What countries make up the United Kingdom?
The UK is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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How many countries border Germany?
Germany borders nine countries: Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
What is the largest country in South America?
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth-largest country in the world by area.
What is the largest country in the world by area?
Russia is the largest country in the world, covering about 17.1 million square kilometers, more than one-ninth of Earth's land.
What is the second-largest country in the world by area?
Canada is the second-largest country in the world by area, behind only Russia.
Which state has both the highest and lowest points in the contiguous US?
California has both the highest and lowest points in the contiguous US. Mount Whitney and Badwater Basin in Death Valley are less than 100 miles apart.
How big is Texas?
Texas is the second-largest US state by both area and population, behind Alaska in area and California in population.
Which contiguous state has the longest coastline?
Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous US, about 1,350 miles.
What is the tallest mountain from base to peak?
Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak, more than 33,000 feet when measured from the ocean floor.
How isolated are the Hawaiian Islands?
Hawaii is one of the most isolated populated places on Earth.
How big is Alaska?
Alaska is the largest US state, more than twice the size of Texas.
Which state is the farthest east?
Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, and technically the easternmost US state, because its Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian.
Which state has the most coastline?
Alaska has more coastline than all the other US states combined.
Is Colorado a perfect rectangle?
Colorado looks like a rectangle, but surveying errors give its border hundreds of tiny turns, about 697 sides.
How many mountain ranges are in Nevada?
Nevada has more than 300 mountain ranges.
Why does the prime meridian run through London?
The prime meridian, the line of 0° longitude, runs through Greenwich in London, which was chosen as the world's reference point in 1884.
How are Paris's neighborhoods numbered?
Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements, or districts, that spiral outward from the center like a snail shell.
How big is Berlin compared with Paris?
Berlin covers about nine times the area of the city of Paris.
Where is Kilómetro Cero?
Kilómetro Cero, in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, is the point from which Spain's road distances are measured.
Where do orchids grow?
Orchids grow on every continent except Antarctica.
Which way do ships travel in the Panama Canal?
Because of the shape of Panama, ships going from the Atlantic to the Pacific actually travel southeast.
How big was the Indus Valley civilization?
The Indus Valley civilization covered a larger area than ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia combined.
Where are the Painted Hills?
The Painted Hills are near the town of Mitchell, Oregon.
Where is Smith Rock?
Smith Rock is near Terrebonne, Oregon.
How high is Bend?
Bend sits at about 3,600 feet in Oregon's high desert.
Where is Silver Falls?
Silver Falls State Park is near Silverton and Salem.