Lake Baikal in Siberia stands as one of Earth’s most astonishing natural wonders. Its staggering depth—reaching over ...

The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ... the Cape Verde hotspot — that geologists know, based on how the tectonic plates have moved over hundreds of millions of years, must have ...

The world's largest lake is so vast that it's four times larger than its closest competitor and is often dubbed as a ...

Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin environments where sedimentary rocks are deposited. Download a chart to use in class and an activity for practicing with these concepts: ...

These lakes and mountains were formed millions of years ago when the rock was raised up as tectonic plates pushed together. During the last ice age, huge flows of ice formed called glaciers.