Mangrove forests store up to 4 times more carbon per hectare than tropical rainforests.

The Berlin Conference divided much of Africa among European powers.

Fact #1150 · Geography

The Sahara Desert is roughly the size of the United States.

Fact #154 · Geography

Norway has a town called Å.

Fact #3407 · Geography

Around 90% of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.

Fact #2769 · Geography

The ocean contains structures larger than mountain ranges.

Fact #1773 · Geography

The Sahara Desert contains vast rocky plateaus as well as sand dunes.

Fact #201 · Geography

In 1812, an earthquake along the Mississippi River temporarily reversed the river's flow.

Fact #796 · Geography

The Earth's continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea.

Fact #229 · Geography