Geography

Saturday, 17 October 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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Cotopaxi volcano
Cotopaxi is the second highest peak in Ecuador.
It is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world - its height is 5897 m above sea level.
Gobi Desert
The Gobi is one of the most abundant Late Cretaceous paleontological sites in the world.
Fossils of the first mammals can also be found here.
Stromboli volcano
The volcano is composed of rhyolites, basalts and andesites, and volcanic tuffs.
Komodo National Park
The waters belonging to Komodo National Park are teeming with life.
They are home to 1000 species of fish, 260 species of reef corals, 70 different sponges, 17 species ...
Lake Huron
Wasaga Beach is the longest freshwater beach on Earth. Located in Collingwood, it is 14 kilometers long.
The other attractive beaches on Lake Huron are: Sauble Beach in Ontario Grand Bend in Ontario Oscoda Beach Park in Michigan
Mount Tambora
The April 5th eruption was heard within 1,400 kilometers range.
The British troops stationed in Java, an Indonesian island, mistaken the sound of the explosion for ...
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is drying up.
The enormous evaporation due to the very high temperatures (almost 10 million tons of water per day) ...
Krakatoa
The final blast of the 1883 eruption generated a force 10,000 times stronger than the one generated by the atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima in 1945.
Lake Huron
The coastline is 2,980 km (1,850 mi) long.
If all 30 thousand islands are taken into account, the coastline's total length grows to 6170 km (3,833.8 mi).
Mount Etna
Christians, too,have their stories associated with the place.
Peter Skarga, in his "Lives of the Saints", writes about St. Agatha, a Sicilian martyr and patroness ...