Geography

Monday, 6 May 2024
25 facts about Galapagos Islands
25 facts about Galapagos Islands
Islands of the tortoises
The Galapagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands, islets and coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. Since the nineteenth century it has belonge ...

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Nan Madol
The population of the city was about 1,000 people, although it is recently assumed that it never exceeded 500 people.
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Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji is best known for the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai Katsushika.
The most recognizable piece is The Great Wave.
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Wadi Rum
It was perhaps the British officer Thomas Edward Lawrence who made Wadi Rum most famous in the West.
He crossed the valley several times during the Arab Revolt of 1917-18 and eventually settled there. ...
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Dead Sea
The Dead Sea played an important role in biblical and Quranic history.
Several sites on both shores of the body of water are candidates for the role of the "five cities of ...
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Colorado
The state has been inhabited by Native Americans for at least 13,500 and possibly more than 37,000 years.
The Lindenmeier Site–an archaeological site in Larimer County–contains artifacts belonging to the fi ...
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Greenland
Greenland is also home to representatives of the fauna.
Greenland's waters are home to bowhead whales, narwhals, walruses and several species of seals. On land there are polar bears, reindeer, arctic foxes, arctic wolves, muskoxes and lemmings.
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Caspian Sea
The water level of the Caspian Sea varies, but recent measurements prove it systematically rises.
It flooded in 1977, and several times after that, causing widespread destruction. Since then, the wa ...
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Uluru
The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park houses the largest variety of flora and fauna in Australia.
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Crete
In 69 BC, Crete was conquered by the Romans and established Gortyna as is capital.
In 395 Crete became part of the Byzantine Empire. From the 9th to the second half of the 10th centur ...
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Gulf of Mexico
The basin is also suitable for a large number of mollusks that thrive along the coastline.
Most of the seafood consumed in both North and South America comes from the Gulf.
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20 facts about tropical rainforests
20 facts about tropical rainforests
Ecosystems with the greatest biodiversity of terrestrial organisms
Tropical rainforests have existed on Earth for hundreds of millions of years, and most of them now cover parts of the Mesozoic supercontinent of Gondw ...
16 facts about mount Kilimanjaro
16 facts about mount Kilimanjaro
The White Roof of Africa - a majestic African volcano
Approximately 50,000 people make the trek to Africa's highest mountain each year. This solitary massif rises to an altitude of 5895 meters and is loca ...
15 facts about Ojos del Salado
15 facts about Ojos del Salado
The world's highest volcano
Ojos del Salado is a stratovolcano belonging to the Andes mountain range, located on the border between Argentina and Chile.With an altitude of 6891 m ...
23 facts about Greenland
23 facts about Greenland
The world's largest island.
Greenland is an island that geographically belongs to the North American continent. Historically and politically it belongs to Europe and is an autono ...
19 facts about Mediterranean Sea
19 facts about Mediterranean Sea
The only sea in the world surrounded by three continents
The name Mediterranean is derived from the Latin word mediterraneus, which means "between lands." This is an excellent name for this body of water, be ...
19 facts about Atacama Desert
19 facts about Atacama Desert
A desert with mars-like landscape
The Atacama Desert in Chile is a vast expanse with a Martian landscape. It is the driest non-polar desert in the world and the second driest overall, ...
21 facts about Mount Etna
21 facts about Mount Etna
One of the highest active volcanoes in Europe
Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and remains in a state of activity all the time - the last eruption took place in February 2022. ...
14 facts about Dead Sea
14 facts about Dead Sea
The deepest depression in the world
At the lowest point on earth, one can float on the surface of the salty water and loll in the healing mud.Christian pilgrims who came here in earlier ...
19 facts about Lake Victoria
19 facts about Lake Victoria
The world's largest tropical lake
Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the largest tropical lake in the world. Its waters are inhabited by hippos, otters, crocodiles and tur ...
22 facts about Sahara desert
22 facts about Sahara desert
The world's largest hot desert
The name of the desert is derived from Arabic, where the word ṣaḥārā means deserts (plural feminine).For at least several thousand years, the Sahara w ...
18 facts about Mountains
18 facts about Mountains
They are found on all continents
Some mountains are only a few million years old, while the age of others is measured in billions. The oldest ones hide information about the origin of ...
16 facts about Mississippi River
16 facts about Mississippi River
The second longest North American river
Mississippi River holds a great importance in the history of the United States of America. Back in the 18th century, it became a natural border betwee ...
25 facts about Mount Fuji
25 facts about Mount Fuji
Fujiyama
Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan, and an active stratovolcano at the same time. It is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the Land of ...
14 facts about Krakatoa
14 facts about Krakatoa
Krakatau - the loudest volcano in history
Krakatoa is known as one of the deadliest volcanoes in modern history. The 1883 eruption is considered the second largest eruption in the world. Indon ...
15 facts about Mount Tambora
15 facts about Mount Tambora
Tomboro
Mount Tambora is one of the tallest volcanoes in Indonesia. Although dormant for many centuries, it is known for the deadliest eruption in modern hist ...
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