Geographical Facts

    Random Geographical Facts

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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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    One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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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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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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