Geographical Facts

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    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    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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    Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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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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    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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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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