Geography Notes
In primo piano
One of Africa's most photographed natural wonders is the Avenue of the Baobabs, which runs along a dusty dirt road near Morondava in western Madagascar. Gigantic Grandidier's baobabs …
Rising sharply from the North Atlantic, Pico Island is a testament to the raw geological power that shaped the Azores archipelago. The island is dominated by Mount Pico, a stratovolcano that stands as Portugal's …
The Himalayas are the world's highest and most magnificent mountain range, spanning nearly 2,400 km in a sweeping arc from Pakistan's Nanga Parbat in the west to Tibet's Namcha Barwa in the …
Madagascar is properly referred to as a biodiversity hotspot, but its most famous ambassadors are definitely lemurs, primates found nowhere else on Earth. Approximately 115 lemur species live in …
Rising majestically from eastern Anatolia at the intersection of the Turkish, Armenian, Iranian, and Azerbaijani borders stands Mount Ararat—a dormant volcanic massif consisting of two major …
The Bosphorus represents one of Earth's most strategically significant waterways—a narrow strait approximately 25 kilometers/15.5 miles long and averaging just 1.5 kilometers/0.9 miles wide …
Cappadocia is a surreal area of unusual geological formations in central Anatolia, featuring towering cone-shaped rock pillars that exceed 40 meters/131 feet high, multicolored valleys carved into soft …
The White Cliffs of Dover, stretching for 13 kilometers (8 miles) along the southeastern coast of England, are more than just a striking landmark; they are a geological phenomenon composed of…
If rivers are the lifeblood of nations, the Yellow River and Yangtze River are the twin arteries that have kept Chinese civilization going for millennia. The Yellow River, China's second-longest river…
The Lake District National Park in northwest England, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017, covers 2,362 square kilometers of breathtaking scenery—a hilly region…
The Faroe Islands are one of Europe's most spectacularly beautiful and least-explored territories—a self-governing autonomous area of Denmark consisting of 18 rocky islands dispersed across…
Mount Everest, at 8,848.86 meters above sea level, is revered as the world's tallest summit, but its geography reveals a story of international cooperation and natural magnificence. Mount Everest, located on…
The Strait of Hormuz, which connects the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, is the world's single most critical oil chokepoint, with approximately 20-30% of…
Mexico City, built atop the ruins of Tenochtitlan, is one of history's most geographically improbable and architecturally sophisticated urban centers—an island city built in the middle of…
The Dasht-e Kavir (Great Salt Desert) and Dasht-e Lut (Lut Desert), which cover roughly two-thirds of Iran's vast interior plateau, are two of the planet's most extreme desert environments, with…
Cenotes are one of Earth's most distinctive geological and hydrological features—natural sinkholes formed in limestone bedrock where cave ceilings have collapsed, exposing underground…
Mount Damavand, at 5,671 meters (18,606 feet) above sea level, is Iran's tallest mountain, the highest peak on the Eurasian continent west of the Hindu Kush range, and the world's highest…
The Sierra Madre is Mexico's primary mountain system, consisting of three major ranges—Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Sierra Madre del Sur—that form a…
The Rocky Mountains, which run nearly 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles) from Canada to New Mexico, are one of North America's most striking geological features—a mountain range…
The Amazon rainforest is the world's biggest tropical rainforest and most biodiverse terrestrial environment, comprising over 5.5 million square kilometres (2.1 million square miles) across nine…
Yellowstone National Park, which straddles the borders of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, is Earth's most geothermally active location, with nearly 60% of the planet's geysers…
Brazil's favelas (informal urban settlements) are predominantly centred in big cities like Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador, and Brasília, housing around 17.9 million people…
Iguazu Falls, which straddles the Brazil-Argentina border and includes a lesser cascade in Paraguay, is made up of around 275 separate waterfalls spread across a 2.7-kilometre (1.7-mile) crescent…
The Grand Canyon, which stretches approximately 277 miles (446 kilometres) along the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona, is one of the world's most visually stunning geological monuments…
Located in the far northern reaches of the country, Peneda-Gerês National Park is Portugal's only national park and its most rugged landscape. This vast protected area is a mosaic of massive granite …