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Interesting facts about geography, about which few people know.
1. San Francisco, USA and Melbourne, Australia. These two cities are known soft and rapidly changing climate, and they are at the same distance from the equator.
2.Frantsiya almost 30% more than in California, USA.
3. About 90% of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere
4. Mongolia - the largest country is landlocked.
5. La Paz, Bolivia, is at 3628 meters above sea level and is the highest large city in the world.
6. Mexico floods to 16-20 cm per year, because it is built on top of underground tanks.
7. In Brazil, 13 cities with more than one million inhabitants.
8. Europe - it is the only continent that does not have deserts.
9. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and most shallow ocean. He also is the smallest ocean in the world. Its main cover is solid ice, ice floes and icebergs.
10. Guinea is the humid climate on Earth. The annual rainfall of up to 3, 7 meters of sediment.
11. The area of Australia more than 28 times the area of New Zealand, but its coastline is only two times longer than in New Zealand.
12. Once India was the richest country in the world, until the British invaded it in the early 17th century.
13. Indonesia consists only of islands. Overall, there are 13 667.
14.Persiya changed its name to Iran in 1935
Source: monk.com.ua
1. San Francisco, USA and Melbourne, Australia. These two cities are known soft and rapidly changing climate, and they are at the same distance from the equator.
2.Frantsiya almost 30% more than in California, USA.
3. About 90% of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere
4. Mongolia - the largest country is landlocked.
5. La Paz, Bolivia, is at 3628 meters above sea level and is the highest large city in the world.
6. Mexico floods to 16-20 cm per year, because it is built on top of underground tanks.
7. In Brazil, 13 cities with more than one million inhabitants.
8. Europe - it is the only continent that does not have deserts.
9. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and most shallow ocean. He also is the smallest ocean in the world. Its main cover is solid ice, ice floes and icebergs.
10. Guinea is the humid climate on Earth. The annual rainfall of up to 3, 7 meters of sediment.
11. The area of Australia more than 28 times the area of New Zealand, but its coastline is only two times longer than in New Zealand.
12. Once India was the richest country in the world, until the British invaded it in the early 17th century.
13. Indonesia consists only of islands. Overall, there are 13 667.
14.Persiya changed its name to Iran in 1935
Source: monk.com.ua
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