Geographical Facts

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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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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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    One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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