Geographical Facts

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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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    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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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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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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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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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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