Geographical facts that surprise you (maps, Russians, boundary)

[green_mariner]

When accounting for precipitation, the largest desert in the world is NOT the Sahara, but Antarctica.

[green_mariner]

Despite its mountainous and landlocked location, Switzerland does have direct access to the sea via the Rhine river. Basel is Switzerland's only cargo port, as goods pass through this city on their way to the North Sea port of Rotterdam.

[portlanderinOC]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

San Francisco is closer to Honolulu than LA.

Can't be, Hawaii is much further south than any part of California. Last time I heard San Diego is the closest mainland city to Hawaii.

[burloak]

Originally Posted by portlanderinOC

Can't be, Hawaii is much further south than any part of California. Last time I heard San Diego is the closest mainland city to Hawaii.

tom77falcons is correct.

San Diego to Honolulu is 2560 miles
Los Angeles to Honolulu is 2551 miles
San Francisco to Honolulu is 2396 miles

San Francisco is farther west.

[burloak]

Reno, Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

When accounting for precipitation, the largest desert in the world is NOT the Sahara, but Antarctica.

Besides being the driest and coldest continent, Antarctica is also the highest. Its average elevation is 6000 feet.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by pch1013

Besides being the driest and coldest continent, Antarctica is also the highest. Its average elevation is 6000 feet.

There are lakes more 12,000 ft under the glacial Antarctic surface.

[green_mariner]

Malta is the only nation in Europe that has never recorded any temperatures below freezing. The coldest recorded temperature in Malta is 34.5 degree F((1.4 degrees C)

[green_mariner]

The world's greatest purely vertical drop is in Mount Thor, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1,250 metres down. Its summit it 1, 675 metres

The Trango Towers, Pakistan is the greatest nearly vertical drop in the world, going from 6,286 metres at the summit, to 1,340 metres at the bottom.

[canadian citizen]

In order to drive from Detroit, to Windsor, Ontario, across the Ambassador bridge, you are going SOUTH.

The most southerly point in Canada is Middle Island, in Lake Erie. 27 US States are either completely, or partly to the NORTH of that point.

Cape Race, in Newfoundland, is the MOST easterly point of North America.

The Trans Canada Highway is the longest highway in the world that is in ONE country. It is 7824 kilometres, or 4869 miles in length.

The Ontario highway, number 401, is the busiest in terms of traffic , per day, of any in North America. It runs from Windsor, Ontario, to the Quebec Provincial boundary, a distance of 815 kilometres.

Jim B

Toronto.