Interesting Facts about our Planet.

Human Beings all live on the planet we like to call earth. Our Earth is very unique and different from any other planets or large bodies ever seen in the universe. The earth has the ability to sustain life in many forms and is perfectly placed with the right conditions to host the life phenomena. A bit closer to the sun or a bit further away and life would cease to exist. Here are some interesting facts about our planet.

The North Magnetic Pole is about 1600 kms from the true North Pole. While the South Magnetic Pole is about 2570 kms from the South Pole.
Life on Earth began about 3,500 million years ago, just after 1,100 million years of its origin.

Among the 50 big rivers of the world, Nile is 6,650 km long and Amazon 6,450 km long.
Atacama desert of Chile never had any rainfall for about 400 years until 1971. It is considered as the driest plateau across the world.

The oldest known rocks, found in Western Australia are about 3,200 million years old - about 300 million years younger than the planet itself.
Water which has been evaporated today from the oceans will reach back after a period of 1,000 years.

The greatest tides occur in the bay of Fundy.
Man has made beautiful and long bridges all over the world, but Nature has made bridges of its own. Such a highest natural bridge exists in sinkiang, china, which is 312 mts high with a span of 45 mts.

Due to the global warming effect, the level of water in the caspian sea has started rising. This is a warning to human race that any day, the continents may become over-flooded.

Lowest point : Dead sea

Largest Desert : Sahara

Deepest Lake : Lake Baikal

Largest Island : Greenland

Highest peak : Mt. Everest-8848 mts

Largest sea : South China Sea

Largest and Deepest ocean : Pacific

Newest Island : Lateiki

Highest waterfall : Angel falls

Largest Delta : Ganga & Brahmaputra in Bangladesh

Largest salt water lake : Caspian sea

Largest fresh water lake : Lake superior

Longest Glacier : Lambert Glacier

Surface area of earth : 510,101,000 sq. kms.

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