Geography

Wednesday, 23 July 2025
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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Mount St. Helens
Geologists claim there are more eruptions to come.
Their magnitude may be more destructive than that of 1980.
Gulf of Mexico
It is estimated that approximately 2,5 million migratory birds rest daily on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times.
People settled in Wadi Rum thousands of years ago and struggled to survive in the harsh environment. ...
Atacama Desert
In 2003, a team of scientists applied the tests used by the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Martian landers to detect life in the Atacama region and failed to detect any signs of life in the desert soil in the Yungay region.
This region, unique on Earth in this respect, is being used by NASA to test equipment for future Mar ...
Colorado
It is called the Centennial State.
Colorado became the 38th state of the United States on August 1, 1876. On that day, U.S. President U ...
Tropical rainforests
The canopy is the most biologically diverse layer of the tropical rainforest.
It is made up of different types of trees that reach heights of 30 to 45 meters. Most of the flora o ...
Amazon River
It has over 1,100 tributaries.
Longest one is Madeira, measuring 3,380 km.
Gobi Desert
It consists mainly of gravel-stone deserts and semi-deserts separated by dry steppes.
Only a small area of the desert is covered with sands.
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 ...
Mount Tambora
It is an active stratovolcano.
Stratovolcanoes are characterized by a conical summit and are made of several layers of hardened lava and tephra. They are also considered the deadliest of all types of volcanoes.