How much do you know about world geography trivia? Very few people know more than five!
10th: Iceland has only four to five hours of daylight in winter, and the rest of the day is night. Iceland is located at the confluence of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, with a land area of about 1030,000 square kilometers with a population of about 340,000. Iceland has a variety of climates throughout the year, with polar days occurring from June to August, with almost no nights; And winter, from December to January, is the darkest two months in Iceland, with only about four to five hours of daylight per day.
Ninth: There is more than one place in the United States called Washington. In the United States, there are 88 places with the name Washington, such as Washington County or Washington Town, etc., in short, there are many.
Eighth: Mongolia really has a navy. Surrounded by China and Russia, Mongolia is the second largest landlocked country in the world, thousands of kilometers from the ocean, but it has its own navy. Mainly in the thirties of the last century, in order to transport oil in Lake Khuvsgul, Mongolia formed a navy to defend oil transportation. With about seven men, it is also the smallest navy in the world.
Seventh: Japan does not have a capital. Many people think of Tokyo as the capital of Japan, but it is not. Because Japanese law does not stipulate which city is the capital, and people think that Tokyo is the capital mainly because Tokyo is the largest city in Japan and the political, economic, and cultural center of Japan, everyone thinks that Tokyo is the capital. In fact, there is no legal capital in Japan.
Sixth: the world's farthest city from the ocean is China's Urumqi, Urumqi is located in the central part of Xinjiang, north of the Tianshan Mountains, is one of the westernmost cities in China, and is also the farthest place from the ocean in the world. The nearest ocean is the Indian Ocean, about 2,250 kilometers, making it the farthest city from the ocean in the world.
Fifth: the closest distance between the United States and Russia is less than four kilometers. I didn't expect the United States and Russia to be so close, right? In the minds of many people, the United States and Russia are far away. But if it is the mainland of the United States, it is indeed very far away, but the US state of Alaska is very close to Russia, the distance is only 38 km. In fact, Alaska originally belonged to Russia, and in 1867, ** was sold to the United States for $7.2 million. There are two small islands in the middle of Russia and Alaska, the one on the left belongs to Russia, and the one on the right belongs to the United States, and the two islands are only 38 km, so the distance between Russia and the United States is less than four kilometers.
Fourth: the country with the most islands in the world is not Indonesia. Although Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, consisting of more than 17,000 islands, it may sound like the country with the most islands in the world, but it is not. The country with the most islands in the world is Norway. Norway has more than 26,000 kilometers of coastline, and there are as many as 150,000 islands of all sizes scattered along these coastlines, making it the country with the largest number of islands in the world.
Third: The most remote and inhabited place on Earth is Tristan Island. Tristan da Cunha is a British overseas territory, isolated from the center of the Atlantic Ocean, with an uninhabited radius of more than 2,000 kilometers. If you want to go to the island, you have to go to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa first, and then transfer to the island, which is very inconvenient. However, what I never expected was that there are still more than 300 inhabitants living on the island, making it the most remote and inhabited island on earth.
Second: Antarctica, the world's richest freshwater resources are in Antarctica. As we all know, freshwater is a necessary resource for human use, but the largest freshwater reserves are not in the places where human beings live for a long time, and most of the freshwater is stored under the glaciers of Antarctica, covering an area of about 14 million square kilometers, which is more than about 72% of the world's available freshwater.
The first: If you compare the height by the distance from the highest point of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, Mount Everest is not the highest peak in the world. Although everyone has the impression that the highest peak in the world is Mount Everest, in fact, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, Mount Everest is not the highest in the world. The highest peak is Mauna Kea, located in the Hawaiian Islands. More than half of the Mauna Caya volcano is submerged by seawater. Experts have measured that the difference in elevation from the summit to the bottom of the sea is 10,203 meters, making it the highest peak in the world from the base to the summit.
So, do you know what other interesting geographical trivia there are in the world?