Geographical Facts

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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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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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    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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    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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    The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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    If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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