Geography

Soils in tropical forests fall into two categories: red soils and ferralitic soils.

The final blast of the 1883 eruption generated a force 10,000 times stronger than the one generated by the atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima in 1945.

It is one of three active volcanoes in Italy.

The first bridge built to cross the Murray River was Edwards Crossing.

Northern Martinique is dominated by black sand beaches.

Its maximum depth is 1,025 meters, which places it in third place in terms of maximum depth, right after Baikal (1,637 m) and Tanganyika (1,435 m).

Wadi Rum covers an area of 720 square kilometers (278 square miles).

The Yangtze River basin covers 1/5 of the land area of China.

In the national parks surrounding Iguazu Falls: Iguazu National Park in Argentina and Iguaçu National Park in Brazil, the rich flora and fauna of the area are protected.

Etna is one of Sicily's main tourist attractions, visited by thousands of tourists every year.