31 Geography Info for Children

From the deepest depths of the ocean to the best mountaintops, the world we dwell in is stuffed with stunning mysteries and magical landscapes. Take a digital journey throughout the globe with these fascinating geography info for teenagers!

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California’s inhabitants is bigger than all of Canada’s.

The West Coast state has about 39.14 million individuals, whereas the complete nation of Canada has simply 35.85 million. 

Mount Thor has the best sheer vertical drop on Earth (4,101 toes).

The mountain on Baffin Island, Canada, has a 4,101-foot drop.

The Philippines has an island inside a lake on an island inside a lake … on an island.

You would possibly need to learn that once more. Vulcan Level is an island inside Most important Crater Lake, which is situated on Volcano Island, which is situated in Lake Taal, which is situated on the island of Luzon. Unbelievable!

There are greater than 7,600 islands within the Philippines.

The truth is, the archipelago is made up of seven,641 islands. This is among the most mind-blowing geography info!

Ninety p.c of Earth’s inhabitants lives within the Northern Hemisphere.

This fascinating graph demonstrates simply how empty the world is south of the equator!

Africa is the one continent to take a seat in all 4 hemispheres.

Masking virtually 12 million sq. miles (which is 6% of Earth’s complete floor!), Africa is within the north, south, east, and west hemispheres. 

Australia is definitely wider than the moon.

The moon sits at 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles) in diameter, whereas Australia is sort of 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles) from east to west. This makes Australia practically 600 kilometers (373 miles) wider! After all, when it comes to floor space although, the moon has Australia beat!

The deepest place on Earth is within the Pacific Ocean.

Throughout the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, there’s a small despair known as the Challenger Deep, which reaches depths of 35,856 toes.

Mount Everest might match contained in the Mariana Trench.

That’s proper, the world’s tallest mountain might be nestled inside the deepest a part of the ocean.

The Lifeless Sea is sinking at a price of a few meter per yr.

And it’s already 429 meters under sea degree!

There are occasions when it’s potential to stroll from the USA to Russia.

Throughout the winter, when the Bering Strait freezes, you may theoretically stroll the two.4 miles from America’s Little Diomede Island to Russia’s Large Diomede Island. Though the trek would solely take 20 minutes, due to time zones, it will be 21 hours later than while you began!

There are 11 time zones in Russia.

Meaning it may be 7 a.m. on one aspect and 6 p.m. on the opposite aspect on the similar time.

There are extra caves in Kentucky than wherever else on this planet.

Scientists have explored practically 400 miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave system and imagine there are 200 extra miles left to find.

The smallest nation on this planet is Vatican Metropolis.

Situated within the coronary heart of Rome, it’s solely 0.44 sq. kilometers (lower than 1 / 4 sq. mile)!

Istanbul rests on two continents.

The Turkish metropolis is situated in each Asia and Europe (the Bosphorus Strait runs down the center). A number of different cities additionally span two continents, together with Panama Metropolis, which is situated in each North and South America.

The Pacific Ocean is shrinking.

Annually, North America and South America are transferring westward whereas Asia and North America get nearer. In consequence, the Pacific Ocean shrinks by 2 to three centimeters. 

Continents transfer sooner underneath stress.

It’s typical for a continent to shift about 1 inch per yr, however when the tectonic plates are underneath stress, they will transfer about 20 instances sooner. The truth is, they begin to transfer as shortly as our fingernails develop!

Mauna Kea is technically taller than Mount Everest.

Above sea degree, there’s no mountain taller than Everest. Nevertheless, while you embody the bottom of Mauna Kea, which extends to the underside of the Pacific Ocean, it’s 32,808 toes. That beats Everest by greater than 3,000 toes.

Los Angeles is definitely east of Reno, Nevada.

Sure, Los Angeles is within the West Coast state of California, however while you have a look at the map, you’ll see that it’s truly virtually 90 miles east of Reno!

Russia and China every contact 14 international locations.

In alphabetical order, Russia borders Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, North Korea, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine. In the meantime, China borders Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, and Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.

Three international locations are landlocked by only one nation.

How is that potential? The nation of Lesotho is located totally inside South Africa whereas San Marino and Vatican Metropolis are each inside Italy.

There’s a supervolcano inside Yellowstone Nationwide Park.

Sounds fairly ominous however there actually is an energetic supervolcano in Yellowstone. What makes it a “supervolcano”? That is the time period for volcanoes which have launched greater than 240 cubic miles of fabric throughout only one eruption.

There are extra historical pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt.

Egypt is house to 138 pyramids whereas Sudan has between 200 and 255 identified pyramids!

Damascus is the oldest repeatedly inhabited metropolis on this planet.

The oldest metropolis has been repeatedly inhabited for a minimum of 11,000 years and is at the moment house to 1.7 million individuals!

A big share of Earth’s oxygen comes from the Amazon.

It’s estimated that 20% of Earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest, which is strictly why we must always defend it!

It snows within the Sahara Desert.

Snow and sand? It sounds unlikely, particularly in North Africa’s Sahara Desert, the place temperatures can high 136 levels Fahrenheit. Nevertheless, the typical temperature is definitely a extra affordable 86 levels, and in a single day it will possibly dip all the way down to 55 levels. Within the final 45 years although, the Sahara recorded snowfall on three separate events: in 1979, 2016, and 2018.

In New York Metropolis, 42 buildings have their very own zip codes.

As you’ve in all probability guessed, a few of these buildings embody the Empire State Constructing, Chrysler Constructing, MetLife Constructing, and the Woolworth Constructing. It’s not about measurement, although. As an alternative, incomes your personal zip code is predicated on the quantity of mail a constructing receives.

Bangkok’s full identify is 163 letters lengthy!

The true identify of Bangkok is 21 phrases lengthy and is the lengthiest identify of anyplace on Earth. Bangkok is formally known as Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. No marvel it wants a nickname!

The UK has the longest identify of any nation.

The official identify is United Kingdom of Nice Britain and Northern Eire, which incorporates 56 characters!

Individuals don’t sink within the Lifeless Sea.

On account of its excessive salt content material—eight to 9 instances greater than different oceans and seas—the Lifeless Sea presents a buoyancy that permits individuals to drift.

Alaska is house to many of the U.S. shoreline.

It’s true that California’s shoreline is prolonged, however Alaska has it beat—by quite a bit! The truth is, greater than half of the USA shoreline is on Alaska’s shores. Together with islands, Alaska’s shoreline covers a whopping 47,300 miles.

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