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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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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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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    More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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