Geography Trivia
Found some trivia in a Bootsnall article:
Portland, Oregon, where it rarely snows, is about 130 miles further north than Toronto, and over 200 miles further north than Boston.
The entire country of England, with over 50 million residents, is a wee bit smaller than the state of Louisiana.
If you combine England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, then together they are a bit smaller than the deceivingly large state of Michigan.
France is about 30% larger than the state of California.
Crescent City, California is about 15 miles south of the Oregon border, but it’s about 10 miles further north than Newport, Rhode Island. In other words, you can still be in California and be further north than coastal Rhode Island.
Madrid, with summers so blazing hot that most people take a long break from work every afternoon, is about 10 miles further north than Salt Lake City, Utah.
About two-thirds of Africa is in the Northern Hemisphere.
Rome, which is located in the center of Italy, is located at the exact same latitude as Chicago.
Tehran, Iran, with its scorching summers, is located on the exact same latitude as relatively mild Tokyo, Japan.
About 90% of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
If you are trying to get a handle on the climate of India it helps to know its 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.
Sunny and just-barely-tropical Rio de Janeiro is about 25 miles further from the equator than Hong Kong.
Scientists recently discovered that Florida and Hudson Bay in Canada are getting about 1 inch closer every 36 years.
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