Geography

Thursday, 30 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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Mount Pinatubo
Another eruption of Mount Pinatubo took place in August 1992, killing over 72 people.
Mount Etna
In 2002-2003, a powerful eruption ejected a huge column of ash that could be seen from space.
This ash fell in Libya, 600 km south across the Mediterranean Sea. The seismic activity during this ...
Mount St. Helens
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, most of the volcano cone is relatively young and was formed over the last 2,200 years.
Lake Huron
It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes.
However, it ranks third among the Great Lakes in terms of volume, being surpassed by Lake Superior a ...
Uluru
Uluru, along with the surroundings area, houses over 400 species of plants.
Nan Madol
The builders of Nan Madol did not use pulleys, levers or metal tools.
This means that to build a city they had to move almost 2000 tons of stone per year for over 300 years.
Hawaii
Hawaii has two official languages: English and Hawaiian. Despite this, Hawaiian is not a widely spoken language on the islands - only 1.7 percent of the inhabitants speak it.
Over 75 percent of people here speak English, 21 percent speak Asian languages, and the third most popular language is Spanish, which is spoken by only 2.6 percent of citizens.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria the largest largest inland fishery site in Africa.
The majority of the catch is the invasive Nile perch, which was introduced to the lake in the 1950s.
Gobi Desert
It consists mainly of gravel-stone deserts and semi-deserts separated by dry steppes.
Only a small area of the desert is covered with sands.
Cotopaxi volcano
Cotopaxi is an active volcano in the Andes.
It is located in the province of Cotopaxi, near the city of Latacunga in Ecuador. It is a stratovolc ...