Geography

Tuesday, 14 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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Montana
Montana is also one of the states with the largest livestock industry.
There are 2.6 million beef cattle and over 18 thousand dairy cows. It is the sixth beef cattle producer among all the states.
Uluru
It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
Galapagos Islands
The archipelago is located in the western part of the Galapagos Submarine Ridge (an undersea ridge made of volcanic rocks and characterized by volcanic activity), on the Nazca Plate, which moves southeast at a rate of about 6.4 cm per year. 
River Thames
There were two major floods on the River Thames.
The first documented flooding occurred in 1928 and claimed the lives of 14 people, and over 4,000 we ...
Mountains
The Himalayas are the youngest fold mountains on Earth.
About 50 million years ago, the process of uplifting the Himalayas began. The Indian plate pushed ag ...
Mount Pinatubo
On April 2nd, 1991, natives living on the north side of Mount Pinatubo started noticing a series of phreatic explosions.
The news reached a volcano observatory in Manila, where seismographic equipment was set to monitor t ...
Galapagos Islands
The only permanent freshwater lake in the Galapagos is El Junco.
Lake El Junco is located on the island of San Cristobal, at an altitude of about 700 meters. It was formed in a caldera and has an area of six hectares. The lake gets its water only from rain.
Mount Fuji
It is possible to get married at the Mount Fuji summit.
It can happen only in the climbing season, and the amount of guests is limited to 10 people.
Mount St. Helens
On March 27th, the volcano released a 1,829 high steam and blasted a crater 75 meters wide.
Rio Grande
Dams built on the river caused the water discharge to get reduced to 20%.