Geography

Its basin covers an area of 3,220,000 square kilometers.

7% of Asia's surface area are islands. They are located along the eastern and southeastern coasts.

The island's capital is Fira, located on the west coast of the island, on a cliff rising to a height of 260 m (0,16 mi) above sea level.

The River Thames is divided into tidal and non-tidal sections.

The sound generated by the 1883 explosion is the loudest ever recorded.

The earliest records of Cappadocia date back to the second half of the 6th century B.C. At that time, it was the property of two Achaemenid kings of Persia - Darius the Great and Xerxes I.

To the north and west, the Negev is a plain covered with dust and partly loess.

The first year of the volcano's formation was the most intense period of its activity. At that time, a cone 275 m high was formed.

In 1951, American John Goddard and two French explorers were the first to swim the entire river successfully.

It flows through Tibet and 10 Chinese provinces.