Geography

It is also a deep one.

In 69 BC, Crete was conquered by the Romans and established Gortyna as is capital.

An advanced civilization lived on the island before the catastrophic eruption.

Elbrus is covered by twenty-two glaciers.

The average depth of the sea is 1,438 m (4,717 ft).

The islets form a complex which is divided into two parts: Madol Powe and Madol Pah.

The longest river in Asia is the Yangtze. Its length is 6300 km (3 914 mi).

The fertile volcanic soils around Etna favor extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards stretching across the lower slopes of the mountain and the plain of Catania to the south.

It was designated an American Heritage River in 1997.

Missionaries arrived on the island in the 1860s, and by the 1870s, Easter Islanders had adopted Catholicism.