Geography

Tuesday, 24 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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Galapagos Islands
The islands are prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
More than 50 volcanic eruptions have been recorded there since the beginning of the 19th century (in ...
Amazon River
The Amazon River, now flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, once flowed in the opposite direction.
About 10 million years ago, the Amazon changed course from flowing into the Pacific Ocean.The river' ...
Caspian Sea
It is described as the world’s largest lake.
However, it is not a freshwater body, but due to 1,2% salinity puts it among the brackish water bodies.
Aokigahara
Aokigahara stretches northwest from the foothills of Mount Fuji at an altitude of 920-1300 meters.
The forest area is 30 square kilometers. Its base is hardened lava formed after the eruption of the ...
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 ...
Cotopaxi volcano
The Cotopaxi volcano has erupted 87 times.
It has been active for over four thousand years. The strongest eruption took place at the turn of 15 ...
Caspian Sea
Oil and gas production causes serious water and land pollution.
Mississippi River
Along with the Missouri River and Jefferson River, it is regarded as the world’s fourth longest river.
Jefferson River is a tributary of the Missouri River, the longest river in the United States, that flows to the Mississippi River. The Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson spans 6,275 kilometers.
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 ...
Cappadocia
During the Persian Empire, Cappadocia was divided into two distinct satrapies: one centrally located still called Cappadocia or Great Cappadocia and the other called Pont.
The satrapy of Cappadocia covered the area between the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates River, its ...