Geography

Thursday, 25 June 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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Crete
The island has an elongated shape-it stretches 260 kilometers from east to west.
It reaches 60 kilometers at its widest point and narrows to just 12 kilometers near Lerapetra, a town on the southeastern coast.
Galapagos Islands
The first travelers to the islands arrived in 1934 on the cruise ship Stella Polaris.
The Galapagos Islands did not open up to large-scale tourism until the late 1960s, when regular air ...
Aokigahara
The forest is considered a national natural monument under the name of Mount Fuji and Aokigahara Jukai Forest.
It is part of a national park, a special protection area, included in the area of ​​Mount Fuji, belo ...
Yangtze River
The Three Gorges Dam–the largest hydropower station in the world–is located on the Yangtze.
It generates over 100 TWh of electricity a year.
Dead Sea
The salinity of the Dead Sea at a depth of 50 meters is 360 grams of salt per liter of water.
As early as World War I, the British began mining salt here, which lasted until 1948. In addition to rock salt, large quantities of potassium salt are also extracted from the lake.
Atacama Desert
The terrain of the Atacama Desert resembles a Martian landscape.
The Atacama Desert and the McMurdo Dry Valleys (a snow-free valley in Antarctica, one of the driest ...
Mount Tambora
The April 5th eruption was heard within 1,400 kilometers range.
The British troops stationed in Java, an Indonesian island, mistaken the sound of the explosion for ...
Asia
The lowest point in Asia and the lowest point on Earth is the Dead Sea, located at 430,5 m (1,412 ft) above sea level.
It is a salt lake with an average salinity of 26%. Only a small amount of bacteria and fungi can survive in the lake's harsh environment.
Bermuda Triangle
Another event was the disappearance of the coal ship USS Cyclops on March 4, 1918.
After leaving Barbados under unexplained circumstances, The U.S. Navy ship disappeared in the Bermud ...
Aokigahara
The Aokigahara Forest ranks second in the world, after the Golden Gate in San Francisco, in terms of the number of suicides committed.
In the years 1998-2003, 442 cases of taking one's life were recorded there. Recently, the authoritie ...