This is Lisa Hill's real estate blog, for buyers and sellers of real estate in the Daytona Beach/Port Orange/Ponce Inlet Florida areas. But today we're going to venture out of our little corner of the world, and take a look at some fun geography facts. I think these are pretty fascinating, and I hope you enjoy them too =)

• More than half of the the U.S. coastline is in Alaska.

• The Amazon Rain Forest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply. (Good reason to protect it!)

• The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean, that more than 100 miles away from the mouth of the river, fresh water can be dipped out of the ocean. 
  

• One more Amazon fact... The volume of water in the Amazon River is greater than the next 8 (yes, that's EIGHT) largest rivers in the world combined, AND more than 3 times (yep, THREE times) the flow of all rivers in the U.S.

• Of all the world's ice, 90% of it covers Antarctica. This same ice also represents 70% of all the world's fresh water.

• As if the Antarctica ice and water stats aren't significant enough... Antarctica is by it's nature, actually a desert! Even with all that ice and water, the average annual precipitation is about 2 inches! It's the driest place on Earth, with an absolute humidity that is lower than the Gobi desert.

• The country of Brazil got it's name from the nut; not the other way around.

• Canada has more lakes than all the lakes in the rest of the world, combined. AND the name Canada is an Indian word which means "Big Village". =)

• Except for Warsaw, Poland... Chicago has the world's largest Polish population.

• Woodward Avenue in Detroit Michigan, was the first paved road, anywhere! Thus, it has the designation of M-1.

• Ohio has no natural lakes. Every one is man-made.

• The first business was setup in St. Paul Minnesota. But it was not originally called St. Paul Minnesota. It was originally called "Pig's Eye"! (lol) Why? Because the man who setup that first business there was named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant. =)
  

And that's enough for today's lesson in fascinating geography facts. Some even cooler facts are soon to come! =D

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