Geography Notes
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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…
Iceland is one of the most volcanically active locations outside tropical zones. Its geological character is defined by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge spreading zone meeting with a mantle hotspot, resulting…
Iceland is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a submarine mountain chain that marks the divergence of the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. This spreading zone creates…
Vatnajökull, sometimes known as the "Glacier of Lakes," is the largest ice cap in Iceland and the second largest in Europe, behind Novaya Zemlya's Severny Island. As of 2023, the glacier…
As dusk approaches in the Dolomites, the jagged limestone peaks explode in shades of pink, orange, and scarlet, a phenomenon known as "enrosadira"—the turning rose. This stunning…
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…