The Mississippi River is 2,350 miles long, making it the second longest river in the United States. When the lengths of two of its tributaries, the Ohio and Missouri Rivers, are added to make up the Mississippi River System, it's the third longest river system in the world. ...
The Ancient Romans called it‘via lactea’which quite literally meant a ‘milky way/road’. Also, the word ‘galaxy’ is derived from a Greek word for ‘milk’. Although there is not absolute proof as to why they named our galaxy as something related to milk, some researchers believe what...
The problem isn’t just a lack of toilets—it’s a lack of toilets that people want to use. The result: millions of deaths and disease-stunted lives.
Of all of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas — and among all the Buddhas —“the Essence of Earth Buddhasattva” Kṣitigarbha is the “closest to us” — the most beloved of the great ones. Why is this? Kṣitigarbha is not onl...
The Role of Water On Earth from Chapter 1/ Lesson 1 35K Life on Earth would not be possible without water. Explore the role of water on Earth, and learn about water's biological processes, the water cycle, and modern uses of water to understand why water is so important. ...
4 One should go to My Ganges, take some water, bring it to My temple, and use it to make gopi-candana paste. Then, reciting either the mantras that begin ‘deva avantu nah’ (May the Lord protect us), or the Visnu gayatri, or my names beginning with the ...
The Great Rift Valley The High Veldt The Sahara Desert 7. 'The Elephant's Child' could have been called 'How the Elephant Got His Trunk', as that is the subject of the story. Elephant's Child, full of curiosity, wanted to know what Crocodile had for dinner. In what river did he en...
It lies in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, 10 kilometers southwest of the Hindu holy site of Gaumukh (the source of mighty Ganges). It is also the second-highest peak on the south side of the Gangotri Glacier (after Kedarnath). ...
[stextbox id=”grey” image=”null”] A Hindu saint who was visiting the river Ganges to bathe found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled and asked: ‘Why do people shout in anger at e
this tree might have been or its seeds transported first to Northwest Hindukush mountains by people who started calling themselves Aryans. After sometime, the Aryans moved eastward, down and along the great Indian river Ganges and the plant seems not to have survived, because of humidity. Thus...