World Geography

Interesting places and trivia

Tallest Building

• • Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is currently the world's tallest man-made structure. It was topped-out at 818 m (2,684 ft) on 17 January 2009.

Artificial Island-Palm City, Dubai

• Total cost 2.3 billion.

• 2 bedroom apartment cost $750,000

Longest bridge

• Hangzhou Bay Bridge

China.

• 22 miles

• 6 lane expressway

Most dangerous road

• Bolivia’s “Road of Death”, Yungas Road

• 200-300 deaths a year.

The Hottest Place on Earth

• El Azizia in Libya where the temperature reached a scorching 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured.

The confirmed coldest temperature on Earth

• recorded in Vostok, Antarctica at a brisk -89.2 degrees Celsius

Driest Continent

• Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapor out of the air.

Wettest place on earth

• Cherrapunjee, India

• 39 feet of rain each year

Lowest place on earth

• Dead Sea (Yam Hamelach) that is located in Eastern Israel. it is located 417 Meters below sea level. (1368 feet)

Largest Rock formation

• Uluru aka Ayers Rock, Australia

Largest Dam

• • Three Gorges Dam, China

• Estimated 180 billion Yuan (39 billion U.S. dollars

Famous Places Pretest

A. Sugarloaf Mountain

B. Pagoda

Roman Colosseum

Kaaba at Mecca

St. Basil’s Cathedral, Russia

Maya Temple

Taj Mahal, India

Stonehenge, UK

Parthenon, Greece

Hagia Sophia, Turkey

Dome of the Rock, Israel.