Geography

The volcanic winter of 1816 affected the whole world. The eruption of Mount Tambora covered Earth wi ...

Large deposits of phosphates are intensively exploited and processed there, and bromide extracted fr ...

The hill was once an active volcano that erupted thousands of years ago and covered it with lava, cr ...

It is thanks to the oxidation of iron content on the surface.

Over 2000 species, both plants and animals, are found here, and about 500 of them cannot be seen anywhere else.

Only a few species occur in the boreal forest, including the Striped garter, Siberian salamander, Wood frog, American and Canadian toad, and others. Most of these hibernate underground in winter.

The formation of the volcano was observed both by volcanologists and by the natives of the Purépecha tribe.

This is a geological area in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The junction is where the Pacific Plate (the largest tectonic plate on Earth), the Cocos Plate and the Nazca Plate meet.

Located in a crater at 6390 meters above sea level, it is the highest known lake in the world. In 2019, mountaineer Michael Hernan became the first person to dive the lake.