What are some really cool geographical facts?

 

• 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

What are some really cool geographical facts?

 

1. Russia is so large that it spreads over 11 different time zones. When one side of Russia has a morning breakfast at 8 am; the other side enjoys evening snacks at 7 pm

2.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.

3. 22 of the 25 largest volcanic eruptions in the last 11,700 years occurred in the ‘Ring of Fire’.

4.Around 90% of the world population lives in the northern hemisphere.

5. It’s forbidden for airplanes to fly over the Taj Mahal

6. The Rivers originating from Tibetan Plateau are the source of living for almost 2.7 Billion people in the World!!!

7. Himalayan Mountain ranges are the only one of its kind to spread over six countries.

8. Istanbul is the largest city in the world that is on two different continents.

9. Finland and North Korea are separated by just one country.

The reason I say one country is from North Korea you can get to Finland by only through Russia without accessing the borders of other countries.

10. Greenland is not bigger than Africa.

There is some real confusion here.

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What are the major geographical facts that are little known?

 There are two rivers Nile: the White Nile and Blue Nile.

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. The Nile is an "international" river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt. In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan.

The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile. The White Nile is considered to be the headwaters and primary stream of the Nile itself. The Blue Nile, however, is the source of most of the water and fertile soil. The White Nile is longer and rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source still undetermined but located in either Rwanda or Burundi. It flows north through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and South Sudan. The Blue Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flows into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet near the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.

Let's take a trip from the source of the river to the Nile delta:

The White Nile

Source of the White Nile Lake Victoria, Jinja, Uganda

White Nile, Uganda

White Nile, Uganda

White Nile in Juba, capital and largest city of the Republic of South Sudan

White Nile, South Sudan (The Sudd)

White Nile, South Sudan (The Sudd)

White Nile, South Sudan (The Sudd)

White Nile, South Sudan (The Sudd)

White Nile, South Sudan (The Sudd)

White Nile, South Sudan (The Sudd)

The Blue Nile

Source of the Blue Nile Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia

Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia

Blue Nile near Bahar Dar, Ethiopia

Blue Nile, Sudan

Khartoum (Sudan) at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers

White Nile on the left, Blue Nile on the right

The Nile, North Sudan

Date palm groves line the river Nile near Karima, North Sudan

Pyramids of Ancient Nubia, North Sudan

Pyramids of Ancient Nubia, North Sudan

Pyramids of Ancient Nubia, North Sudan

Pyramids of Ancient Nubia, North Sudan

Pyramids of Ancient Nubia, North Sudan

Pyramids of Ancient Nubia, North Sudan

Pyramids of Ancient Nubia, North Sudan

Egypt

Abu Simbel, Egypt

Philae Temple, Lake Nasser, Egypt

Aswan, Egypt

Kom Ombo, Egypt

Between Edfu and Esna, Egypt

Luxor Temple, Egypt

Abydos Temple, Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

Nile Delta

Nile Delta