Geography

The Dead Sea lies about 314 meters below sea level, in a geological fault that extends into southern Africa and forms the lowest point of the earth's surface here.

Its area is 146 square kilometers.

There are 14 lakes on the Mississippi River.

There are no clouds above the Sahara.

Crete is surrounded by many islands and islets.

The final blast of the 1883 eruption generated a force 10,000 times stronger than the one generated by the atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima in 1945.

Sometimes the lake dries up to a considerable extent.

In Turkish, Pamukkale means “cotton castle,” or “cotton fortress.”

Agricultural communities formed over time united around the 10th-12th centuries under the leadership of the chief, the so-called Saudeleur.

Equatorial forests contribute significantly to the reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.