Geography

Friday, 7 August 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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Mount Etna
Etna moves toward the Mediterranean Sea at an average speed of 14 mm per year.
The massif moves on an unconsolidated layer over older, sloping terrain.
Death Valley
Death Valley is believed to be the hottest place on Earth in the summer.
It has a subtropical, hot desert climate with long, very hot summers, short, warm winters, and littl ...
Mount Tambora
The 1815 eruption caused the volcanic winter.
The year 1816 was called a year without summer because the volcanic ash prevented the sun’s rays from penetrating the atmosphere.
Colorado
The state has been inhabited by Native Americans for at least 13,500 and possibly more than 37,000 years.
The Lindenmeier Site–an archaeological site in Larimer County–contains artifacts belonging to the fi ...
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 ...
Rio Grande
It is the fourth-longest river in North America.
It is 3,051 kilometers long.
Mount Pinatubo
The area surrounding the volcano was divided into three evacuation zones.
The first contained everything within a range of 10 kilometers from the summit, the second 10-20 kil ...
Aokigahara
The Aokigahara Forest ranks second in the world, after the Golden Gate in San Francisco, in terms of the number of suicides committed.
In the years 1998-2003, 442 cases of taking one's life were recorded there. Recently, the authoritie ...
Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro has three peaks: Kibo, Mawenzi, Shira, which are the remains of three volcanoes.
The highest - Kibo (5895 m), followed by Mawenzi (5149 m) and Shira (3987 m).
Crete
There are only two freshwater lakes on the island, Kournas and Agia.
Lake Voulismeni, which lies on the coast, was formerly a freshwater lake but is now connected to the ...