Interesting Facts on World

Saltstraumen Maelstrom Maelstrom The world’s strongest whirlpool is Saltstraumen Maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool. The Nordic word was introduced into English by Edgar Allan Poe in his story “A Descent into the Maelstrom” in 1841. The Nordic word borrowed from the Dutch Maelstrom and Maelstrom in Swedish. This is the combination of mala, to grind, and storm, which means current. This strongest whirlpool Maelstrom is found only in Saltstraumen in Norway. It is located in Nordland, which is just 30 Km east of the city of Bodo. Which connect the outer Saltfjord with the large Skjerstadfjord. In turn, Skjerstadfjord is the world’s strongest Tidal.   Do you know? Up to 400 million m³ (tonnes) of seawater force their way through a 3-kilometer long and 150-meter wide strait every six hours, with water speeds reaching 37-kilometers per hour. This is used when Vortices(a powerful circular current of water) of up to 10 meters in diameter and ...

Have you ever heard that people often claim that there aren't enough hours in the day? Is this really happen! Yes they're absolutely right. The actual time taken by the planet to rotate on its axis is approximately 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds and this is known as sidereal day . The reason behind it that the solar day, the time it takes for the sun to return to the same spot on the meridian, varies as much as 16 minutes throughout the year, due to the position in its orbit.

Interesting Facts on World: Amazing Fact : The largest and most populated continent is Asia, with an area of 44,579,000 sq km . The idea of its size can be had from the fact that the...

1. The estimated literacy rate for the world is 82% . Overall, the male literacy rate (87%) happens to be higher than the female literacy rate (77%) . 2. On average, there are  47 people for every sq km  of the world. Macau, an administrative region in China, has the highest  population density - 18,534 per sq km ; on the other hand, places like Mongolia have less than  2 people every sq km! 3. By area,  the largest country is Russia - 17,075,400 sq km .  The  smallest one is Vatican City , a mere 0.44 sq km .  Believe it or not, Russia can hold close to 39 million countries the size of Vatican City! 4.  Caspian Sea is regarded the largest lake in the world. Because of its large spread (371,000 sq km) and saline water, the ancient people considered it an ocean!

The largest and most populated continent is Asia, with an area of 44,579,000 sq km . The idea of its size can be had from the fact that the total land expanse of the world can't contain even four continents of this size.

The total land area of the earth's surface is estimated at  148,647,000 sq km .  This is about  29.1%  of the total surface area of Earth!