Geography

Saturday, 18 May 2024
16 facts about Rio Grande
16 facts about Rio Grande
Rio Bravo
The Rio Grande is one of the major rivers in North America. Once a subject of dispute, it is a natural border between Texas and northern Mexico. The r ...

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Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro is home to several ecological systems.
In the foothills you will find cultivated fields, more distant savannas, sparse dry forests, montane forests - dense evergreens, shrubs, mountain meadows and perpetual snow.
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Gobi Desert
Visiting the Gobi Desert, we can participate in organized tours for tourists on camels, quads or jeeps.
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Yangtze River
The Yangtze River basin covers 1/5 of the land area of China.
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Santorini
The highest peak of Santorini is Profitis Ilias, with a height of 567 m.
The name of the peak comes from the monastery built in 1712 at its peak. The monastery suffered a bi ...
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Nan Madol
The islets form a complex which is divided into two parts: Madol Powe and Madol Pah.
Madol Powe - upper Nan Madol, occupies the north-eastern part of the complex and contains a large nu ...
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Pamukkale
In Turkish, Pamukkale means “cotton castle,” or “cotton fortress.”
The connotation stems from the fact that there are extensive cotton plantations nearby, as eastern A ...
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Asia
The length of the coastline of Asia is 62,800 kilometers (39,022 mi).
It is almost five times the diameter of the Earth.
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Greenland
The indigenous people of Greenland were once called Eskimo.
It is now considered a derogatory term, meaning "those who eat raw meat," while the word Inuit means "people".
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Aokigahara
The Aokigahara Forest has several hiking trails and lava caves.
Four of them: the Wind Cave, the Ice Cave, the Dragon Palace, and the Bat (Lava) Cave are open to the public. Designated trails are leading to them.
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Easter Island
The moai sculptures are monoliths. Some weigh more than 18 tons and are more than 6 m high.
The largest moai, called Paro, was about 10 m high and weighed 75 tons. An unfinished statue 21 m hi ...
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19 facts about Uluru
19 facts about Uluru
Ayers Rock
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a very picturesque rock formation that seems to change color depending on the light falling on it. Discovered by W ...
23 facts about Caspian Sea
23 facts about Caspian Sea
World’s largest inland water body
The Caspian Sea is certainly the most curious inland water body on Earth. Whether it is a lake or a sea, we may never know—the dispute goes on for cen ...
26 facts about Gulf of Mexico
26 facts about Gulf of Mexico
The largest gulf on Earth
The Gulf Of Mexico is the ninth-largest water basin in the world. It has an impressive biodiverse ecosystem that attracts masses of tourists every yea ...
21 facts about Mount Pinatubo
21 facts about Mount Pinatubo
Bunduk Pinatúbû
Mount Pinatubo is located in the Philippines. It gained its fame after a deadly eruption in 1991, that took the life of hundreds of people, and caused ...
21 facts about Mount St. Helens
21 facts about Mount St. Helens
America's deadliest volcano
Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano located in North America. It is a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It is associated ...
15 facts about Jordan River
15 facts about Jordan River
The holy river of the Middle East
It has been an important settlement site since ancient times and has played an important role in the history and culture of the region.It is considere ...
21 facts about River Thames
21 facts about River Thames
England’s longest river
River Thames is the second longest river in the United Kingdom. Even though it is a major landmark in London, it stretches 346 kilometers across the c ...
18 facts about Yangtze River
18 facts about Yangtze River
Third longest river on Earth
A cradle for Chinese civilization, the Yangtze River basin is the wealthiest region of China. It is also the most breathtaking scenic area in China, v ...
20 facts about Amazon River
20 facts about Amazon River
Its basin covers nearly half of South America
In the year 1500, European explorers stumbled upon one of the most remarkable wonders on the planet: the amazing Amazon River. This majestic waterway ...
19 facts about Congo River
19 facts about Congo River
The second longest river in Africa
Formerly known as the Zaire River, the Congo River is the second longest in Africa. It is home to Africa’s diverse and unique wildlife, and because of ...
20 facts about Murray River
20 facts about Murray River
The third longest navigable river in the world
The longest river in Australia holds the most economic value to the country. The Murray—Darling basin is one of the greatest tourist attraction, earni ...
23 facts about Cappadocia
23 facts about Cappadocia
Turkey's greatest treasure
A picturesque historical land in central Anatolia is often called Turkey's greatest treasure. It is a region full of beautiful, naturally shaped rock ...
19 facts about Taiga
19 facts about Taiga
The world's largest land biome
Taiga is a boreal forest consisting mainly of spruce, pine, and larch, and to a small extent, deciduous trees. It is found in the northern parts of As ...
17 facts about Nile river
17 facts about Nile river
The cradle of ancient North African civilizations
Thanks to its annual floods, the Nile became the lifeblood of many Egyptian peoples long before the rise of ancient Egypt. For a long time, people hav ...
29 facts about Easter Island
29 facts about Easter Island
Rapa Nui
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a corner and special territory of Chile in the Pacific Ocean, one of the world's most remote inhabited places. It is small ...
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