Geography

Saturday, 22 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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Lake Tanganyika
The lake covers an area of 32,900 km² (12,700 sq mi).
Lake Tanganyika has a shoreline of 1,828km, almost as long as New York to Miami. The water surface o ...
Colorado
Colorado is moderately seismically active.
Despite its mountainous terrain, earthquakes are not frequent, and if they do occur, they are of low ...
Mount Fuji
There are four trails to the summit, with rest stations along the way.
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika lies within the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift.
It lies on the territory of four African countries: Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Tanzania.
Mountains
There are three ways for mountains to form.
Those are erosion, tectonic forces or volcanism. There are also three main types of mountains: fault-block, fold and volcanic.
Wadi Rum
All inhabitants in and around Wadi Rum today are Bedouins, the most famous of which are the Bani Attia.
Until recently, they led a nomadic lifestyle of goat and camel herding, and although some now live i ...
Atacama Desert
Fauna in the desert is sparse.
Desert wasps and butterflies can be found in the hills. There are only a few species of reptiles and ...
Mount Etna
Etna's volcanic activity is one of the best documented in the world.
The first records of eruptions date back to 1500 BC. It is estimated that there have been about 200 ...
Colorado
Colorado is an inland state, shaped like a quadrilateral.
It is one of three states, along with Wyoming and Utah, whose boundaries are defined solely by strai ...
Atacama Desert
Numerous telescopes have been installed there to allow astronomers from around the world to study the universe.
In October 2011, a radio astronomy telescope called the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, built by Eur ...