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Monday, May 14, 2012

Interesting Facts..> Geography

Guinea has the wettest capital on Earth, with 3.7 metres of rain a year.



Clipperton Island wins our prize for the most unusual looking country.


Only two countries in the world are doubly landlocked: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.


Sick of crowds? Move to Greenland! Greenlanders have 38 square kilometres of land per person.


If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".


The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.


The four largest nations are Russia, China, USA, and Canada.


Brazil takes up 47.8% of South America.


Canada lays claim to more water than any other nation.


Almost the entire Cook Islands are covered by forest.


Contrary to the popular rhyme, the rain falls mainly on Guinea.


Australia has more than 28 times the land area of New Zealand, but its coastline is not even twice as long.