Geographical Facts

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    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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    Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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    The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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