Geography

Thursday, 26 February 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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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 ...
Caspian Sea
It covers an area of 386,400 square kilometers.
Taiga
The taiga in its present form has existed for the last 12,000 years, since the beginning of the Holocene epoch.
In the north, the taiga is adjacent through the sparse trees(transition zone) to the tundra (a treel ...
Paricutin volcano
Throughout the eight years of the volcano's activity, there were only quiet outpourings of lava.
More violent eruptions occurred only in the last six months of Paricutin activity.
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is very cold.
The lake's average temperature is only 2 °C (36 °F).
Galapagos Islands
The first travelers to the islands arrived in 1934 on the cruise ship Stella Polaris.
The Galapagos Islands did not open up to large-scale tourism until the late 1960s, when regular air ...
Mississippi River
It is home to 360 fish species, 50 mammal species, 326 bird species, and 145 amphibian species.
It is estimated that 25% of North America's fish species live in the Mississippi River.
Krakatoa
The final blast of the 1883 eruption generated a force 10,000 times stronger than the one generated by the atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima in 1945.
Easter Island
Missionaries arrived on the island in the 1860s, and by the 1870s, Easter Islanders had adopted Catholicism.
Intervention by the church hierarchy caused the deportation of the inhabitants to cease. Those who s ...
Jordan River
The location of the supposed baptism of Jesus is recognized as a place of worship.
The site is located 9 km north of the Dead Sea on the east bank of the river. The site was included ...