Geographical Facts

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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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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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    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 Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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