The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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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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It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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