Geography

Marble Hill is one example of how the island of Manhattan has changed because of human intervention.

The current elevation of Paricutin is 3170 m above sea level.

The name Victoria Falls was given to the waterfall by its discoverer, David Livingstone, in honor of the then-reigning English queen.

Andes are the longest continental mountain range.

The introduction of Nile perch into the lake ecosystem, eutrophication of the lake, and other changes have led to the extinction of at least 200 cichlid species in Lake Victoria.

Some of the tribes living in the tropical rainforests have no contact with outsiders.

One of its characteristic features is its shape of an inverted "Y" or the Greek letter "λ".

In 1951, American John Goddard and two French explorers were the first to swim the entire river successfully.

Boreal forests are estimated to store twice as much chemically pure carbon per unit area as tropical forests.

Even Queen Cleopatra was delighted with the thermal water from Pamukkale.