Geography

Sunday, 10 May 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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Tropical rainforests
Soils in tropical forests fall into two categories: red soils and ferralitic soils.
Red soils are well-weathered, red clay soils that are acidic and poor in essential nutrients such as ...
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Negev
The hills in the northeastern corner of the crater were once completely covered with spiraling ammonite fossils.
They ranged in size from the size of a snail to tractor wheels. Most of them have been excavated.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is divided into three informal parts: Lower, Middle, and Upper Manhattan.
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York, is the southernmost part of ...
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Sahara desert
Most of the Sahara is made up of hamadas, or rocky deserts.
This landscape is dominated by bare rocks, boulders, and sometimes gravel. The sand was blasted out of them by a process of deflation (erosion by wind).
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Ojos del Salado
The name of the volcano probably refers to the Salado River, which was used by a Polish expedition in 1937 to reach Ojos del Salado.
There is also a theory that the volcano was named after the mineral deposits on its slopes, especially since the Salado River does not originate at Ojos del Salado and its name was already known.
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Manhattan
In the early 19th century, Lower Manhattan was expanded from the natural Hudson shoreline at Greenwich Street to West Street using reclaimed material.
During the construction of the World Trade Center in 1968, 917.000 cubic meters of material was exca ...
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Sahara desert
The inhabitants of the Sahara are mostly nomads.
The most numerous tribe are the Tauregs. Their profession is barter trade with the inhabitants of th ...
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Lake Malawi
It was discovered by the Portuguese merchant Candido José da Costa Cardoso in 1846.
In 1859 David Livingstone arrived at the lake and called it Niasa. Livingstone also used to call it "Lake of the stars" and "Lake of storms".
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Lake Baikal
The first known inhabitants of the basin was the Siberian Kurian tribe, who appeared there around the 6th century.
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Amazon River
More than half of the fish species found in the Amazon River are endemic.
About 200 species are adapted to be frugivores. These feed mainly on forest fruits and seeds.
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22 facts about Europe
22 facts about Europe
The cradle of Western civilization
Although humanity came to Europe from Asia Minor, Europe is referred to as the Old Continent. This term appeared in the 16th century, when European sa ...
15 facts about Lake Como
15 facts about Lake Como
The deepest lake in the Alps
The ancient Romans called it Lacus Larius. It has been a popular vacation spot for aristocrats and wealthy people since Roman times and remains so to ...
15 facts about Aokigahara
15 facts about Aokigahara
Suicide forest
Aokigahara is a forest that stretches northwest to Mount Fuji in Japan. It is called the Aokigahara Sea of Trees, the Mount Fuji Sea of Trees, or the ...
9 facts about Cotopaxi volcano
9 facts about Cotopaxi volcano
One of the highest active volcanoes in the world
Cotopaxi is one of the highest active volcanoes. It is a stratovolcano with an almost perfect cone, which has always been an object of worship for the ...
19 facts about Martinique
19 facts about Martinique
Flower Island
Martinique is a French overseas territory located in the Caribbean. Its history is related to French colonization and the slave trade.As part of the L ...
18 facts about Manhattan
18 facts about Manhattan
The most expensive district in New York
Manhattan is the place where New York was born. Although it is its smallest district, it serves as the economic and administrative center of the city, ...
24 facts about Crete
24 facts about Crete
The largest Greek island
The history of Crete goes back thousands of years, and its continuity, as the Greeks say, lies in nature. At every turn, there are traces of the past. ...
12 facts about Iguazú Falls
12 facts about Iguazú Falls
Guarani Indian waterfall
Iguazu Falls lies on the border of Brazil and Argentina. As late as the end of the 16th century, the Guarani Indians lived there, who lost their terri ...
20 facts about Negev
20 facts about Negev
Rocky desert in Israel
The Negev Desert in Israel is a large desert plateau covering a large area of the southern part of the country. It is desert land, although unusual be ...
11 facts about Pamukkale
11 facts about Pamukkale
A milky white fortress built of cotton fibers
Pamukkale is a geographically and historically unique place located in western Turkey, known mainly for its white terraced pools and cascades. It is o ...
12 facts about Death Valley
12 facts about Death Valley
One of the hottest places on Earth
Death Valley is a desert area located in the western part of the US, mainly in California, although it also reaches into the state of Nevada. It is on ...
14 facts about Victoria Falls
14 facts about Victoria Falls
One of the seven natural wonders of the world
Victoria Falls is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. In addition to a magnificent and over-a-kilometer-wide cascade, they offer visitors a uni ...
13 facts about Niagara Falls
13 facts about Niagara Falls
The world’s fastest-moving waterfall
It lies on the border of two countries, near two cities of the same name, and feeds two power plants.Niagara Falls is a waterfall lying on the river o ...
11 facts about Komodo National Park
11 facts about Komodo National Park
One of the new seven wonders of the world
Komodo National Park is a protected area located in Indonesia. It is one of the country's fifty national parks, located in the Lesser Sunda Islands. T ...
29 facts about Colorado
29 facts about Colorado
Centennial State
Colorado is one of the larger American states, bordered by longitude and latitude. The state is famous for its varied landscape of mountains, forests, ...
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