Interesting Geography [via David Angsten]

Sahara Desert



















In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt , Algeria , which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.



















Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island .. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

Spain














Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'


St. Paul , Minnesota
















St. Paul, Minnesota , was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there.


Roads

















Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A : 1%, in Canada : 75%

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