Geography

Friday, 4 July 2025
17 facts about Bermuda Triangle
17 facts about Bermuda Triangle
A mysterious place in the Atlantic
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a maritime area in the Atlantic Ocean. It lies north of the Caribbean, roughly between so ...

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Crete
It is an open secret that in these mountainous regions of Crete, on the slopes of the mountains, there are plantations where locals grow marijuana and make handsome profits from its sale.
Reportedly, €1.5 million was revealed in the bank account of one shepherd, which unfortunately he could not document in any way.
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Caspian Sea
It was formed 30 million years ago.
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Cappadocia
In ancient times, the region was famous for its high quality horse breeding.
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Gobi Desert
In 1987 the Mogao Caves located in the desert were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Mogao is a complex of 492 rock Buddhist temples, the oldest of which date back to the 4th century AD.
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Lake Como
One of its characteristic features is its shape of an inverted "Y" or the Greek letter "λ".
The triangle formed by two diagonal branches of the lake is called in Italian Triangolo lariano" - " ...
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Mount Vesuvius
The height of Vesuvius today is 1,281 meters (4,203 feet),the depth of the crater 230 meters (754 feet),and the diameter between 550 and 650 meters (1 804 and 2 132 feet).
It is a stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples, overlooking Tyrrhenian Sea -an area known for its volcanic activity. There are two other active volcanoes at Tyrrhenian Sea - Stromboli and Etna.
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River Thames
The River Thames was a popular inspiration for various artists, including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Kenneth Grahame.
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Mount Tambora
The year without summer inspired the British novelist Mary Shelley to write “Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus.”
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Europe
The oldest monarchy is Denmark - kings have been ruling there for almost 1100 years.
There are disputes as to who was the first king of Denmark. According to tradition and legends, it w ...
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Montana
Most popular amphibians in Montana.
Among others, the most popular and numerous are: Northern leopard frog Western toad Tiger salamander Long-toed salamander Woodhouse's toad
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19 facts about Mount Vesuvius
19 facts about Mount Vesuvius
The most dangerous volcano in Europe
Vesuvius gained its notoriety by destroying in 79 AD. Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabie. Since then, despite intermittent activity, shadows of terror sp ...
14 facts about Stromboli volcano
14 facts about Stromboli volcano
The volcano has been active for several thousand years.
Because of its incessant activity, dating back to ancient times, Stromboli volcano has been described as far back as the Roman Empire. Often spewing c ...
35 facts about Montana
35 facts about Montana
Oro y plata.
"Gold and silver" is the motto of one of the largest states. But in the case of Montana, it is far more than that. Besides rich mineral deposits, it i ...
20 facts about Lake Huron
20 facts about Lake Huron
Second largest of the Great Lakes
It was known as Karegnondi by the local Wyandot tribe before the first European settlers landed on the North American continent. The name Huron is der ...
22 facts about Lake Superior
22 facts about Lake Superior
Its name originated from the French language, where "Lac Supérieur" means "Upper Lake." It belongs to the five freshwater Great Lakes of North America ...
30 facts about Asia
30 facts about Asia
Top Asia facts
Asia is the largest and most populated continent. Its a cradle of many civilizations, religions and philosophies. Today Asia is also the fastest devel ...
15 facts about Paricutin volcano
15 facts about Paricutin volcano
Volcano in a cornfield
On February 20, 1943, Mexican farmer Dioniso Pulido noticed a small crack in his cornfield, and the ground nearby shook and became hot. About a month ...
22 facts about Gobi Desert
22 facts about Gobi Desert
Largest desert in Asia
The Gobi Desert, which stretches across northern China and southern Mongolia, is a vast and ancient landscape that defies the common perception of a d ...
20 facts about Lake Malawi
20 facts about Lake Malawi
The site of the first naval battle of World War I
One of the oldest lakes on earth. It was formed about the same time as Tanganyika Lake, 350 kilometres away. It was formed by the crack of the African ...
27 facts about Santorini
27 facts about Santorini
Saint Irene island
Santorini is a magical island, part of the Cyclades archipelago located in the Aegean Sea. A small but impressive piece of land with breathtaking land ...
18 facts about Lake Baikal
18 facts about Lake Baikal
Blue eye of Siberia
Baikal is a tectonic lake located in Russia, in southern Siberia. Is the oldest and deepest lake in the world. It stretches for 636 km and its maximum ...
16 facts about Lake Tanganyika
16 facts about Lake Tanganyika
One of the oldest lakes in the world
Lake Tanganyika is one of the most unique and unusual lakes in the world. Because it is isolated from other water reservoirs and the water has been he ...
19 facts about Mount Elbrus
19 facts about Mount Elbrus
Caucasian, Russian and European tallest peak
Elbrus is an old stratovolcano with an almost symmetrical structure. It is considered dormant, as no eruption has been recorded for about two thousand ...
19 facts about Nan Madol
19 facts about Nan Madol
Venice of the Pacific
Nan Madol is a medieval city located on one of the islands of the Micronesia Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean. This relic of distant history has noth ...
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