Geography fun facts and oddities

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Geography fun facts & oddities

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Geography fun facts

  • Pitcaren Islands in Polynesia, are the least populated political entity in the world (67 residents)
    • Vatican City, for example, has 825 residents
  • Rio de la Plata is the widest river in the world (max width: 140 mi)
    • the Rio de la Plata is considered a river, estuary, gulf or "marginal sea"
    • it is fed by the Uruguay and Parana rivers at Punta Gorda ("fat point"

Geography oddities

Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon
  • Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon, that drains at high tides