Geography

Wednesday, 26 November 2025
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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Mount Elbrus
The glaciers at the top of the mountain are shrinking at a staggering rate.
The area of the glaciers is shrinking by 1% per year, according to a recent study. If the melting rate continues, ice volume could drop 40% or more by 2050.
Mississippi River
It has the largest drainage system in the U.S.
It is the second-largest in North America, with Hudson Bay claiming first place.
Europe
The oldest monarchy is Denmark - kings have been ruling there for almost 1100 years.
There are disputes as to who was the first king of Denmark. According to tradition and legends, it w ...
Greenland
Greenland is also home to representatives of the fauna.
Greenland's waters are home to bowhead whales, narwhals, walruses and several species of seals. On land there are polar bears, reindeer, arctic foxes, arctic wolves, muskoxes and lemmings.
Colorado
In the early 18th century, Colorado was recognized by the Spanish as part of their province of New Mexico.
With the purchase of Louisiana from France in 1803, the United States acquired territorial claims to ...
Amazon River
The Amazon River basin covers about 44% of South America's land area, about 6.1 million km2.
It is estimated that about 400 different ethnic groups inhabit the banks and basin of the Amazon River.
Gobi Desert
It is a continental desert.
The Gobi Desert is actually an area that includes several steppes, deserts and semi-deserts of East Asia.
Mount Kilimanjaro
The tallest tree in Africa was discovered on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016.
A representative of the species Entandrophragma excelsum, found in one of the valleys, is 81.5 meters high.
Negev
In the Negev Mountains, there is the largest border crater on Earth - the Ramon crater (Makhtesh Ramon).
It is one of the most spectacular geological formations in the desert. It is located approximately 8 ...
Sahara desert
Thanks to underground rivers or aquifers, oases exist in the desert.
These are largely relict, non-renewable bodies of water that date back to times when the Sahara had ...