Geography

Thursday, 18 June 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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Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley in eastern California, an area of drainless depression in the northern part of the Mojave Desert.
The Mojave Desert is located mostly in the eastern part of the state of California, as well as in th ...
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.
Congo River
The Congo River has a series of cataracts and rapids, called the Livingstone Falls.
There is a total of 32 rapids along its route. It ends in a section called “The Gates of Hell.”
Negev
The Negev is part of the subtropical desert belt of the Northern Hemisphere.
It is characterized by a continental climate with large temperature differences between winter and s ...
Lake Huron
There are over 120 lighthouses on the coast of Lake Huron.
In the past they were used to aid ship navigation, but today they serve as a tourist attraction or private property.
Santorini
Before the volcano eruption, an earthquake occurred. Scared inhabitants left the island just in time to avoid the worst.
The volcanic eruption caused significant damage to Crete, 110 km away, destroying Knossos Palace.
Asia
As many as 25 Nobel Prize winners are from Japan.
The last Nobel Prize in chemistry went to Akira Yoshino in 2019. Another Asian country with a large number of Nobel laureates is India, with 13 laureates.
Greenland
In eastern Greenland, a Portuguese paleontologist has discovered the remains of a dinosaur that lived there more than 200 million years ago.
The animal was a 5-meter tall carnivore. The paleontologist also discovered the fossil of a turtle, ...
Nile river
The course of the river was quite different before and during the period of the last glaciation.
The Nile flowed through an area of eastern Libya at what we now call Wadi al Hamim and Wadi al Maqar ...
Lake Malawi
It is located in three countries: Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique.