Facts in "Geography" Category
#2093 - Geography Fact     -1  The exact geographic center of the United States is near Lebanon, Kansas. |
| #2094 - Geography Fact 3 Given their sheer volume, ninety-nine percent of the living space on the planet is found in the oceans. The average depth of the oceans is 2.5 miles (4 km). The deepest point lies in the Mariana Trench, 6.8 miles (10.9 km) down. By way of comparison, Mount Everest is only 5.5 miles (8.8 km) high. |
| #2095 - Geography Fact 0 Ninety percent of all volcanic activity occurs in the oceans. In 1993, scientists located the largest known concentration of active volcanoes on the sea floor in the South Pacific. This area, the size of New York state, hosts 1,133 volcanic cones and sea mounts. Two or three could erupt at any moment. |
| #2096 - Geography Fact 1 Zion, Illinois - located on the shores of Lake Michigan north of Chicago - was founded by the followers of John Alexander Dowie, whose Christian Catholic Church disapproved of pharmacies, doctors, theaters or dance halls. Smoking, drinking and the eating of pork also was prohibited in town. |
| #2097 - Geography Fact 2 At 840,000 square miles, Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is 3 times the size of Texas. By comparison Iceland is only 39,800 square miles. |
| #2098 - Geography Fact 2 According to experts, large caves tend to "breathe"; they inhale and exhale great quantities of air when the barometric pressure on the surface changes, and air rushes in or out seeking equilibrium. |
| #2099 - Geography Fact 2 The surface area of the Earth is 197,000,000 square miles. |
| #2100 - Geography Fact 0 The state of Oregon has one city named Sisters and another called Brothers. Sisters got its name from a nearby trio of peaks in the Cascade Mountains known as the Three Sisters. Brothers was named as a counterpart to Sisters. |
| #2101 - Geography Fact 0 The Dominican Republic was called Santo Domingo when it first gain independence. |
| #2102 - Geography Fact -1 The Chang Jiang river is the fourth longest river in the world. |
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