Geography

In 2016, researchers discovered a 9,300-square kilometers coral system in the muddy waters of the mouth of the Amazon River.

Images of saints also adorn the walls of Karanlik Church, where, in addition to the paintings, one can find, according to tradition, the footprint of Christ's sandals carved into the rock.

Mount St. Helen is the youngest and the most active volcano of the Cascade Arc.

The only outlet of Lake Victoria is the Nile.

After the arrival of James Cook, Kamehameha I, probably the son of one of the Hawaiian kings, took the opportunity to cooperate with the British.

Boreal forests are estimated to store twice as much chemically pure carbon per unit area as tropical forests.

It was designated an American Heritage River in 1997.

Construction of the city probably began around 1200 CE and consumed about 630 thousand tons of basalt.

The 1815 eruptions dispersed 150 cubic kilometers of pumice, ash, and aerosols into the atmosphere.

Etna covers an area of 1,250 square kilometers (482 square miles) with a base circumference of 135 kilometers (83,9 miles).