Geography

Thursday, 10 September 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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Mount Vesuvius
The beginning of the activity of Vesuvius is dated to about 25,000 years ago.
It was formed by the collision of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. The water-saturated Afri ...
Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
It is located on the equator, and the islands that make it up are distributed on both hemispheres.Th ...
Gobi Desert
Traces of primitive stone working have been found in the Gobi area, which are dated to over 100,000 years ago.
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar.
This strait separates Africa from Europe, between present-day Morocco and Ceuta (a Spanish autonomou ...
Yangtze River
There are four major cities along the Yangtze River–Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, and Chongqing.
Shanghai is one of the most popular tourist destinations, the largest city in China, and used to be ...
Komodo National Park
There are several cultural sites in the park, especially on Komodo Island.
These sites are unfortunately not well documented. Outside the park, there is a remnant of a Chinese ...
Mount Pinatubo
The first indication of the upcoming catastrophe is thought to be a magnitude 7,7 earthquake on July 16th, 1990.
It struck the island of Luzon, approximately 100 kilometers northeast of Mount Pinatubo, and claimed ...
Lake Baikal
In the Baikal lake, there is the Baikal seal, the only completely freshwater seal in the world.
Nan Madol
Construction of the city probably began around 1200 CE and consumed about 630 thousand tons of basalt.
Basalt was probably transported from another part of the island, because there is no quarry near the city.
Mount Pinatubo
Prior to the eruption of 1991, Mount Pinatubo was covered with vegetation.
There were many villages on the slope of the volcano, housing over 30,000 people.