Mamoré River

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The Mamoré River is a long fresh water course in Central Bolivia, South America. It is 2,000-km long and grows in volume as it is joined by secondary rivers and creeks. It rises as a stream in the high peaks of Cochabamba's Ridges (Sierras de Cochabamba). Then it meanders down the mountain slopes onto...

Highest Mountain in South America

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The highest mountain in South America is Mt Aconcagua, which is 6,961 m (22,841 ft) high. Not only is it the highest mountain in South America but also it is the highest peak in the whole American continent. Mt. Aconcagua is part of the Andes Mountain Range, lying on the 32 degrees and 39 minutes parallel,...

Earth Crust Stress

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The Earth crust stress is the force that changes the size, shape and location of all the rocks that make up the Earth’s continental and oceanic crust. Although it consists of basalt and granite, the hardest rocks on Earth, the crust is continuously and relentlessly being altered by this powerful force. The stress at the surface of the Earth originates from the layers below the crust, rising from the...

South American River Basins

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All three main South American river basins drain their three respective regions into the Atlantic Ocean. Those river systems that flow into the Pacific are very small and have little importance from a hydrological point of view. Although most of the fresh water they drain comes from rain water, about...

Zagros Mountains

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The Zagros mountains form a long chain of snow-capped ridges and peaks in Iran, with Mt. Dena being the highest point at 4,409 m (14,465 ft.). This mountain range stretches along the western portion of Iran, in a northwest-southeastern direction, for about 1,600 km (990 miles). They run from southern...

Types of Basins in Geography

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There are two types of basin in geography; an exorheic and an endorheic basin. In an exorheic basin, the main river flows out into the ocean, or sea; the Mississippi and the Loire river constitute exorheic basins, because they both runs into the ocean, draining a large tract of land. The largest exorheic...

European Cenozoic Rift System

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The European cenozoic rift system is a series of elongated geological depression in the earth. Located in western Europe, it extends from the western Mediterranean to the North Sea for about 1,500 km, in an almost south-north direction. To the south, under the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf...
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