Geographical Facts

    Random Geographical Facts

    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
    47
    Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
    8
    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
    90
    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
    38
    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
    45
    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
    51
    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
    31
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
    48