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Amazing Places Facts
- In a volcanic eruption, a frothy rock called pumice which is loaded with gas bubbles is formed. This rock can float on water.
- The water of Angel Falls in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet .
- The Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii is the largest volcano on Earth. It rises more than 50,000 feet above its base.
- Mt. Everest in the Nepal-Tibet section of the Himalayas is the highest mountain which is 29,028 feet above sea level.
- The Nile River in Africa is the longest river which is 4,160 miles long.
- Arica in Chile is the driest place which gets just 0.03 inches of rain per year.
- Yosemite Falls in California is the highest waterfall which is 739 meters.
- Switzerland is the only country to have no mineral deposit.
- Antarctica is the highest, driest, and coldest continent on Earth.
- The largest alpine lake in North America is Lake Tahoe. It has a 105,000-acre surface, holds 39 trillion gallons of water, and is 488 meters deep.
- In the ocean it is totally dark at depths greater than 600 meters.
- The oldest volcano is probably Etna and that is about 350,000 years old.
- The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the earth’s surface.
- The Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply.
- Antarctica has no year round population other than research groups.
- Most of the ocean floor is made of a rock called basalt
- There is an average of 2 earth quakes every minute in the world.
- The circumference of the earth at the equator is 40,066 km.
- The country of Finland has 187,888 lakes.
- The Amazon River basin is the world's largest rain forest.
- The oldest living thing on earth is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.
- Cactus grow in hot, dry places. They have no leaves at all. They have spikes on them to stop animals eating them and have thick stems which store water.
- Penicillin save lives. Penicillin kills a number of harmful bacteria, including those that cause staph infections and pneumonia.
- Bamboo grows faster than any other plant. It can grow nearly a metre (39.4 inches) in one day
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