Geography

The state has been inhabited by Native Americans for at least 13,500 and possibly more than 37,000 years.

Tropical rainforests are being continuously degraded by human activities.

There are only two freshwater lakes on the island, Kournas and Agia.

It flows from Lake Itasca in Minnesota and empties into the Gulf of Mexico.

Martinique is the third largest island in the Lesser Antilles, after Trinidad and Guadeloupe.

Thanks to the massively rising mist created by water falling from high altitudes, rainbows are a common sight here, which are visible even at night when the sunlight reflected from the moon is scattered in the misty clouds of the waterfall.

It is best known for the deadliest eruption in human history.

The discharge volume of water makes the Congo River second after the Amazon River.

The climatic eruption had large implications worldwide.

The Mediterranean region attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world every year.