- Diomede Islands are constituted of two islands. One is owned by Russia and the other one by America. The distance between both islands is 2.4 miles but the time difference is 21 hours!
- The Chamarel plain in Mauritius has a small area of sand dunes made up of sand in seven distinct colors.
3. Russia is so large that it spreads over 11 different time zones. When one side of Russia has morning breakfast at 7 am; the other side enjoys evening snacks at 6 pm.
- 75% of all fresh water available on earth is stored in the glacier. Also, Lake Baikal in Russia contains 20% of the total non-frozen fresh water available on our planet.
- Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee was created due to the impact of three earthquakes, which occurring in 1811 and 1812, measured around 8 on the Richter Scale.
- Point Nemo is a place in the South Pacific ocean that is the furthest point from any terrestrial life. It is at a distance of 1,670 miles from the nearest landmass.
- The Appalachian Mountains are shrinking continuously while the Himalayan Mountains are growing.
- The Dingo fence in Australia has a length of 3,500 miles which is longer than the distance between Seattle and Miami.
- The largest ocean in the world, Pacific Ocean, is antipode of itself at some points. There are some points in this massive ocean where if someone takes a dip in the ocean, travels through the core, and comes out on the opposite side, then they would still be in the Pacific Ocean.
- The Er Wang Dong cave in China and Hang Son Doong cave in Vietnam are so massive that there exists an independent weather system inside it.
- When measured from the Earth’s center, Chimborazo is the highest mountain, not Mount Everest.
- The largest ranch in the world, Anna Creek Station, is bigger than Israel.
- There is a stadium in Brazil in which the midfield line supposedly lies exactly on the Equator making each team defends one hemisphere.
- The volcanic system beneath Yellowstone holds enough lava to fill Grand Canyon 11 times.
- Four Corners is a spot in the US where you can be in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado at the same time.
- More than half of the world’s population lives within a circle that covers a proportionally tiny section of the world including China/India/etc. and Southeast Asia.
- In Canada, there is an island with a lake, which has an island in it, and that island has its own lake, and in that lake, there is a small island.
- The largest desert in the world is Antarctica.
- The Dead Sea is constantly sinking at the rate of 1 meter per year. Currently, it is 429 meters below sea level.
- Kiribati is the only country in the world that is situated in all four hemispheres.
Source:- 20 Geographical facts that are seriously mind-boggling