XCR1250 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert; the average yearly total precipitation is about two inches. Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Fun fact of the day. Neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Fresh water?? Nations will be fighting over that resource at some point. Probably China, the USA, or Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old indy Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 somthing like 70 nations have permanent "research stations" in antarctica as well. just another antarctica factiod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 9 hours ago, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot said: Fun fact of the day. Neat. Another: The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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