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Most people don't realize that South America is just as much east of North America as it is south of it. That leads to many misconceptions. So you may not know that South America is closer to Africa than to Miami. It's also a very long continent so the distance from northern Brazil to Southern Brazil is farther than from Brazil to Canada.

The Sahara Desert is awash in sunlight making it a tempting target for solar farms. And, in fact, companies are building solar farms around the periphery of the desert. But what about the rest of the desert. That presents some problems - really serious problems.

In the oddest of border disputes two countries reject claims to a large track of river front land.

For most of its history Kaliningrad was part of East Prussia and he German Empire until it was conquered by the Soviet Union at the end of World War Two. The Soviets divided East Prussia between Poland and Lithuania annexing Kaliningrad into Russia. It is remains a strategic Russian land and naval location located within the European Union and NATO countries.

Greenland is a massive island nearly the size of Erope so you have to expect some dramatic geographic features and mineral resources not to mention a sea's worth for melting ice.

Seven of ten of India's largest cities are in Sothern India. Yet seventy percent of Indians live in northern India at the foot of the Himalyan Mountains. The climate effect of the mountains coupled with their glacier fed rivers create a plain just south of the mountains that is suitable for farming year round..

Ferries are in service on island chains all over the world but not in Hawaii where people routinely fly instead. What's the reason? In fact there are many reasons and they are all expensive.