Geography

The first run on Elbrus took place in 1990. The rivalry was between Soviet and American mountaineers.

It is an open secret that in these mountainous regions of Crete, on the slopes of the mountains, there are plantations where locals grow marijuana and make handsome profits from its sale.

There are 37 golf courses along the Murray River.

It flows through Tibet and 10 Chinese provinces.

In 1883, a species of freshwater jellyfish was discovered in the waters of Tanganyika, which may suggest that the lake was once connected to the ocean or that the jellyfish got into the lake straight from the river.

It has over 200 tributaries.

A Guinness World Record was set on Ojos del Salado.

It is one of the so-called African Great Lakes, named after the North American Great Lakes.

It formed approximately 300 million years ago in the Late Triassic.

There are 48 independent countries in Asia recognized by the United Nations.