Geography

Gibraltar is a tiny British territory on the very southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, just 14.3 km from the African continent. With an area of 6.8 km², it is as large as, for example, the city district of Prague 3. In 2020, 34,000 people lived in Gibraltar. But why does it belong to the United Kingdom? Read more

Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island in the Greater Antilles archipelago. Its Spanish name is Puero Rico, which means rich port. In 2019, 3,193,694 people lived on the 9,104 km² island. The area of Puerto Rico is therefore only slightly smaller than the South Bohemian Region. But why does it belong to the United States? Read more

Every year, 200,000 people from all over the world take the famous pilgrimage of St. James. It is a network of roads throughout Europe. However, most people go according to their time and physical abilities only one of the last sections and most often the path called Camino Frances, or the French path. But why do they go to Santiago at all? Read more

Greenland is about 50 times larger than Denmark, is de facto part of North America, and several states are closer to Greenland than Denmark. Nevertheless, Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. What is the history of this largest island in the world and why does it fall administratively under Denmark? Read more

Donald Trump's presidency is specific to many contradictory absurd and divisive topics. One of these topics is the so-called Trump Wall, due to which even at the turn of 2018 and 2019 there was a record breaking 35 days of government shutdown. Why is the Trump Wall such a controversial topic, and why is the US building a wall between the United States and Mexico? Read more

Lake Chad is a large African lake located on the borders of Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon. It is estimated that in its greatest glory, about 7,000 years ago, it covered an area of 1,000,000 km². At present, it covers an area of 1,350 km² and only between 1963 and 1998 its area decreased by 95 %. What is the cause of such a dramatic decline? Read more

The Yellow River is the second longest river in China, after the long river, and the sixth longest river in the world. The answer to the question of “why it the Yellow River yellow” and the Long River long is relatively simple with a little sarcasm. But is it really so? How far does the beginnings of the Yellow River name go? Read more

Before 1960, the Aral Sea covered an area of 68,000 km². Now, divided into two separate parts, it does not have in total even 6,800 km², i.e. 10 % of its original area. What were the causes of this huge natural disaster and what consequences did it bring to life around the lake? Read more