Geographical Facts

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    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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