Geography

Sunday, 22 February 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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Easter Island
In addition to moai, there is a particular type of statue - takuturi.
Unlike moai, takuturi rest kneeling and have entirely different facial features and head shapes. Ano ...
Aokigahara
Groups of volunteers search the forest.
Since 1970, groups of volunteers have been combing the forest in search of people who have already t ...
Amazon River
The Amazon River was first discovered by Spanish explorer Vicente Yáñez Pinzón.
He discovered the river in March 1500 while sailing along the coast of Brazil and named it Río Santa ...
Cappadocia
The earliest records of Cappadocia date back to the second half of the 6th century B.C. At that time, it was the property of two Achaemenid kings of Persia - Darius the Great and Xerxes I.
The Achaemenids were a dynasty that ruled Persia between 550 and 330 B.C. The peak of their power wa ...
Manhattan
Manhattan is historically part of the Lenapehoking (Lenape homeland) territory, inhabited by the Munsee Lenape and Wappinger tribes.
The local Indians called this place “Manna Hata” or the island of Many Hills.
Gobi Desert
The temperature range in the Gobi desert is quite large. In summer temperatures here can exceed 40 °C (104 °F)  and in winter fall below -40 °C (-40 °F).
Moreover temperatures can change rapidly of as much as  35 °C (63 °F) within 24 hours.
Mount Tambora
The amount of ash dispersed during the eruption covered South East Asia in darkness for seven days.
Lake Superior
The first steamboat to ply the lake's waters was the Independence in October 1845.
The boat was used to transport goods and passengers, mainly to mining settlements around the lake.
Montana
It's a land of over 3200 lakes.
The largest natural one is Flathead Lake, with a surface area of 510 km2 (197 sq mi). The largest ma ...
Mount Vesuvius
Although the catastrophe at Pompeii was quite remote in time, eyewitness accounts of the destruction have survived to our times.
These accounts are contained in letters written by Pliny the Younger to Publius Cornelius Tacitus, a ...