Geography Fun Facts

Geography is the study of the world and its geographic features including mountains, oceans, lakes, and regions amongst the world. As geography is one of the most informative subjects about our great big unique world, it offers us an explanation to culture, as the geographic location and regions around the world have various geographic features that affect their style of living and culture. Geography can teach us a lot, as it gives interesting facts, makes factual comparisons, and overall allows us to grasp a better understanding about the unique features of this world. Here are 10 random fun facts about the geography of the world.

1) The world consists of a total of 10 oceans/seas.

2) The Nile River which is the longest river in the world runes 4,160 miles!

3) Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world's four oceans. It covers more than a third of the earth's surface and contains more than half of its free water.

4) Death Valley, located in east-central California, US, is one of the hottest regions known, temperatures reach 125F.

5) The deepest spot in the ocean is called the Mariana Trench and is approximately 35,797 ft.

6) Angel Falls (Salto Angel) in Canaima National Park, Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world at 3212 ft.

7) The largest city in the world – based on surface area, is Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia which is 263,953 km squared.

8) Glaciers store between 70% and 80% of all the freshwater on the planet. 99% of those glaciers are in the Arctic and Antarctic.

9) Lowest Temperature Recorded: -128.5°F - Vostok, Antarctica, July 21, 1983.

10) Lowest Elevation on Land - Dead Sea: 1369 feet below sea level

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