Dune systems are often protected areas because of their high ecological and often tourist value. There are many, and some well known. But, without a doubt, the most singular of all is the one that can be found in La Teste-de-Buch, on the coast of Aquitaine, in the southwest of France: the Great Dune of […]
Geography
Just as all phenomena exist in time and thus have a history, they also exist in space and have a geography (United States National Research Council, 1997)
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The highest mountain on Earth that no one has ever climbed
Everest and K2 see how every year many expeditions reach their summit. In fact the agglomeration of climbers in the Everest base camp is starting to be a major problem, just remember the catastrophe of the last Nepalese earthquake. Of the 40 highest mountains in the world, only two remained unreached in 1985. Since 1992 […]
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In 1982 the Itaipu Dam destroyed the Guaíra Falls, the largest waterfalls in the world
The Guairá Falls were, until 1982, the largest waterfalls in the world by water volume. With 49 million liters per second, the 18 falls that formed them doubled the volume of the Niagara Falls and surpassed in 12 times that of the Victoria Falls. They were located on the Paraná River, along the border between […]
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10 amazing geographical facts
Geography is a science that is constantly changing, whether through the effect of politics or natural causes. There are many rarities in the world, strange geographical situations, and curious data that sometimes do not have a clear origin. At the same time other facts that we believed to be true are not so clear. These […]
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The tiny Croatian island that has more than 23 kilometers of walls and looks like a fingerprint from above the air.
Without reaching the Greek profusion, Croatia has 79 large islands, more than 500 smaller islets and another 642 tiny rocks covering an area of about 3,300 square kilometers. One such small island is Baljenac (or Bavljenac), located off the Dalmatian coast in the south of the country and forming part of the Šibenik archipelago. It […]