Geography

Saturday, 20 June 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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Lake Superior
It is also a deep one.
The lake's average depth is 147 m (483 ft), with the lake's deepest point at 406m (1,333 ft).
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean region attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world every year.
The climate in this region is characterized by warm, dry summers and mild winters. The water tempera ...
Caspian Sea
Limestone, sand, clay, and salt are mined from the Caspian Sea.
Lake Baikal
It is considered the cleanest lake in the world.
Baikal on each side is surrounded by a mountain range and the shores of the lake consist of steep rocks, which means that the mud does not flow into the lake in large quantities.
Atacama Desert
In 2003, a team of scientists applied the tests used by the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Martian landers to detect life in the Atacama region and failed to detect any signs of life in the desert soil in the Yungay region.
This region, unique on Earth in this respect, is being used by NASA to test equipment for future Mar ...
Hawaii
Hawaii is still a volcanically active area. From time to time, the islands are hit by earthquakes and threatened by tsunami waves.
Tremors are almost a daily occurrence here. Typically, a small earthquake occurs in Hawaii every 3.5 ...
Bermuda Triangle
A year after Berlitz and Valentine's bestseller, the book "Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved" by Lawrence Kusche was published.
Still considered a classic of skeptical research, this work explains a whole string of assumptions, ...
Galapagos Islands
Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
Darwin arrived in the Galapagos in September 1835 aboard the ship HMS Beagle and stayed there for fi ...
Mount Pinatubo
On March 15th, 1991, a series of earthquakes of increasing intensity started hitting the northwest region of Mount Pinatubo.
For the following two weeks, the seismic activity in the region has been continuously increasing, foreshadowing the catastrophe.
Greenland
The first European to reach Greenland was Erik the Red.
This happened in 982. Erik the Red was the founder of the first Norse settlements in Greenland. He g ...