Geography

Monday, 26 January 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 Huron
It has over 80 tributaries.
Approximately 192 billion liters of water flow from Lake Superior through the St. Marys River daily. Another 130 billion liters of water flow from Lake Michigan through the Straits of Mackinac.
Easter Island
By the mid-19th century, the population had recovered to about 4 thousand.
However, within twenty years, it had dwindled to 110 inhabitants in 1877. The population decline was caused by the forced removal of natives for slave labor to Peru and Chile.
Aokigahara
A profile of a potential suicide was even created.
According to the local population, he is usually a man between 40 and 50 years old, highly positione ...
Wadi Rum
There are two entrances to Wadi Rum.
One is on the southern side, near Wadi Al-Yatm, and the other is on the northern side. There are man ...
Mount Vesuvius
Although the catastrophe at Pompeii was quite remote in time, eyewitness accounts of the destruction have survived to our times.
These accounts are contained in letters written by Pliny the Younger to Publius Cornelius Tacitus, a ...
Komodo National Park
The waters belonging to Komodo National Park are teeming with life.
They are home to 1000 species of fish, 260 species of reef corals, 70 different sponges, 17 species ...
Mount Elbrus
A cable car can transport the mountaineers half way to the top.
Its first section reaches the shelter at 3708 meters above sea level, the second section reaches 3850 meters.
Manhattan
On 11th September 2001, Manhattan was the site of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
In place of the WTC office buildings destroyed in the attack, a complex of four skyscrapers was buil ...
Negev
In the Negev Mountains, there is the largest border crater on Earth - the Ramon crater (Makhtesh Ramon).
It is one of the most spectacular geological formations in the desert. It is located approximately 8 ...
Easter Island
The fire that invaded the island in early October 2022 caused irreversible damage to many of the statues.
The wildfire started somewhere on Tuesday, October 4th, and spread on 148.26 acres of Easter Island. ...