Geographical Facts

    Random Geographical Facts

    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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    Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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    There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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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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    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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