was David Ben-Gurion (the first Prime Minister of Israel), wh ...