Geography Facts for Kids
Cool facts about our planet
The Amazon Rainforest in South America produces about 20% of the world's oxygen and is home to an estimated 10% of all species on Earth.
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching over 2,300 kilometres and visible from space.
Tokyo in Japan is the world's largest metropolitan area by population, with around 37 million people living in the greater Tokyo region.
Iceland sits directly on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet — meaning the island is slowly being pulled apart.
Mongolia is the least densely populated country in the world — with around 3.3 million people spread across a land area bigger than Western Europe.
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, covering about 371,000 square kilometres — it is bordered by Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Iran.
Brazil is so large that it covers almost half of the entire continent of South America and borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
The tallest sand dunes in the Sahara Desert can reach over 180 metres high — taller than most skyscrapers in smaller cities.
Lake Baikal in Russia is the world's deepest lake at 1,642 metres and contains roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
About a third of the Netherlands lies below sea level, and much of the country has been reclaimed from the sea using an elaborate system of dykes and pumps.