Geography Facts

1. Even though it has very little snow fall, Portland, Oregon is about 130 miles farther north than Toronto, and over 200 miles farther north than Boston.
2. Cannes, France, the sunny summer playground of the rich, is about 10 miles farther north than Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
3. Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Cape Town and Sydney are known for having unusually pleasant year-round climates, and they are all almost identical distances from the Equator.
4. Similarly,San Francisco and Melbourne, Australia are both known for mild and fast-changing climates, and they are identical distances from the Equator.
5. Cold Estcourt Station in the northernmost tip of Maine has only 4 residents yet London, England is still almost 300 miles farther north.
6. the US/Canada border in the west is determined by the 49th Parallel and is about 120 miles north of Estcourt Station, Maine.
7. Glasgow is about 280 miles north of London.  250 miles north of that is Stockholm, another 370 miles north of that is Reykjavik, and 413 miles north of that is Hammerfest, Norway.  Hammerfest is also almost 5,000 miles north of the Equator.
8. The entire country of England is a little bit smaller than the state of Louisiana.
9. England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland together are a bit smaller than the deceptively large state of Michigan.
10. France is about 30% larger than the state of California.
11. Crescent City, California is about 15 miles south of the Oregon border, but it’s about 10 miles farther north than Newport, Rhode Island. 
12. Blazing hot Madrid is about 10 miles farther north than Salt Lake City, Utah.
13. About two-thirds of Africa is in the Northern Hemisphere.
14. Rome is located at the exact same latitude as Chicago.
15. Tehran, Iran is scorching and located on the exact same latitude as relatively mild Tokyo, Japan.
16. About 90% of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
17. The incredibly remote island of Tahiti is slightly east of Anchorage, Alaska, which is slightly east of Hawaii. In other words, Hawaii is closer to the International Date Line than is Tahiti.
18. India's northern border is the same as the northern border of Mexico in Tijuana, and the southern border is about the same as the southern border of Panama.
19. Sunny Rio de Janeiro is about 25 miles farther from the equator than Hong Kong.
20. Scientists recently discovered that Florida and Hudson Bay in Canada are getting about 1 inch closer every 36 years.

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