Geography

Equatorial forests are home to 250 species of fruit trees, while temperate zone forests have only 20. The forests of New Guinea alone produce 251 species of trees with edible fruit.

At the current rate of tectonic plate movement, the Galapagos Islands will collapse into the Peru-Chile Trench (a deep-sea trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean) in about 20 million years.

Here is a list: State flower: Bitterroot State grass: Bluebunch wheatgrass State tree: Ponderosa Pi ...

More than 80% of all land birds, 97% of all land reptiles and mammals, more than 20% of all marine species and 30% of all plants on the islands are endemic.

The Minoans are one of the symbols of Crete. They probably came to the island from Asia Minor and settled there long before the appearance of the Greeks.

The Italianized form is Lario, but this name is rarely used, the name Lago di Como - Lake Como - is usually used. The lake's name comes from the city of Como, known to the Romans as Comum.

The average depth is 40 m (131 ft), and the maximum depth is 83 m (272 ft). The deepest part of the ...

It is suitable for growing crops, especially rice, which is the main cereal crop growing in the Murray River basin.

Puquios (spring, well) are ancient underground aqueduct systems that allow water to be transported l ...