Geography

Monday, 6 July 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 National Park has more than a thousand plant species, among which twenty-three are endemic.
The vegetation there changes depending on the altitude. Rare shrubs such as creosote bush (Larrea tr ...
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf ecosystem had been explored in the late 1990s and 2000s.
Mount St. Helens
In 1982, the area surrounding the volcano was declared as a National Volcanic Monument.
It is administered by the National Forest Service.
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 ...
Mount Pinatubo
Although being the second largest eruption in the 20th century, the 1991 eruption is considered one of the smallest in volcano activity.
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.
Lake Huron
It is situated between Michigan and Ontario shores.
23,580 km2 (9,103 sq mi) lays in Michigan 36,010 km2 (13,904 sq mi) lays in Ontario
Amazon River
It flows through three countries: Peru, Colombia, Brazil.
It is part of the border between Colombia and Perú. 
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.
Lake Tanganyika
Is one of the oldest lakes in the world.
The only older one is Lake Baikal, which at 25 million years old is about twice as old.