Geographical Facts

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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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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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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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    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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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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