Reels tagged #geography
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Nature
Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth
A desert is defined by rainfall, not heat. Antarctica gets so little precipitation that it beats the Sahara for the title.
Geography
Angel Falls is so tall the water never lands
Venezuela's Angel Falls drops 979 metres — so far that much of the water turns to mist before it reaches the bottom, especially in the dry season.
Geography
Mount Everest grows a few millimetres every year
The Indian plate keeps pushing into Asia, lifting the Himalayas roughly 4 mm a year — faster than erosion can wear them down.