Geography

In Baikal there is excellent water transparency, which is 30-40 m in winter and 5-8 m in summer.

The 1980 disaster was the first major eruption since 1800.

Taiga is mainly covered by coniferous forests and, to a small extent, by deciduous forests.

Two national parks have been established in the Victoria Falls area.

Researchers claim that the volcano's eruption in the 17th century BC and its collapse 300-400 m below the surface of the sea level caused a gigantic tsunami wave up to 200 m high.

Another event was the disappearance of the coal ship USS Cyclops on March 4, 1918.

Death Valley is a national park.

Its name is owed to the Anishinaabe Indigenous people of North America.

The state has been inhabited by Native Americans for at least 13,500 and possibly more than 37,000 years.

Cotopaxi is part of a chain of volcanoes around the Pacific Ring of Fire.