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Mount Everest lies on the border between Nepal and China.
🌍 Geography Fact #286
The Earth's continents were once joined as Pangaea.
🌍 Geography Fact #285
The Sahara Desert was once home to ancient civilizations.
🌍 Geography Fact #280
The Andes Mountains are still rising today.
🌍 Geography Fact #273
The Earth's crust is thinner beneath oceans.
🌍 Geography Fact #264
The Sahara Desert is larger than most countries.
🌍 Geography Fact #259
The Great Lakes were formed by glacial movement.
🌍 Geography Fact #252
The Earth's crust varies in thickness beneath continents and oceans.
🌍 Geography Fact #240
The Pacific Ocean borders more countries than any other ocean.
🌍 Geography Fact #238
The Sahara Desert was once home to large lakes and grasslands.
🌍 Geography Fact #232
The Earth's continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea.
🌍 Geography Fact #229
The Sahara Desert receives very little annual rainfall.
🌍 Geography Fact #218
The Nile Delta is one of the world's largest river deltas.
🌍 Geography Fact #216
The Himalayas continue to rise due to tectonic movement.
🌍 Geography Fact #211
The Earth's poles experience extreme seasonal variations in sunlight.
🌍 Geography Fact #207
The Sahara Desert contains vast rocky plateaus as well as sand dunes.
🌍 Geography Fact #201
The Andes Mountains stretch along South America's western coast.
🌍 Geography Fact #193
The Earth's crust is divided into tectonic plates.
🌍 Geography Fact #188
The Sahara Desert spans across multiple countries in North Africa.
🌍 Geography Fact #187
The Arctic experiences months of continuous daylight in summer.
🌍 Geography Fact #183
The Amazon River basin covers millions of square kilometers.
🌍 Geography Fact #178
The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.
🌍 Geography Fact #172
The Nile River has supported civilizations for thousands of years.
🌍 Geography Fact #170
Mount Everest grows slightly each year due to tectonic activity.
🌍 Geography Fact #166
The Great Lakes contain about 20% of the world's surface freshwater.
🌍 Geography Fact #161
The Pacific Ring of Fire contains many of the world's active volcanoes.
🌍 Geography Fact #157
The Sahara Desert is roughly the size of the United States.
🌍 Geography Fact #154
Water covers more than 70% of Earth's surface.
🌍 Geography Fact #149
The Colosseum in Rome was completed in the first century.
🌍 Geography Fact #139
The Andes mountains were formed by tectonic activity.
🌍 Geography Fact #135
The Earth is slightly flattened at the poles.
🌍 Geography Fact #131
The Earth's crust is thinner beneath oceans.
🌍 Geography Fact #127
The Amazon River discharges more water than any other river.
🌍 Geography Fact #124
The Amazon rainforest spans nine countries.
🌍 Geography Fact #103
The Pacific Ring of Fire contains many of the world's active volcanoes.
🌍 Geography Fact #100
The Andes mountain range runs along the western edge of South America.
🌍 Geography Fact #91
The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth.
🌍 Geography Fact #87
Greenland is the world's largest island.
🌍 Geography Fact #84
The Amazon River is one of the longest rivers in the world.
🌍 Geography Fact #72
The Mediterranean Sea connects Europe, Asia, and Africa.
🌍 Geography Fact #65
Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake in the world.
🌍 Geography Fact #59
The Andes are one of the longest mountain ranges in the world.
🌍 Geography Fact #55
The Dead Sea lies at one of the lowest elevations on land.
🌍 Geography Fact #50
The Great Wall of China spans thousands of miles.
🌍 Geography Fact #48
The Silk Road connected Asia and Europe for centuries.
🌍 Geography Fact #39
Antarctica is technically a desert because it receives very little precipitation.
🌍 Geography Fact #36
The Nile River flows northward into the Mediterranean Sea.
🌍 Geography Fact #30
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level.
🌍 Geography Fact #27
The Sahara Desert was once much greener than it is today.
🌍 Geography Fact #20