The above menu provides access to a wide array of Geographical data which often rears its head in Pub Quizzes.
The menu bar is split into sub-sections which provide a simple and quick method of accessing your particular area of interest.
This page covers all aspects of geography including demographics, physical and statistical geography.
The menu bar is split into sub-sections which provide a simple and quick method of accessing your particular area of interest.
This page covers all aspects of geography including demographics, physical and statistical geography.
1. The Earth is titled towards the sun at an angle of 23 and a half degrees.
2. The largest country on Earth by area is Russia and the largest country on Earth by population is China.
3. Approximately 90% of the world's population live in the northern hemisphere.
4. The oldest national flag in the world is the flag of Denmark.
5. The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was some 58°C in Libya.
6. The Amazon Basin is easily the world's largest volume water system.
7. The largest city on Earth is Tokyo. It has 36 Million residents in the greater metropolitan area.
8. The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai at 2,716 feet.
9. The Angel Falls in Venezuela are 3,212 feet tall.
10. Kazakhstan recently overtook Canada as the world's largest producer of Uranium.
Pangaea - the Earth's continents originated from a single continental land mass known as Pangaea. Dating back around 250 Million Years ago it covered around one third of the total surface area of the Earth. The existence of Pangaea was first proposed in 1912 by the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener as a part of his theory of continental drift.
Tokyo - undisputedly the largest centre of population on the planet. There are 36 million people in the metropolitan area.
Useful Geography Links
citypopulation.de | streetmap |map-zone | bbc weather | skyscrapercity | physicalgeography
citypopulation.de | streetmap |map-zone | bbc weather | skyscrapercity | physicalgeography