Geography

The mountain's peaks are covered with a snow and ice cap estimated to be about 12,000 years old.

To circle the lake, you have to drive 2783 km (1729 mi).

The island has an elongated shape-it stretches 260 kilometers from east to west.

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.

Agricultural communities formed over time united around the 10th-12th centuries under the leadership of the chief, the so-called Saudeleur.

The Yangtze River supports over 360 species of fish, of which over 100 are endemic.

Part of the traditional buildings of Fira was destroyed during the earthquake in 1956.

It has the largest drainage system in the U.S.

The religion of the native Hawaiians was closely related to the cult of the Polynesians.

Only one permanent river flows through the Sahara. This is the Nile with its tributary, the Blue Nile.