25 geographical facts that are hard to believe (26 photos)

One Reddit user suggested mind-blowing geography facts, and the responses from other Redditors from all over the world did not disappoint. If you haven't looked at a map for a long time or had your head in the clouds during geography lessons, then you will definitely learn something new from this collection.



1. “Antarctica is the largest desert in the world because there is no precipitation.”



2. “The meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs was so large that the incredibly strong air pressure caused a crater to form before it even hit the ground.”





3. “Canada has more lakes than all other countries in the world combined.”



4. “My parents, who live in Canada, live closer to me in England than to my wife’s parents in Canada.”



5. "France's longest border is with Brazil"



6. “Rubies and sapphires are actually the same mineral, and both, like emeralds, are actually rarer than diamonds.”



7. “In Ireland, palm trees grow at the 53rd parallel north latitude. In Canada, at the 55th parallel north latitude, there are polar bears.”



8. “If you get on a boat in Reykjavik and sail straight south, the first landmass on your way will be Antarctica.”



9. "Australia is wider than the moon"



10. "Alaska is actually huge. It's bigger than Montana, Texas and California combined."



11. “There are 14 mountains over 8,000 meters high. All of them are in Asia.”



12. “The distance between New Zealand and Australia is about the same as the distance between the Netherlands and Libya.”



13. "Even though Canada is the United States' northern neighbor, most Canadians live south of Seattle."



14. "Perth is the most isolated metropolis in the world"



15. “California is the closest state to Hawaii, but Hawaii is the furthest state from California.”



16. “Texas is so big that you could fit Copenhagen, Brussels, Zagreb and Warsaw in it, including their actual distances from each other.”



17. “The Great Lakes contain enough fresh water to flood an area the size of Great Britain with more than 100 meters of water.”



18. “Australia is the only continent without active volcanoes.”



19. “Roughly speaking, we live on an apple peel. The thickness of the earth’s crust is approximately proportional to its volume.”



20. “The Appalachians formed before the North American continent separated from Europe, so there is a small part of the Appalachians in France.”



21. “If the Sun were the size of a white blood cell, the Milky Way galaxy would be the size of the continental United States.”



22. “Alaska is simultaneously the farthest western, eastern, and northern part of the United States.”



23. “Point Nemo is the most distant point from any other land (2688 kilometers). Of all the people in the world, the astronauts on the ISS are closest to it.”



24. "China borders 14 countries"



25. “Canada has the longest coastline in the world, approximately 243,042 kilometers. It would take more than 30 years to walk along the Canadian coastline at a rate of 19 kilometers per day.”