Geography

The first European to visit Lake Baikal was Cossack, Kurbat Ivanov in 1643.

Several million years ago, a saline ocean stretched across what is now the Mediterranean Sea.

The Nile Delta covers an area of about 22,000 km² (8 494 sq mi).

The Atacama Desert is one of the best places in the world for astronomical observations.

It is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in the Philippines.

Vegetation in the Negev is sparse throughout the area and may be completely absent over vast areas.

The Amazon River, now flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, once flowed in the opposite direction.

Because the Bering land bridge once connected North America and Asia, many animal and plant species were able to colonize both continents and are found throughout the taiga.

Sarnia is the most populated city over the lake.

There are no clouds above the Sahara.