Geography

The lake is loosing 80% of water due to evaporation.

Despite the conditions prevailing in the desert, a rich diversity of plants has developed in the Atacama.

Boreal forests grow on poor podzolic soils, characterized by a very acid reaction (pH 3.0-5.5).

In the past, gold, silver, and copper were mined in Death Valley.

Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.

The Gulf of Mexico is surrounded by approximately 6,076 kilometers of beaches.

On the south coast, about 50 km from the Atlantic Ocean, lies the Qinngua Valley, protected from the cold winds from the interior of the island. This is the warmest place in Greenland where a natural forest has developed.

The water level of the Caspian Sea varies, but recent measurements prove it systematically rises.

The Roe is the shortest river in the world.

Ever since 1969, the river holds the annual canoe race, called the Murray Marathon.