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EARTH FACTS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

Added on: 6th Nov 2015

 

THE DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH WOULD BE ANTARCTICA'S

DRY VALLEYS. IT HASN'T RAINED THERE FOR OVER

2 MILLION YEARS.

Driest place on Earth: Antarctica's Dry Valleys

 

 

WIND TRANSPORTS 40 MILLION TONNES OF DUST FROM

THE SAHARA TO THE AMAZON EVERY YEAR

Sahara desert

 

 

THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH'S CORE IS 5500 DEGREES

CELSIUS (9900 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT). THAT IS THE SAME

TEMPERATURE AS THE SURFACE OF THE SUN

Earth's Core

 

 

99% OF THE GOLD ON EARTH LIES IN ITS CORE

Earth fact: 99% of the gold on Earth lies in its core

 

 

EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH

PLATE TECTONICS. WITHOUT THEM CARBON WOULD NOT BE

RECYCLED AND THE EARTH WOULD OVERHEAT,

SOMETHING LIKE VENUS.

earth facts: plate tectonics

 

 

90% OF ALL VOLCANOES ON EARTH ARE UNDERWATER

earth facts

 

 

1 LITRE OF SALTWATER CONTAINS 13 BILLIONTHS

OF A GRAM OF GOLD

earth facts

 

 

97% OF THE WATER ON EARTH IS SALTWATER

Saltwater2

 

 

70% OF THAT REMAINING 3% IS WRAPPED UP IN

THE POLAR ICECAPS

earth facts

 

 

MOST OF THE REST IS EITHER SOIL MOISTURE OR DEEP

UNDERGROUND IN INACCESSIBLE AQUIFERS

earth facts

 


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