Geography

Sunday, 28 June 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 Tambora
It has been dormant until 1812.
Several small eruptions occurred prior to the deadly eruption in 1815.
Taiga
Boreal forests are estimated to store twice as much chemically pure carbon per unit area as tropical forests.
According to scientists, the North's ecosystem has bound and stored 208 billion tons of chemically p ...
Martinique
The first settlements in Martinique were established in 4000 BC.
In the 1st century AD, the Arawak people arrived from the Orinoco region in Venezuela and settled on ...
Murray River
It is a part of the Murray-Darling basin.
It includes the seven longest rivers in Australia, the Murray River being the longest, and the Darling River being the third longest in the country.
Gobi Desert
The Gobi desert is expanding all the time.
The greatest expansion is seen towards the south, where desertification of about 3600 km² (1390 sq m ...
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is a dumping site of over 1 million cubic meters of sewage annually.
Komodo National Park
The average level of education in Komodo National Park villages is the fourth grade of elementary school.
There is a four-class elementary school in each village, but students are not enrolled every year. T ...
Paricutin volcano
The evacuation of villages began as early as July 1943, when lava flows approached their borders.
Europe
The tallest buildings in Europe are in Russia.
The leader is Lakhta Centr with a height of 462.5 meters - located in Saint Petersburg. The next fou ...
Mount Etna
In 1971, lava from the volcano destroyed the Etna Observatory, built at the end of the 19th century.
It also destroyed the first generation of Etna's cable car and seriously threatened several small villages on its eastern slope.