Geographical Facts

    Random Geographical Facts

    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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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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    Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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