Geography

Monday, 25 May 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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Niagara Falls
The cascade on the Canadian side is called Horseshoe Falls and is 53 meters high.
A small part of it is located in the US, as confirmed by both Canadian and US maps. It is the highes ...
Mount Vesuvius
The exact date of the eruption of 79 is unfortunately not known.
Thanks to charcoal markings on Pompeian walls discovered in October 2018, it is known that the city was still functioning normally on 17 October 79.
River Thames
There is a possibility to spot porpoises and seals in its estuary.
Moreover, in 2006 a northern bottlenose whale was also spotted in the river.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls was discovered in 1855 by Scottish missionary David Livingstone.
Nan Madol
Legend says that the first rulers of the city were brothers Ohlosohpa and Ohlosihwa, who reached the island in the company of gods.
The brothers were newcomers from a distant land south of Pohnpei. They arrived with 17 men and women ...
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is surrounded by approximately 6,076 kilometers of beaches.
Asia
The first five tallest skyscrapers on Earth are Asian buildings.
Those are: Burj Khalifa - Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Shanghai Tower - Shanghai, China, Abraj Al-bait - Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Ping An - Shenzen, China, Lotte World Tower - Seoul, South Korea.
Colorado
The official language of the state is English.
The second most spoken language is Spanish. One Native American language still spoken in the state is the Colorado River Numic language, known as the Ute dialect.
Asia
As many as 25 Nobel Prize winners are from Japan.
The last Nobel Prize in chemistry went to Akira Yoshino in 2019. Another Asian country with a large number of Nobel laureates is India, with 13 laureates.
Asia
The largest peninsula in Asia is the Arabian Peninsula, with a surface area of 2 789 000 km² (1 076 839 sq mi).