Geography

Tuesday, 21 July 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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Nile river
Most Egyptians today still live in the Nile Valley area.
Mount Tambora
The year without summer inspired the British novelist Mary Shelley to write “Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus.”
Colorado
Colorado was the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal, industrial, and recreational use.
As a medicinal drug, marijuana was legalized in 2000, and for industrial and recreational purposes i ...
Taiga
Boreal forests are estimated to store twice as much chemically pure carbon per unit area as tropical forests.
According to scientists, the North's ecosystem has bound and stored 208 billion tons of chemically p ...
Crete
Minoans (Keftiu) erected several-story edifices supported by wooden, cracked columns.
They covered the walls with colorful frescoes decorated with images of dolphins, monkeys. They were ...
Atacama Desert
The desert is sandy and rocky.
Most of the desert consists of rocky terrain, salt lakes, sand and lava flows toward the Andes.
Manhattan
It is located on the island of the same name.
It is also a county in the state of New York, which, apart from Manhattan, includes several smaller ...
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 ...
Rio Grande
Scientists suggest that if proper management is not implemented in the care of the river, it will dry out completely.
The Rio Grande is overused, as there are more users than the water in the river. What is more, certain parts face droughts and frequently run dry.
Manhattan
On 4th September 1609, the English sailor Henry Hudson, employed by the Dutch East India Company, reached the shores of Manhattan.
Four years later, the first Dutch settlers appeared on the island. The permanent presence of the Dut ...