Geography

Mount St. Helen is the youngest and the most active volcano of the Cascade Arc.

In the 4th century A.D., small religious communities of anachorites began to form in Cappadocia.

The Greek historian, Herodotus, called ancient Egypt "the gift of the Nile."

During the Persian Empire, Cappadocia was divided into two distinct satrapies: one centrally located still called Cappadocia or Great Cappadocia and the other called Pont.

Aokigahara stretches northwest from the foothills of Mount Fuji at an altitude of 920-1300 meters.

In Baikal there is excellent water transparency, which is 30-40 m in winter and 5-8 m in summer.

The Greenland ice sheet covers about 81% of the island.

The coastline is 2,980 km (1,850 mi) long.

The highest peak of Santorini is Profitis Ilias, with a height of 567 m.

The Yangtze River basin is the main grain-producing region in China.