Geographical Facts

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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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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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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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