Geographical Facts

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    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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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 water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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    A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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