Geography Facts for Kids
Cool facts about our planet
The Arabian Sea is a part of the Indian Ocean and lies between the Arabian Peninsula to the west and the Indian subcontinent to the east.
The East African Rift Valley is a massive crack in Earth's crust where the African continent is slowly splitting apart — in millions of years a new ocean may form there.
Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America is one of the most treacherous stretches of ocean in the world, known for fierce storms and huge waves.
The Suez Canal in Egypt connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, cutting out the need to sail around Africa and shortening the Europe–Asia sea route enormously.
Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 metres, is an active stratovolcano — it last erupted in 1707 and is still considered potentially active today.
The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain about one third of the entire land area of the contiguous United States, making it one of the most important river systems in the world.
Parts of the Sahara record some of the highest land surface temperatures ever measured — up to 70°C (158°F) — making it one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
The Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, sit almost exactly halfway between Europe and North America.
The Sahara Desert spans across eleven countries in northern Africa and has been a desert for at least 7 million years, though it has gone through wetter and drier periods.
Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe is the world's largest waterfall by total area of water — it is nearly twice the height of Niagara Falls.