Geography

Friday, 14 August 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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Colorado
Denver is home to a street known throughout the United States.
It is called Colfax Avenue and is the main street running from east to west through the Denver metro ...
Greenland
The climate of the island is typically polar.
It is only on the coasts that it is subpolar, since the climate near the bodies of water is always a little milder than in the middle of the land.
Lake Malawi
The temperature of surface water is quite high and ranges from 24 to 29 °C. The temperature of deeper waters is about 22°C.
Lake Tanganyika
The water of the lake is highly alkaline, the pH varies in the range of 7.5 - 9.2 as well as a fairly high carbonate hardness of 7-11 °n.
Cappadocia
During the Persian Empire, Cappadocia was divided into two distinct satrapies: one centrally located still called Cappadocia or Great Cappadocia and the other called Pont.
The satrapy of Cappadocia covered the area between the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates River, its ...
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria and its wetlands support a large population of Nile crocodiles, mud turtles, including the Williams' mud turtle, a species endemic to Africa.
The Williams' mud turtle is restricted to Lake Victoria and other lakes, rivers, and swamps of the Upper Nile basin.
Lake Tanganyika
It has three main tributaries: Ruzizi River, Malagarasi River and Kalambo River.
Due to its enormous size and lack of many tributaries, the residence time of Tanganyka is about 5500 years.
Jordan River
The reduced flow greatly impacts the Dead Sea, causing its rapid shrinking.
Pamukkale
There are also various legends about the origin of Pamukkale.
One of them tells of a shepherd named Endymion, who grazed his herd of cows and sheep on the slope o ...
Asia
The largest island in Asia is Borneo.
Borneo's surface area is 743 330 km² (287 000 sq mi). There are three countries on the island: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.