Geography Facts
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Interesting Facts About Saint Lucia Island
The island was formed as the result of volcanic activity and is just 27 miles long (north to south) by 14 miles wide (east to west). Total area size is 616sq km. St Lucia became self governing on 1st March 1967, and obtained total independence from England on 22nd February ...
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interesting facts about rivers
The United States has 3,500,000 miles of rivers. The Missouri River is about 2,540 miles long, making it the longest river in the United States. The Rhine carries to the sea every day 145,980 cubic feet of mud. The River Nile is about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length and is ...
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Interesting facts about world religions
There are twelve classical world religions: Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity,Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam,Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism,Taoism, Zoroastrianism . Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism are unquestionably the largest religions. Baha'is are the most recent entrant to the "Classical" list. The religion is only about 150 years old. Baha'is claim 5 million adherents ...
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Interesting Facts about Dubai
Dubai is the second largest member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai is the safest place to live in. Its a tax free country. Approximately 80% of the residents in Dubai are foreigners. It is the most important port and the commercial capital of UAE. There are no street addresses ...
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Interesting facts about Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area. The world's largest ocean covers just under 180,00,000 km², which accounts for almost 46% percent of all the world's oceans and just under 33% of the world's surface. Pacific Ocean was first sighted ...
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interesting facts about Antartica
About fifty million years ago, the continent of Antarctica had dense, lush jungles! Many kinds of dinosaurs lived there. Today, it is a desolate land of rock and ice. 250 million years ago, all the continents were joined into one huge land mass called Pangaea. The part that is now ...
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interesting facts about deserts
Some deserts are named and nicknamed things like Death Valley, "the Empty Quarter," and "the Place from Where There is No Return" because of the lack of water there. Sahara desert is the second largest desert in the world, after Antarctica, and the largest hot desert in the world. The largest ...
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Interesting Lake Facts
There are 41 million acres of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S.There are at least 3 million lakes in Canada. The Great Lakes shoreline is equal to almost 44 percent of the circumference of the earth, and Michigan's Great Lakes coast totals 3,288 mi/5,294 km, more coastline ...
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Interesting facts about caves
The greatest and longest cave system in the world is at Mammoth Cave Park in Kentucky, USA. It has about 591 kilometers (367 miles) of cave system. Deepest cave is Voronya Cave in Abkhazia, Georgia with a depth of 2,191 meters. This is the difference in elevation from ...
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Interesting facts about Mountains
There are five basic kinds of mountains: fold Mountains (folded mountains) , fault-block mountains (block mountains), dome mountains, volcanic mountains, plateau mountains . The world's highest peak on land is Mount Everest in the Himalayas. It is 8,850.1728 m (29,036 ft) tall. The highest 14 mountains in the ...
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Interesting facts about Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is the second largest waterfall on Earth, the first being Victoria Falls in South Africa. Over 5,000,000,000 gallons (about 2 trillion liters) of water per hour flowed over the edge of Niagara Falls. The number of tourists visiting the Niagara Falls in 2009 is expected to ...
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Interesting facts about Africa
Among Africa's population live some of the shortest people ever born. At the same time some African natives are amongst the tallest in the world. Only three countries in the world are bigger than the Sahara Desert – Russia, Canada and China. Guinea Bissau has the highest fertility rate ...