Planet Earth is so vast and beautiful, but it is full of mysteries and unexplained phenomena. One day I hope to find answers, but in the meantime I am happy to learn about some of nature's sweetest secrets. Here are 15 unusual geographical facts about some of the places on our strange little planet.
1. The largest city in the world
The largest city in the world is located in Inner Mongolia, China. Hulunbuir is 263,953 km 2 ( 102,000 square miles), and larger than many countries. The house is only 2, 5 million people.
2. City with a name of 85 months
This city of New Zealand, 85 letters long, is Maori for "a place where Tamateas, the man with the big knees, who slides, climbs and swallows mountains, known as the gorge of the earth, played the flute to his beloved". Until recently it was considered the longest city name in the world, however a city in Thailand with 163 letters is expected to take over as the official title holder.
3. Fully surrounded: Countries with mainland
While there are many countries with Mediterranean regions, only 3 countries completely surround one country. In South Africa Lesotho is totally encircled by South Africa. Similarly, the dominant countries Vatican and San Marino are surrounded by Italy.
4. The deepest man made a hole
The Kola Super deep Borehole is the deepest man-made hole with a depth of 12,261 meters (approximately 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). This hole, located in Russia, is being drilled for scientific research. A discovery was a significant deposit of hydrogen, so large that the mud in the hole began to boil.
5. A modern American state
Alaska is both the northernmost, eastern and westernmost state in the United States. It is the only state that enters the eastern hemisphere, giving it this unique status.
6. A place with a very short name
In the Scandinavian languages, Ã… means river and this ugly word is the name of a city in Sweden and Norway. If you visit, you will notice new road signs. This is due to the fact that the city sign is often stolen.
7. Ghana Special Crater Lake
Ghana's only natural lake, Lake Bosumtwi, is located on an ancient meteorite percussion and is about 8 km long. It is a popular recreation area with 30 villages that cut across the lake and has a population of 70,000 inhabitants.
8. Extreme seas, both cold and warm
Russia boasts the faintest waters in the world with the White Sea measuring -2 ° C (28 ° F). Conversely, the Persian Gulf blisters at 35.6 ° C (96 ° F), making it the warmest sea on Earth.
9. The lowest position in the world
While the Dead Sea is known to be the lowest point below sea level, the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, near the Mariana Islands, has the lowest elevation of the Earth's crust and is estimated to be 10,971 m (35,994 feet). deeply.
10. The flow of the river is against the rule
Geography can enlighten. Most streams stream one way, yet there is one special case, the Nile. It has its source near the equator and hits the system flowing the other direction into other rivers.
11. A sea that is missing from the shores
It is located in the North Atlantic Ocean and is the Sargasso Sea, but you will not hear about its famous beaches because it has no coast. Instead, this sea is surrounded by ocean currents, forming a system known as the North Atlantic Subtropical Nile.
12. The longest mountain range is underwater
At 40,000 km Ή 25,000 miles, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth and most of it is underwater. The section in Iceland is the only section exposed on the ground. The Andes at 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) is the largest exposed mountain range.
13. The oldest constitutional democracy in the world
It was founded in 301 AD. San Marino proudly holds the record as the oldest democracy in the world and has the oldest constitution dating back to 1600 AD. It was established by a Lithuanian, who tries to avoid the persecution of the emperor Diocletian.
14. Cities that have only vowels in their names
Some cities do not like agreements. Aiea in Hawaii and Eiao in the Marquise Islands are two such examples. The Italian mountain Circeo at Cape Circaeum was once called Aeaea, and in mythology it has long been believed to be the home of a witch, Circe.
15. The landless north pole
Suddenly, you think there will be some land at the North Pole, but only the ice on top of a sea. It is not a small block of floating ice: it is 12 million km 2 (4.6 million square miles) and -34⁰C (-29⁰F).
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