Geography

Thursday, 23 July 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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Lake Tanganyika
The tectonic origin determines the environment of the lake.
Tanganyika is surrounded by mountains, some of which reach the shoreline of the lake.
Hawaii
Hawaii has two official languages: English and Hawaiian. Despite this, Hawaiian is not a widely spoken language on the islands - only 1.7 percent of the inhabitants speak it.
Over 75 percent of people here speak English, 21 percent speak Asian languages, and the third most popular language is Spanish, which is spoken by only 2.6 percent of citizens.
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum, also known as the Valley of the Moon, is the largest wadi in Jordan.
Wadi is a traditional Arabic term for a valley. The term can also refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbe ...
Tropical rainforests
They extend latitudinally over nearly the entire surface of the globe.
Equatorial forests grow in tropical America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Madagascar, parts of Australia, and New Guinea.
Uluru
Despite the Anangu tradition that allows only certain elderly males to climb the rock, tourists were allowed to climb Uluru until 2019.
To help with the climb, a metal chain was installed in 1964, but as of October 2019, it is no longer ...
Death Valley
In the past, gold, silver, and copper were mined in Death Valley.
Death Valley got its name in 1849 during the California gold rush. It was so named by prospectors of ...
Mount Tambora
The April 5th eruption was heard within 1,400 kilometers range.
The British troops stationed in Java, an Indonesian island, mistaken the sound of the explosion for ...
Colorado
The highest point in the state is Mount Elbert (4,401.2 meters above sea level).
It is also the highest peak in the entire Rocky Mountains. It lies in Lake County, within the San Is ...
Atacama Desert
In 2003, a team of scientists applied the tests used by the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Martian landers to detect life in the Atacama region and failed to detect any signs of life in the desert soil in the Yungay region.
This region, unique on Earth in this respect, is being used by NASA to test equipment for future Mar ...
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is polluted with sewage, domestic and industrial waste, and fertilizers and chemicals from farms.
The lake's basin has many human concentrations. Its shores are dotted with key towns: Kisumu, Kisii ...