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The Greenland ice sheet averages about 1.5 kilometres thick and presses the island's bedrock down below sea level in places.
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Greenland · The Americas
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Canada's coastline runs over 200,000 kilometres, longer than the next ten countries combined thanks to its Arctic islands.
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Canada · The Americas
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Canada contains more lake area than the rest of the world put together, with over two million lakes.
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Canada · The Americas
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Newfoundland runs half an hour ahead of Atlantic time, a 30-minute offset kept since 1935.
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Newfoundland, Canada · The Americas
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Bears gather near Churchill each autumn waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze, and the town leaves cars unlocked as bear shelters.
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Churchill, Canada · The Americas
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Quebec's language laws protect French in commerce and signage, and it is the only province where French is the sole official language.
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Quebec, Canada · The Americas
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Two figure-eight tunnels were bored into the mountains in 1909 to reduce a dangerously steep railway grade.
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Kicking Horse Pass, Canada · The Americas
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Wood Buffalo National Park covers about 44,800 square kilometres, larger than Switzerland.
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Wood Buffalo, Canada · The Americas
External reference (site language): Wood Buffalo National Park ↗
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Alaska crosses the 180th meridian, making it both the westernmost and easternmost state in the United States.
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Alaska, USA · The Americas
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Measured from its own base, Denali rises higher than Everest does above the Tibetan plateau.
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Denali, USA · The Americas
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Yellowstone's caldera is roughly 55 by 72 kilometres, and its heat drives more than half the world's geysers.
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Yellowstone, USA · The Americas
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Established in 1872, Yellowstone is generally recognised as the first national park anywhere in the world.
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Yellowstone, USA · The Americas
External reference (site language): Yellowstone National Park ↗
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Rock at the canyon floor is nearly two billion years old, roughly half the age of the Earth.
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Grand Canyon, USA · The Americas
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A reading of 56.7 degrees Celsius in 1913 remains the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth.
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Death Valley, USA · The Americas
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Stones leave long trails across the playa, pushed by thin ice sheets breaking up in light wind.
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Racetrack Playa, USA · The Americas
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Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985, but much of it survives as Historic Route 66 signed by individual states.
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Route 66, USA · The Americas
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Researchers have identified over 700 languages spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city ever recorded.
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New York, USA · The Americas
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France gave the statue, which arrived in 350 pieces packed in 214 crates and was assembled on site.
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New York, USA · The Americas
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Every hill, lake and outcrop arrangement in Central Park was landscaped. Almost nothing there is natural.
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New York, USA · The Americas
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Engineers reversed the flow of the Chicago River in 1900 so sewage would drain away from Lake Michigan.
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Chicago, USA · The Americas
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Locals call the summer fog Karl, and it has its own devoted social media following.
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San Francisco, USA · The Americas
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Kilauea keeps adding land to the Big Island, and a new seamount is forming offshore for a future island.
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Hawaii, USA · The Americas
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The Big Island contains most of the world's recognised climate zones, from tropical beach to alpine tundra.
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Hawaii, USA · The Americas
External reference (site language): Climate of Hawaii ↗
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Measured from the seafloor, Mauna Kea rises over 10,000 metres, taller than Everest above sea level.
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Mauna Kea, USA · The Americas
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