Geography Trivia- Thursday Thirties Week 2

Canada has approximately 202,080 km of coastline - roughly 25% of the world's total.

Spain has land borders with Morocco at the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the North African coast. These are the only EU territories on mainland Africa.

Saudi Arabia (2.15 million km²) has no permanent rivers. Its wadis only flow during rare rainfall. Libya is the second-largest country without permanent rivers.

Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia was formed by a massive supervolcanic eruption. At 100 km long and 30 km wide, it's the largest volcanic lake on Earth.

Aconcagua in Argentina is the highest mountain outside Asia. Located in the Andes near the Chilean border, it's a popular destination for mountaineers.

Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 metres (2,648 ft).

As a highlight of the Milford Track, this dramatic waterfall was discovered in 1880 by Scottish settler Donald Sutherland, who reportedly saw the falls as a "flash of white" through the trees.

Lake Volta covers 8,502 km² and is located in Ghana.

Troll Wall in Norway is among the world's tallest cliff faces.

Oman has no permanent rivers - only seasonal wadis.

Accra and Cayenne (French Guiana) are both at approximately 6°N latitude, despite being on different continents. French Guiana is located in South America and Ghana is in Africa

Khartoum and Vientiane (Laos) are both at approximately 16°N latitude, despite being on different continents. Laos is part of Asia and Khartoum is part of the continent of Africa.

Bangkok and Saipan are both at approximately 14°N latitude, despite being on different continents. Bangkok is in Asia and Saipan is part of Oceania.

Despite being landlocked, Azerbaijan has Caspian Sea covering 371,000 km² .

Madagascar has the longest coastline at 4,828 km. Ranking: Madagascar: 4,828 km > Haiti: 1,771 km > Maldives: 644 km > Dominica: 148 km

Switzerland has the highest mean elevation at 1,350m. Ranking: Switzerland: 1,350m > Argentina: 595m > Indonesia: 367m > Denmark: 34m

Sweden counts 267,570 islands, narrowly beating Finland (approximately 179,000). Many of these are tiny skerries in the Baltic Sea archipelago.

Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only doubly landlocked countries. Uzbekistan is surrounded by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan - all landlocked.

Kiribati (pronounced "Kiribaas") is the only country spanning all four hemispheres. Its 33 atolls spread across the Pacific, straddling both the Equator and the 180th meridian (International Date Line).

Puncak Jaya in Indonesia's Papua province is the highest peak in Oceania. One of the Seven Summits, it features the only equatorial glacier in Asia.

Due to the Earth's bulge at the equator, the summit of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the point on Earth closest to the moon and outer space.

The shortest international border is just 85 meters long between Morocco and Spain at the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera.

Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth, located more than 1,000 miles from any land in every direction.

While Florida or North Carolina might seem closer on some maps, Quoddy Head, Maine, is the closest point in the U.S. to Africa

Sudan contains over 200 ancient pyramids, which is more than the roughly 138 found in Egypt.

The Sargasso Sea, located in the North Atlantic Ocean, is defined by ocean currents rather than land and has no coastline.

Mauna Kea in Hawaii measures 33,476 feet (10,203 meters) from the sea floor, making it roughly 4,000 feet taller than Everest from base to peak.

Located within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Victoria Island contains a four-acre unnamed island that sits in a lake, which is on an island, which is in another lake.

With an area of over 30,000 square kilometers, Lesotho is the largest of the world's three sovereign enclaves.