56 Interesting Facts About Geography
1. The Kingdom of Tonga is the only monarchy in Oceania.
2. The Trans-Siberian Railway crosses exactly 3,901 bridges.
3. The Philippine archipelago consists of 7,107 islands.
4. The phrase "Allah akbar" is repeated 22 times on the flag of Iran.
5. The 7 largest countries in the world (Russia, Canada, the USA, China, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina) occupy half of the Earth's land area.
6. There are 5 countries in Europe that border only one other country: Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City, and Monaco.
7. The eruption of the Mexican volcano Paricutin lasted for 9 years (from 1943 to 1952). During this time, the cone of the volcano rose by 2,774 meters.
8. In the central square of the Canadian town of Glendon stands its official symbol - a pierogi 9 meters tall and weighing 2,700 kg.
9. The London equivalent of New York's Wall Street is called Lombard Street.
10. In the country of Togo, a man who compliments a woman is obliged to marry her.
11. The five boroughs of New York: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan.
12. The largest desert in Europe is the Ryn Sands. It is located in the interfluve of the Volga and Ural rivers (on the territory of Kazakhstan and Russia).
13. Japan consists of more than 3,900 islands.
14. The Ganges has the largest delta of all rivers.
15. The USA has 3 cities named Peru and 9 cities named Paris.
16. Less than 1 percent of the Caribbean islands are inhabited.
17. Of the 25 highest peaks in the world, 19 are located in the Himalayas.
18. Until the late 1980s, Bhutan had no telephones.
19. The coldest capital in the world is Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
20. Lake Baikal receives 336 rivers, but only one (Angara) flows out of it.
21. The last eruption of the Japanese volcano Fuji occurred in 1707.
22. The largest ports in the world: Rotterdam, Singapore, Kobe, New York, New Orleans.
23. Nauru is the only country in the world without an official capital.
24. Cuba is the only Caribbean island with railways.
25. The first capital of the Russian state was Ladoga.
26. There are 17 active volcanoes in Japan.
27. On February 18, 1979, it snowed in the Sahara Desert.
28. 23 out of 50 American states have access to the ocean.
29. Despite being almost on the same longitude, Delhi and Novosibirsk have a time difference of one and a half hours. This is due to the special decree time in India.
30. In Thailand, it is still considered impolite to use a fork while eating. A fork is only used to transfer food from the plate to a spoon.
31. The center of Europe is located in Ukraine in the Transcarpathian region between the cities of Tyachiv and Rakhiv, near the village of Dilove, while the center of Asia is in the city of Kyzyl in the Tuva Republic.
32. There is only one river in the world that begins at the equator and flows into a temperate climate zone: the Nile. For some unclear reason, other rivers flow in the opposite direction.
33. Several buildings in Manhattan have their own postal codes. The World Trade Center has several.
34. The highest extinct volcano on Earth is Aconcagua, located in Argentina. Its height is 6,960 meters.
35. The 7 most populous nations in the world: Chinese (Han), Indians, Americans, Bengalis, Russians, Brazilians, and Japanese.
36. Montpelier (Vermont) is the smallest state capital in the USA. Its population is only about nine thousand residents.
37. The capital of Vermont, Montpelier, is the only state capital in the USA without a McDonald's.
38. One of the largest geysers in Iceland, located on the slope of the Hekla volcano, is called ... Geysir.
39. In Malaysia, it is believed that bathing a child in beer can protect them from all sorts of troubles and illnesses.
40. The national anthem of Greece has 158 versions. No resident of Greece knows all 158 versions of their country's anthem.
41. The Ob River has about 150,000 (!) tributaries.
42. There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia.
43. Indonesia is located on 17,508 islands.
44. The Red Sea is the warmest sea on Earth.
45. Residents of the island of Lesbos are called Lesbians and Lesbians, not Lesbians and Lesbians.
46. In Moscow, there is a river called Los, and the largest stream that flows into it is called ... Losenok.
47. In Chinese and Korean culture, the surname always comes first (i.e., Mao Zedong's surname is Mao).
48. The widest street in the world is located in Brasília (the "Monumental Axis," width - 250 meters).
49. In the town of Calama, located in the Chilean Atacama Desert, it never rains.
50. The state of Papua New Guinea includes the islands of New Britain and New Ireland.
51. Amsterdam and Antwerp each have 26 islands, St. Petersburg has 101, and Venice has as many as 118.
52. In South America, there are only two countries that do not have access to the ocean: Bolivia and Paraguay.
53. Hong Kong ranks first in the world in the number of "Rolls-Royce" cars.
54. Lebanon is the only country in the Middle East that has no deserts.
55. Unlike most African nations, Ethiopia has never been a European colony.
56. In May 1948, two New Zealand volcanoes, Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe, erupted simultaneously.