Geographical Facts

    Random Geographical Facts

    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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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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    Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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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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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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