Geography Facts
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Interesting facts about Africa
Four-fifths of Africa, the world's second largest continent, is made up of desert and grasslands. Less than a fifth is forest, and because of population growth, it is less forested every day. At the north edge of Africa is the vast Sahara, the largest desert in ...
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Interesting facts about volcanoes
The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of Vulcan, a god of fire in Roman mythology. Earth has more than 1,500 active volcanoes. The largest volcano in the world is Mauna Loa. It has a volume of about 40,000 cubic kilometers, and an above-sea level area of ...