Geographical Facts

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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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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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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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    The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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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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