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Land Features

With a vast amount of data for hundreds of thousands of landforms around the world, Wolfram|Alpha can compute answers to countless questions about land features. Compare the average heights of the world's longest mountain ranges, search for the population density of a tropical island, compute the ratio between the area and maximum elevation of a glacier, look up the most recent volcanic eruptions around the world and much more.

Mountains

Delve into extensive facts about mountains and mountain ranges around the world.

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Beaches

Locate a notable beach or analyze its weather forecast.

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Deserts

Search for information about deserts, such as size, location and type.

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Forests

Look up a forest or compare forests around the globe.

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Volcanoes

Look up a volcano or search for volcanic eruptions by location and date.

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Islands

Look up islands and archipelagos or compare them by size, population or elevation.

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Impact Craters on Earth

Find impact craters on Earth and compare them by size, location and age.

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  • Glaciers

    Research detailed statistics about notable glaciers on every continent.

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    Caves

    Investigate a cave or find caverns near you.

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    Search for caves in a given country:

    Do computations with cave properties: