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.
WIND TRANSPORTS 40 MILLION TONNES OF DUST FROM
THE SAHARA TO THE AMAZON EVERY YEAR
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
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.
90% OF ALL VOLCANOES ON EARTH ARE UNDERWATER
1 LITRE OF SALTWATER CONTAINS 13 BILLIONTHS
OF A GRAM OF GOLD
97% OF THE WATER ON EARTH IS SALTWATER
70% OF THAT REMAINING 3% IS WRAPPED UP IN
THE POLAR ICECAPS
MOST OF THE REST IS EITHER SOIL MOISTURE OR DEEP
UNDERGROUND IN INACCESSIBLE AQUIFERS
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