Geography Facts for Kids

The Moon has earthquakes too — they're called moonquakes, and they can last up to half an hour.

Russia's surface area is larger than the surface area of the dwarf planet Pluto.

A rainbow is actually a full circle, but we usually only see half of it because the ground gets in the way.

Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa has glaciers on its peak even though it's near the equator.

Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest lake in the world at over 5,300 feet deep.

Nauru is the smallest island nation in the world, covering just 8.1 square miles.

Lake Hillier in Australia is naturally bright pink, and scientists believe it's caused by a special type of algae.

Mount Thor in Canada has the world's greatest vertical drop — 4,101 feet of pure cliff face.

The Mariana Trench is nearly 7 miles deep — if you put Mount Everest at the bottom, it would still be covered by over a mile of water.

There are 195 internationally recognised countries plus 1 observer state (the Vatican) in the world.