Geography

Saturday, 21 March 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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Niagara Falls
The cascades on the American side are American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls.
Santorini
An advanced civilization lived on the island before the catastrophic eruption.
It was one of the oldest civilizations of the Bronze Age (Minoan, Cretan culture) in the Mediterrane ...
Mediterranean Sea
More than 5 million years ago the area of today's Gibraltar was hit by an earthquake.
As a result of the quake, a 14-kilometer-long crack formed through which water from the Atlantic Oce ...
Taiga
Major tree species, growing season length, and temperatures vary among taiga regions.
Tropical rainforests
The understory is inhabited by a variety of animals.
About 5% of the sunlight reaches this layer, so it is overgrown with shade-loving plants that provid ...
Gulf of Mexico
There were several oil spills in the region, the most severe being the Ixtoc I oil spill in 1979 and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Gulf of Mexico
There are approximately 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf.
Mount Pinatubo
The climatic eruption had large implications worldwide.
The global temperature dropped by 0,4 degrees Celsius in 1992 and 1993. The eruption produced a larg ...
Greenland
The currency on the island is the Danish krone.
Santorini
Santorini is located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea, in the area of ​​the Aegean Volcanic Arc's greatest activity.
Continuous observations of this area's geological activity have revealed that in 2011 the island rose about 5 cm (2 in).