Earth Science

River Thames is a world landmark in London, England. The river flows through southern England. It has a basin covering total 12,935 square kilometers. The length of the river is approximately 215 miles. The river’s source is located in a meadow in Gloucestershire. There are more than 200

Mount Hua or Mount Huashan is one of the five sacred mountains in China. It is also known as Western Great Mountain. It is located in Weinan City and Huayin City of Shaanxi Province. It measures 2,154 meters in height....

Europe is the world’s second smallest continent covering a total land area of only 4,000,000 square miles. Despite having a relatively small size, it is the third largest after Asia and

Persian Gulf is an extension of the Gulf of Oman. It is located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It is estimated to have been formed around 15,000 years ago which makes this water body relatively young. It has a surface area of 251,000...

Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world as it measures 120 km by 15 km. It covers a total area of 1840 square kilometers. It is also the only place in the entire world where the rainforest grows on sand. It was...

Lake Retba is situated in Northwest Africa, in Cap-Vert Peninsula Senegal and lies 30 km northeast of the capital, Dakar. This lake is famous because of its unusual yet...

Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain on the island of Borneo with an elevation of 13,435 feet. It is also the 20th Most Prominent Mountain in the world. It was formed about 10 million years ago. It is composed of

The Orinoco River is one of South America's longest rivers with a length of 1330 miles. It originates from the Sierra Parima Mountains and flows through Venezuela and Columbia and eventually empties into the Atlantic...

Callisto is the second largest moon of Jupiter and the third largest in the solar system. It is one of the four largest moons of...

Mimas is one of the moons of planet Saturn. It is the smallest and innermost of all of them. It takes about 23 hours to complete its orbit around Saturn. A significant fraction of its surface is covered with a giant...

Lake Erie is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the warmest of them all. While temperatures have reached as high as 29°C water temperatures generally ranges from 21°C to 24°C during the summer months. On...

Do you love to build with blocks or Legos? Do you enjoy drawing and planning structures? Then a job as an architect might be in your future.   Fun Facts Architects design all kinds of things—homes, apartments, hospitals, office buildings, museums, and...

Hail, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Weather is...