Geography

Wednesday, 25 February 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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Amazon River
In 2016, researchers discovered a 9,300-square kilometers coral system in the muddy waters of the mouth of the Amazon River.
The Amazon Reef is one of the world’s largest reef systems. It contains 73 species of fish, over 60 species of sponge, and a wide range of starfish and corals, including staghorn corals.
Nan Madol
Each island served different purpose.
Some prepared food, others built canoes or extracted coconut oil. One of the islands served as a roy ...
Lake Huron
It is situated on the same level as Lake Michigan.
This makes both lakes the same body of water in hydrological meaning. Lake Huron is separated from Lake Michigan by narrow waterways called the Straits of Mackinac.
Nan Madol
The name of the city of Nan Madol means "spacing between", which probably refers to the channels between the islets.
Nan Madol is not the original name of the island, the original name is Reef of Heavens.
Nan Madol
Nan Madol is built on 100 artificial islets formed on the reef, separated by canals.
The detailed city maps contain 16 names of islands and islets. Among them, Nan Douvas draws attentio ...
Stromboli volcano
Stromboli volcano is a stratovolcano (composite volcano).
Stratovolcanoes are cone-shaped mountains composed of many layers of lava and other pyroclastic mate ...
River Thames
The Thames is associated with one of the biggest ecological disasters in England, called the Great Stink.
In 1858, due to abnormally high temperatures, reaching 35 degrees Celsius in the shade, and lack of ...
Nan Madol
The population of the city was about 1,000 people, although it is recently assumed that it never exceeded 500 people.
Bermuda Triangle
There are several hypotheses for the mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle area.
One is the occasional methane eruption from underwater methane clathrate deposits in these areas. In ...
Mountains
Eight-thousanders are the highest peaks on earth that are over 8,000 meters above sea level.
There are only fourteen such peaks on Earth and ten of them are located in the Himalayas.