Geography Trivia

Geography

• The largest railway tunnel is located in Switzerland and is called the Gotthard Base Tunnel.
• The motorway from Gawader to Kashgahr has a length of 3000 Km.
• The Caucasus Region stretches from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.
• A group of atolls in the ocean is referred to as an Archipelago or Islands.
• Mount Olympic is located in Greece.
• Mount Kigo is located in Kanazawa, Japan.
• The highest plateau (hills) in the world is the Pamir Plateau, located in Tibet.
• The Kobo Hills are situated in Tanzania.
• Mount Pico is located in Portugal.

History

• Tipu Sultan was martyred on May 4, 1799.
• The Battle of Plassey took place in 1757.
• Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492 A.D.

Miscellaneous

• Basel is a city in Switzerland, situated on the border of France and Germany.
• The layer of gases surrounding the Earth is called the Atmosphere.
• The circumference of the Earth is approximately 40,075 Km.
• The formula to calculate the circumference of a circle is 2πR.
• Chess originated from India.
• The Modish people lived in the USA.
• The maximum number of characters allowed in a tweet is 10,000.
• Twitter was founded in 2006, initially called X.
• Google was founded in 1998.
• Yahoo was founded in 1994.
• The Wakkan Corridor connects Pakistan with Tajikistan.
• There are 7 months in the Gregorian calendar that have 31 days.