Geography Facts for Kids
Cool facts about our planet
Russia is so big it has 11 different time zones.
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world's countries combined.
Mount Everest grows about 4 millimetres taller every year.
Africa is the only continent that is in all four hemispheres.
The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic that you can find freshwater 100 miles offshore.
The Sahara Desert was once green and lush with rivers and lakes about 6,000 years ago.
Australia is wider than the Moon — it's about 4,000 km across, while the Moon's diameter is 3,400 km.
The Dead Sea is so salty that you float on it without even trying.
The shortest place name in the world is "Å" — it's a village in Norway.
Alaska is technically the most eastern, western, and northern US state because its islands cross the International Date Line.