Geography

Thursday, 30 April 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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Cappadocia
Surrounding the city of Nevşehir, which is the capital of Nevşehir district, there are numerous underground cities where the local population protected themselves from invasions and persecution.
Niagara Falls
The cascades on the American side are American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls.
Europe
There are 44 countries in Europe.
The oldest country is San Marino, founded in 301, and the youngest is Kosovo, which gained independence on February 17, 2008. The Republic of Kosovo is not internationally recognized by all countries.
Wadi Rum
It was perhaps the British officer Thomas Edward Lawrence who made Wadi Rum most famous in the West.
He crossed the valley several times during the Arab Revolt of 1917-18 and eventually settled there. ...
Mount Vesuvius
The beginning of the activity of Vesuvius is dated to about 25,000 years ago.
It was formed by the collision of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. The water-saturated Afri ...
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 ...
Lake Tanganyika
It is the second oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second largest by volume, and the second deepest.
It is about the same size as the state of Maryland and two times smaller than Lake Huron.
Mount Etna
Etna covers an area of 1,250 square kilometers (482 square miles) with a base circumference of 135 kilometers (83,9 miles).
This makes it the largest of Italy's three active volcanoes (Etna, Vesuvius, Stromboli) and about tw ...
Amazon River
The Amazon River basin covers about 44% of South America's land area, about 6.1 million km2.
It is estimated that about 400 different ethnic groups inhabit the banks and basin of the Amazon River.
Mississippi River
The 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River is known as the most destructive in U.S. history.
It is known as the Great Flooding. The flooding area covered over 70,000 square kilometers.