Some Interesting Geography facts: 1. USSR broke into fifteen new countries in 1991: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 2. Actually, the Vatican City also referred to as Holy See has the smallest population. Although one may not commonly consider the Vatican City a country, they do qualify in every facet as an independent state. Their population is approximately 1000 people. 3. The longest river is the Nile in Africa. The Nile is 6,825 kilometers (4,237 miles). 4. The largest island on earth is Greenland at 840,000 sq miles. 5. An interior region of the Antarctic is known as The Dry Valleys. These valleys have not seen rainfall in over two million years. With the exception of one valley, whose lakes are briefly filled with water by inland flowing rivers during the summer, the Dry Valleys contain no moisture (water, ice, or snow). The reason why the Dry Valleys exist are the 100 mph Katabatic down winds which evaporate all moisture. The freezing temperatures and the absence of water, plant life, and animal life simulate, to a degree, conditions on the Planet Mars. Consequently, the Dry Valleys are used as training grounds for astronauts who may one day make a voyage to our neighboring planet.
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