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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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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