有哪些有趣的地理知识？
What are some really cool geographical facts?
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网友：尽管在地图上看起来很大，但格陵兰岛的面积还不到哈萨克斯坦的80%。然而，它的人口只有一个小镇的人口，而且几乎没有公路。当地人都靠乘飞机通行。比尔塔维勒是没有任何主权认领的最大领土。有些人曾试图认领它，只是为了好玩。但却没有一个国家宣称它为自己的......
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Bir Tawil is the largest area of land without any recognised claims to it. A few people have tried to claim it for fun, but no country claims it.
If you add the populations of the five least populated continents (Antarctica, Australia, South America and North America), plus the world’s third most populous country (the USA, again) you still get a total less than the population of China. India is growing much faster than China and will overtake it fairly soon. Indeed, people often think that India or China are “about one billion” people, but actually they’re about 1.3 billion.
尽管在地图上看起来很大，但格陵兰岛的面积还不到哈萨克斯坦的80%。然而，它的人口只有一个小镇的人口，而且几乎没有公路。当地人都靠乘飞机通行。
比尔塔维勒是没有任何主权认领的最大领土。有些人曾试图认领它，只是为了好玩。但却没有一个国家宣称它为自己的。
如果你加上四个人口最少的大洲(南极洲、澳大利亚、南美和北美)的人口，然后再加上世界上人口第三多的国家(再加一次美国)，你得到的总数仍然少于中国的人口。但印度的增长速度比中国快得多，应该会很快超过中国。的确，人们经常认为印度或中国有“大约10亿”人口，但实际上他们大约有13亿。
The world’s most populous subnational entity is the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It has a population of just a tiny bit larger than Brazil (which as I said is the fifth most populous country in the world). The world’s largest subnational entity in area is Sakha Republic in Siberia, which is about the area of India but has a population of under one million (ie well under one one-thousandth of India’s population).
The hottest place in the world by year-round average temperatures is the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia. The hottest place in the world by highest recorded air temperature (57°C) is Death Valley, USA.
巴西在人口和面积上都是世界第五大国家。
世界上人口最多的省级单位是印度的北方邦。它的人口比巴西(正如我上面所说的，巴西是世界上人口第五多的国家)还多一点点。世界上面积最大的省级单位是处于西伯利亚的萨哈共和国（译者加：俄罗斯的），大约相当于印度的面积，但人口不足100万(不足印度人口的千分之一)。
按全年平均气温计算，世界上最热的地方是埃塞俄比亚的达纳基尔洼地。世界上最高气温记录(57摄氏度)的地方是美国的死亡谷。
Ethiopia claims to be the world’s second-oldest officially Christian country. They also rank up there as one of the world’s most religious countries (almost half Muslim, and the rest Christian). Unlike the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa which converted to Christianity in the 19th century due to European influence, Ethiopia has its own brand of orthodox Christianity which is very different from Roman Catholicism or Protestantism.
拥有1.3万人口的瑙鲁是世界上最小的独立国家。而拥有1200人口的纽埃则自称自己是世界上最小的国家。然而纽埃的面积比瑙鲁大得多。两者都是岛。瑙鲁以把自己整个岛屿开采到一无所有而闻名。虽然纽埃不是什么有名的地方，但它是很受新西兰人喜欢的度假胜地。尽管在法律上它是独立的，但它与新西兰保持着密切的关系。生活在新西兰或澳大利亚的纽埃人比生活在纽埃的人多很多(大约是纽埃当地人的20倍!)
埃塞俄比亚声称是世界上第二古老的官方基督教国家。他们也是世界上最虔诚的宗教国家之一(一半是穆斯林，而其余的都是基督教)。不像其他撒哈拉以南的非洲国家，是在19世纪后由于欧洲的影响而皈依基督教，埃塞俄比亚有着自己的正统基督教，但也与罗马天主教或新教有着许多不同。
If Australia had the population density of Bangladesh, it could easily fit in all the world’s population.
Countries that moved to purpose-built (planned) capital cities during the 20th or 21st centuries are: Australia (Canberra, from Melbourne), Brazil (Brasilia, from Rio de Janeiro), Nigeria (Abuja, from Lagos), Belize (Belmopan, from Belize City), Pakistan (Islamabad, from Karachi), Myanmar (Naypyidaw, from Yangon).
瑞士2002年才加入联合国。它有着悠久的保守主义、独立和中立的历史。它在1960年就成为欧洲自由贸易联盟的创始成员国，但却在1992年投票反对加入欧洲经济区。2008年，它加入了申根，但它的人民仍然拒绝加入欧盟。
如果澳大利亚有孟加拉国的人口密度，那它可以轻易地容纳世界上所有的人口。
在20世纪或21世纪迁移到专门建造的(规划的)首都的国家有:澳大利亚(从墨尔本到堪培拉)、巴西(从里约热内卢到巴西利亚)、尼日利亚(从拉各斯到阿布贾)、伯利兹(从伯利兹城到贝尔莫潘)、巴基斯坦(从卡拉奇到伊斯兰堡)、缅甸(从仰光到内比都)。
Texas has fought in two major wars for the right to keep slaves (among other things): the Texas Revolution (which eventually made them an independent republic, separate from Spain/Mexico) and the American Civil war, where they were part of the Confederate states.
这些国家没有正式的书面宪法:英国、以色列、新西兰和沙特阿拉伯(沙特阿拉伯已经宣布古兰经是其宪法)。
德克萨斯为保留奴隶的权利而打过两场主要的战争:德克萨斯革命(从西班牙/墨西哥分离出来，最终使他们成为独立的共和国)和美国内战(在那里他们是南方联盟的一部分)。
India was meant to phase out English in the 1960s. but several factors including opposition from southern states who see Hindi as the language of the ancient oppressors and who oppose the racism of the north and so are often quite proud of not speaking Hindi, made this difficult.
As far as I know, only one country is named after Jesus (“El Salvador” literally means “The Saviour”), country are named after Simon Bolivar (the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela). As far as I know, Liechtenstein, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are the only countries named after their ruling families.
北极圈以北最大的城市是俄罗斯的摩尔曼斯克，人口超过30万。
印度本打算在20世纪60年代逐步淘汰英语。但有几个因素使这一过程变得困难，其中包括南部各州的反对，他们认为印地语是古代压迫者的语言，为了反对北方的种族主义，所以他们以不说印地语而自豪。
据我所知，只有一个国家以耶稣命名(“萨尔瓦多”字面意思就是“救世主”)，以西蒙·玻利瓦尔命名的国家(委内瑞拉玻利瓦尔共和国)。据我所知，列支敦士登、约旦哈希姆王国和沙特阿拉伯是仅有的几个以其统治家族命名的国家。
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning ' Big Village.[1]
Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
加拿大的湖泊比世界上其他国家的总和还多。加拿大其是一个印第安名字，意思是“大村庄”
洛杉矶的全称是El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula，缩写为L.A.，只有原来的3.63%长度。
Lesotho, Vatican City, and San Marino are the only countries completely surrounded by one other country. Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa, and Vatican City, and San Marino are both completely surrounded by Italy.
Glaciers store between 70% and 80% of all the freshwater on the planet. 99% of those glaciers are in the Arctic and Antarctic.
The Vatican city is the smallest country in the world at only .2 square miles. That is smaller than the average city!
土耳其的伊斯坦布尔是世界上唯一一个位于两大洲的城市。
莱索托、梵蒂冈和圣马力诺是仅有的几个完全被另一个国家包围的国家。莱索托完全被南非所包围，梵蒂冈城和圣马力诺都完全被意大利所包围。
冰川储存了地球上70%到80%的淡水。而99%的冰川都在北极和南极。
梵蒂冈城是世界上最小的国家，只有2平方英里。比普通城市要小!
9% of Canada is covered with freshwater lakes.
The third-largest country in terms of area, China generously shares its border with Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Tajikistan, North Korea and Bhutan.
其他大陆最多在一个半球，而非洲同时在北半球、南半球、东半球和西半球。
加拿大9%的面积被淡水湖所覆盖。
作为面积第三大的国家，中国同时与俄罗斯、印度、哈萨克斯坦、蒙古、缅甸、阿富汗、越南、老挝、吉尔吉斯斯坦、尼泊尔、塔吉克斯坦、朝鲜和不丹接壤。
The buildings in Manhattan are so monumental that they warranted their own zip codes. Now there are about 43 buildings with their very own zip codes.
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
第一个人口达到100万的城市是公元前133年的意大利罗马。而且每个大陆上都有一个叫罗马的城市。
曼哈顿的建筑是如此的雄伟，以至于它们都有自己的邮政编码。直到现在大约还有43栋建筑都有自己的邮政编码。
南极洲是地球上唯一不属于任何国家的土地。
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1. The second Longest geographical name that is accepted in the world is “Taumatawhakatangihangak oauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe nua kitanatahu” (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand – it is a maori phrase which translates to It was the longest until recently (though the Guinness Book of Records still regards it as the longest); it has most likely now been supplanted by Krung thep maha nakorn amorn ratana kosinmahintar ayutthay amaha dilok phop noppa ratrajathani burirom udom rajaniwesmahasat harn amorn phimarn avatarn sathit sakkattiya visanukamprasit in Thailand (163 letters).
2. Lesotho, Vatican City, and San Marino are the only countries completely surrounded by one other country. .
3. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch is the longest village name in the world (and third longest geographical name). it is located in Wales.
1. 第二最长的地理名称,是世界上公认的“Taumatawhakatangihangak oauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe nua kitanatahu”(85字),这是一座新西兰的小山——它是毛利人的词语翻译来的。直到最近，它还是最长的(被吉尼斯世界纪录仍然认为它是最长的);但现在它很可能被泰国Krung thep maha nakorn amorn ratana kosin-mahintar ayutthay amaha dilok phop noppa ratrajathani burirom udom rajaniws - mahasat harn amorn phimaravatarn sathit sakkattiya visanukamprasit(163个字母)所取代。
2. 莱索托、梵蒂冈和圣马力诺是仅有的几个完全被另一个国家包围的国家。。
3.Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll lantysiliogogogoch是世界上最长的村庄名(也是第三长的地理名)。它位于威尔士!
5. The Vatican city is the smallest country in the world at only .2 square miles. That is smaller than the average city! The largest country is (surprise surprise) Russia.
6. The largest city in the world – based on surface area, is Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia which is 263,953 km squared.
4. 最短的地名是“Å”，它位于瑞典和挪威。在斯堪的纳维亚语中，“Å”的意思是“河流”。
5. 梵蒂冈城是世界上最小的国家，只有2平方英里。比普通城市还要小!最大的国家则是俄罗斯。
6. 世界上面积最大的城市是内蒙古的呼伦贝尔市，面积是263953平方公里。
8. San Marino claims to be the world’s oldest constitutional republic – it was founded in 301 by a Christian stonemason fleeing persecution under Emperor Diocletian.
9. Though Mt. Everest is the highest altitude in terms of sea level on the planet, Mount Chimborazo is the closest to the moon. The Marianas Trench is the lowest place on earth.
7. 人类钻过的最深的洞是俄罗斯的科拉超深钻孔。它到达了12261米(约40226英尺或7.62英里)的深度。
8. 圣马力诺自称是世界上最古老的宪政共和国——公元301年，一位基督教石匠为了躲避戴克里先皇帝的迫害而建立了圣马力诺共和国。
9. 虽然珠穆朗玛峰是地球上海拔最高的山，但钦博拉索山却是离月球最近的地方。而马里亚纳海沟是地球上最低的地方。
11. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the Longest mountain chain on earth (at 40 thousand kilometers). It is located along the middle of the Atlantic. Iceland is the only part of this chain that is above water. The Andes form the longest exposed mountain range at 7,000 kilometers.
12. Mount Circeo on Cape Circaeum on the western coast of Italy was once called Aeaea (5 vowels in a row with no consonants). It was believed in mythology to be the home of the witch Circe. Two other vowel-only geographic locations are the town of Aiea in Hawaii, and Eiao – one of the Marquise Islands.
10. 阿拉斯加是美国最北、最东、最西的三个州。它是唯一进入“东半球”的州，也是最东最西的州。
11. 中大西洋山脊是地球上最长的山脉(40000公里)。它位于大西洋中部。冰岛是这条山脉上唯一露出水面的地方。安第斯山脉是世界上最长的地上山脉，长达7000公里。
12. 位于意大利西海岸Circaeum角的Circeo山曾经被称为Aeaea(5个元音在一排，没有辅音)。在神话中，它被认为是女巫喀耳刻的家。另外两个只有元音的地理位置是夏威夷的Aiea镇和马奎斯群岛的Eiao。
14. In 1811 and 1812, three earthquakes measuring around 8 on the richter scale, caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards. These earthquakes also created Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee.
13. 冰川储存了地球上70%到80%的淡水。99%的冰川都在北极和南极。
14. 在1811年和1812年，三次里氏8级左右的地震曾导致密西西比河倒流。这些地震还造就了田纳西州的瑞尔福特湖。
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Cuba used to be in the Pacific Ocean off the Mexican coast. It got to where it is by tectonically smashing thru Central America a couple hundred million years ago.
There are 18 volcanoes in the US with the potential to erupt again, in Alaska, Hawaii, Yellowstone Park, and the West Coast states.
古巴过去曾在太平洋上，离墨西哥海岸不远。它到达现在的位置，是因为几亿年前中美洲地区发生了大规模的地壳运动。
美国有18座火山可能会再次喷发，分别位于阿拉斯加、夏威夷、黄石公园和西海岸的各州。
The Carribean coasts of Venezuela and Columbia used to be called “the Pearl Coast”. The Spanish used native and African slaves to completely and thoroughly exploit the oyster resource there. For many decades, the Pearl Coast exported a pearl harvest that exceeded the value of Spanish gold and silver shipped to Spain.
几年前，有人想到了一个好主意，他想查看南非河口附近的大陆架。数百万年间，各种碎石都从河流中被冲下去。最后在11个地点的浅水区都各发现了大约1亿克拉的钻石。
委内瑞拉和哥伦比亚的加勒比海岸曾被称为“珍珠海岸”。西班牙人曾利用当地和非洲的奴隶，将那里的牡蛎资源完全开发完了。那几十年间，珍珠海岸出口的珍珠价值超过了南美运往西班牙的金银价值。
Lobsters used to be so plentiful in colonial America that they were fed to prisoners in Massachusetts prisons. The waters around New York once yielded oysters weighing one pound. Birds were so prevelent in the original forests around New York that hikers had to shout to be heard.
十九世纪以前，密西西比河的北部出产了大量的珍珠(来自河蚌)。每10000个河蚌中就可以发现一颗大的、天然的圆形珍珠。当早期的法国探险者到达时，密西西比河上游的美洲原住民都戴着珍珠项链和其他珍珠装饰品。一个名叫J.F. Boepple的德国人创立了密西西比河珍珠钮扣工业。到1890年，爱荷华州的马斯卡廷被称为“世界珍珠纽扣之都”。美国百分之九十的珍珠纽扣都是由这家公司生产的
在殖民时期的美国，龙虾是如此的丰富，以至于马萨诸塞州监狱里的囚犯都吃龙虾。纽约周围的水域曾产有一磅多重的牡蛎。而且在纽约周围的原始森林里，鸟类非常多，徒步旅行者们必须大声喊叫才能听到彼此的声音。
Around 1200 AD, Polynesian mariners crossed 2,500 miles of ocean to reach Easter Island. Later, Polynesian mariners crossed 4,000 miles of ocean to reach Peru.
The first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (after the invention of the compass) was about 3,000 miles.
维京人在10世纪就曾跨越北冰洋来到冰岛定居。
公元1200年左右，波利尼西亚水手曾跨越2500英里的海洋到达复活节岛。后来，波利尼西亚水手还曾跨越4000英里的海洋到达秘鲁。
克里斯托弗·哥伦布的第一次航行是在1492年(在指南针发明之后)，航行了大约3000英里。
最早登陆西半球的人类是非洲渔民，大约3万年前，他们被风暴卷到海里，然后被带到巴西，很可能是在里约热内卢附近。在那里生存了多个世纪，人口并逐渐增加。他们留下了壁炉和洞穴壁画。它们安然无恙地生存了20个世纪。直到大约1万年前，美洲原住民从陆路来到这里，攻击他们，最终将他们赶到火地岛南部。2000年前，一艘满载摩洛哥葡萄酒和橄榄油的罗马船也曾遭到被风吹到南美的命运。
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Cossacks derive from serfs who fled feudal servitude in medi eastern Europe.
Old World livestock and crop and decorative plants (and weeds) are pervasive in the New World. Conversely, very few New World plants and animals - mostly corn, tomatoes, potatoes, and turkeys - have similarly penetrated the Old World.
吉普赛人之所以有这个名字，是因为人们认为他们是从埃及来到欧洲的。
哥萨克人，起源于中世纪东欧逃离封建奴役的农奴。
旧大陆的牲畜、农作物和装饰植物(以及杂草)在新大陆随处可见。相反，很少有新世界的植物和动物渗透到旧世界，除了玉米、西红柿、土豆和火鸡。
1.Russia is so large that it spreads over 11 different time zones. When one side of Russia has a morning breakfast at 8 am; the other side enjoys evening snacks at 7 pm
2.The largest ocean in the world, Pacific Ocean
3. 22 of the 25 largest volcanic eruptions in the last 11,700 years occurred in the ‘Ring of Fire’.
4.Around 90% of the world population lives in the northern hemisphere.
1.俄罗斯幅员辽阔，横跨11个不同的时区。当俄罗斯的一边还在早上8点吃早餐;而对方已经在晚上7点吃宵夜。
2.世界上最大的海洋——太平洋。
3.在过去的11700年里，25次大规模的火山爆发中有22次发生在“火山带”。
4.世界上大约90%的人口生活在北半球。
6. The Rivers originating from Tibetan Plateau are the source of living for almost 2.7 Billion people in the World!!!
7. Himalayan Mountain ranges are the only one of its kind to spread over six countries.
5. 在泰姬陵上空禁止飞机飞行
6. 发源于青藏高原的河流是世界上近27亿人的水来源!!
7. 喜马拉雅山脉是唯一分布在六个国家的山脉。
9. Finland and North Korea are separated by just one country.
The reason I say one country is from North Korea you can get to Finland by only through Russia without accessing the borders of other countries.
10. Greenland is not bigger than Africa.
8. 伊斯坦布尔是世界上唯一一个位于两个不同大洲的城市。
9. 芬兰和朝鲜只隔着一个国家。
我是说从朝鲜去芬兰，你只能通过俄罗斯而不需要进入其他国家的边界。
10. 格陵兰岛并不比非洲大。
75% of all fresh water available on earth is stored in the glacier. Also, Lake Baikal in Russia contains 20% of the total non-frozen fresh water available on our planet.
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. 90%of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
地球上75%的淡水都储存在冰川中。此外，俄罗斯的贝加尔湖含有地球上20%的非冰冻淡水。
南极洲是地球上唯一不属于任何国家的土地。世界上90%的冰都覆盖着南极洲。这些冰也代表了世界上70%的淡水。然而，说起来很奇怪的是，南极洲实际上是一片冰原荒漠。因为南极洲是地球上最干燥的地方，绝对湿度比戈壁沙漠还低。
亚马逊雨林生产了世界上20%以上的氧气供应。
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , everyone is man-made.
In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt , Algeria , which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.
加拿大的湖泊比世界上其他国家的总和还多。
俄亥俄州没有天然湖泊，每个湖都是人造的。
在撒哈拉沙漠，阿尔及利亚有一个叫迪迪克尔特的小镇，十年没有下过一滴雨。