The Earth is everything but boring - from looming hilltops to inviting valleys, it is full of interesting places to see and to be in. And although looking at pictures of the most interesting geographical points of the Earth might already seem like an exciting enough thing to do, wait until you read our list of these incredible geography facts! So, yeah, this is our list dedicated exclusively to interesting geography, facts about geography, and all the gorgeous places we have here on our home planet.
Besides loads of unbelievable facts about things like mountains, rivers, and gorges, there’s also a category in our list that might be labeled as fun geography facts. And the thing that makes them entertaining is, for the most part, the factor of disbelief. Like, did you know that there’s a place that’s even higher than Mount Everest? Now that’s worthy of a chuckle! Well, at least to us, since we love to be astonished and discover something new about the Earth daily. So, treat these interesting geography facts both as learning material and a source of entertainment, but be careful of falling into a rabbit hole of extensive googling once you encounter a cool fact that basically mesmerizes you.
The best part is that you won’t have to scale mountains or cross oceans to find the most interesting geography trivia - it’s all here on this list. In fact, just a tiny little scroll below! Once you’re there, be sure to rank the interesting facts, so the most incredible ones find their way to the top of this list. And after that, just one more thing left - share this article with your friends!
#21 The Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded Was −128.6°F (−89.2°C)
While Russia might be cold, how cold can it get on Earth overall? The Vostok station in Antarctica reported the lowest air temperature ever measured at the planet's surface on July 21, 1983, at 02:45 UT, with a reading of -89.2°C (-128.56°F). Due to its high susceptibility to marine air mass intrusions as Rossby wave activity shifts across the peninsula, the surface temperatures at Vostok station in the winter are highly changeable.
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#22 There’s A Lake Within An Island On A Lake Within An Island
The super inception. Like a Russian Matryoshka doll, there is an island with a lake inside of it, which houses an island on it… which hosts a lake. Arguably one of the most awesome geography facts, these types of Inception -kinda islands are usually summed up and called simply recursive islands.
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#23 The World's Longest Flight Takes 19 Hours
Nobody likes to fly or ride for a long time. It just becomes too boring to sit in one seat and just wait. The longest airline route in the world, from Singapore to New York, will be operated by Singapore Airlines from October. Approximately 15,322 km (9,521 mi) are covered over the route. Now that is quite a long flight!
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#24 Yuma, Arizona Is The Sunniest Place In The World, Averaging More Than 4,000 Sunlight Hours
The sunny state of Arizona is, well, sunny. Yuma, Arizona shines the brightest with 91 percent of the year's daylight hours, earning it the title of Sunniest City on Earth. You might appreciate the fact that the environment in this town is also the driest and least humid.
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#25 Over 3,100 Animal Species Are Found In Brazil
Ahh, the Amazon rainforest. The wonder of this world, a place where life thrives and plenty of species of animals exist. By current records, the Amazon rainforest hosts an astonishing 3,100 different animal species. One can just wonder what hides in the trees and leaves of this magnificent place.
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#26 Mauna Kea Is Taller Than Everest
Mt. Everest is called the highest mountain for having the highest peak, but it isn't the tallest mountain. If you were to measure a mountain from the very bottom of where it starts, the title of the tallest mountain would then go to Mauna Kea, which starts from the bottom of an ocean and reaches a total of 10,210 m (33497.375 ft).
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#27 Peru Is About 2.9 Times Bigger Than Sweden
Located on the continent of South America, it might surprise you just how huge Peru is when compared to a large European nation like Sweden. Peru is about 1,285,216 square kilometers larger than Sweden, which is about 450,295 square kilometers. It kind of makes you think just how small Sweden is.
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#28 The Deepest Place On Earth Is The Mariana Trench In The Pacific Ocean
The Mariana Trench, also known as Marianas Trench, is a deep sea trench that runs down the bottom of the western North Pacific Ocean. It is the deepest trench that is known to exist on Earth and is predominantly found to the east and south of the Mariana Islands.
Challenger Deep, a minor valley with steep walls on the bottom of the main trench southwest of Guam, is where the greatest depths are found. Cool facts like these might make you want to take a swim in the ocean!
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#29 Australia Has A 600km Wider Diameter Than The Moon
Australia's diameter is 600 km (372.82 mi) wider than the Moon's. While Australia's length from east to west is over 4000 km (2485.485 mi), the Moon's diameter is only 3400 km (2112.662 mi). Even though the Moon has a larger surface area than a spherical one, it is still rather beautiful.
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#30 Japan's Aomori Has An Annual Snowfall Of More Than 312 Inches
With Japan being stuck on an island, the weather there gets crazy from time to time. The majority of the 312 inches of snow that falls in Aomori City each year occurs between November and April. Because of the city's chilly winter temperatures, colliding winds speed cloud formation, which leads to significant precipitation that falls as snow rather than rain. Unbelievable facts like these only boost the tourism sector of this town.
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