Diamonds serve as a material for the manufacture of some of the most exquisite and expensive jewelry in the world - diamonds. They have always been an object of attraction and admiration for people. Some of them are famous for their history, others for a sky-high price, and others for their size...
Mushrooms are a special form of life, combining the signs of plants and animals. Among them, there are record-holders for growth and weight. Biologists believe that giant mushrooms are not an anomaly. Any mushroom can become a giant if it grows in favorable conditions for it. And strangely enoug...
One of the longest living organisms on our planet is trees. The age of these amazing and majestic green plants is measured in several hundreds and even thousands of years. According to official data on the earth, there are over 50 "long-livers", which are more than a thousand years old. In the r...
There are about 80 seas around the world that are part of the World Ocean. All these waters are salty, but among them there are record holders, which differ in the high concentration of salts and other minerals in their composition. The Baltic Sea is the most insipid sea on the planet, its salin...
Plants in the form of grasses, flowers, bushes and trees transform our world, making it bright and saturated. They not only give an aesthetic appearance, but also are used by people as food and for the preparation of medicines. Among the vegetation there are many species that under the beautiful...
In Russia, a huge number of rivers of different sizes. But, looking at any of them, the very last thing a person thinks about is its fullness or the power of the water flow. Usually, with the word "river" in the mind, there appears an image of a calm water surface and small waves embracing the s...
On the territory of the United States of America there are huge reserves of fresh water, consisting of lakes and rivers. The most famous and large reservoirs of the country are Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario, the area of which is 246,000 square kilometers. As for rivers, they ar...
Every second city in Europe is built by the river. And this is not accidental, because it has always been the main factor in the growth of agglomeration. We like to spend our holidays on the shore of this water stream, admiring the beauty of the surrounding landscape. But we do not even think ab...
Volcanoes are solid natural formations that appeared on the surface of the earth's crust as a result of natural phenomena. Ashes, gases, loose rocks and lava are all products of natural volcanic construction. At the moment there are thousands of volcanoes on the whole planet. Some of them are ac...
Nature is inexhaustible in fantasy. On Earth lives a huge number of amazing creatures: from ridiculous to horrendous. There are also the most unusual plants in the world. Let's talk about them today. 10 Amorphophallus titanic( Amorphophallus titanum) The second name is the...
