Name: 你應該知道的 37 個地理知識！ (37 Geography Facts You SHOULD Know!)
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What if the world you know is just the tip of the iceberg? Beneath the surface, there are places so bizarre and surprising, they defy everything you've been told.

如果你所知道的世界只是冰山一角呢？在表面之下，有一些地方是如此奇異和令人驚訝，它們打破了你所知道的一切。

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Imagine stepping into a forest where the trees are taller than skyscrapers, or standing in a vast desert where the sand dunes stretch as far as the eye can see.

想象一下，踏入森林，樹木比摩天大樓還高，或者站在廣袤的沙漠中，沙丘綿延不絕。

The earth is full of strange, unexplained mysteries that will leave you questioning what's real.

地球上充滿了奇異的、無法解釋的奧祕，會讓你懷疑什麼才是真實的。

Today, we're uncovering 37 geography facts that are so wild, they might sound like science fiction, but they're 100% true.

今天，我們將為您揭祕 37 個荒誕不經的地理事實，它們聽起來可能像科幻小說，但卻是 100% 真實的。

Get ready to have your mind blown. Let's not waste another second. Here comes number one.

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While Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, it's not the closest point to space.

雖然珠穆朗瑪峰是地球上最高的山峰，但它並不是距離太空最近的地方。

That honor goes to Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. Because the Earth bulges at the equator,

這個榮譽屬於厄瓜多爾的欽博拉索山。因為地球在赤道上隆起、

Chimborazo is technically farther from the Earth's center than Everest is, even though it's nearly 2,000 meters shorter.

從技術上講，欽博拉索距離地球中心比珠穆朗瑪峰更遠，儘管它比珠穆朗瑪峰矮近 2000 米。

Number two. France's longest land border isn't in Europe, it's with Brazil.

第二。法國最長的陸地邊界不在歐洲，而是在巴西。

Wait, France and Brazil share a border? Yep, and not just any border. France's longest land border is actually with Brazil. The overseas region of French Guiana, located in South America, is an official part of France. That means when it borders Brazil, it's technically a France-Brazil border. It stretches for about 730 kilometers, longer than France's border with Spain or Germany.

等等，法國和巴西接壤？是的，而且不是一般的邊界。法國最長的陸地邊界其實是與巴西接壤。位於南美洲的海外地區法屬圭亞那是法國的正式組成部分。這意味著，當它與巴西接壤時，從技術上講就是法國與巴西的邊界。它綿延約 730 公里，比法國與西班牙或德國的邊界還要長。

Number three. China holds the world record for the greatest elevation range in a single country. China goes from sky high to way below sea level. At one end, you've got Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth. At the other, the Turpan Depression, a lowland that sinks 154 meters below sea level. The total elevation difference? A jaw-dropping 9,002 meters, the greatest range within any country on the planet. Number four. You can walk from the U.S. to Russia on ice.

第三。中國保持著單個國家海拔範圍最大的世界紀錄。中國的海拔高度從天空一直到海平面以下。一端是珠穆朗瑪峰，地球上最高的山峰。另一端是吐魯番窪地，這是一片低地，海拔 154 米。總的海拔高度差是多少？令人瞠目結舌的9002米 這是地球上所有國家中最大的差距第四點你可以在冰上從美國走到俄羅斯。

In the middle of the Bering Strait sit two tiny islands, Big Diomede, owned by Russia, and Little Diomede, owned by the United States. They're only about 2.5 miles apart, so close that on a clear day, you can see from one to the other. In winter, the water between them freezes solid, meaning you could technically walk from America to Russia right across the sea ice. Oh, and here's the kicker. Because of the international date line, Big Diomede is almost a full day ahead of Little Diomede. So you're not just crossing countries, you're walking into tomorrow. Number five. Most of humanity lives in just half the planet. If you drew a line around the globe at the equator, you'd find something surprising. 90% of all people on Earth live in the Northern Hemisphere. That includes nearly all of Asia, Europe, North America, and a big chunk of Africa. The Southern Hemisphere? Mostly oceans and far fewer people. So while the world feels massive, most of us are actually packed into just one side of it. Number six. The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds. There's a flight in the Orkney Islands,

白令海峽中央有兩個小島，一個是俄羅斯的大代奧米德島，另一個是美國的小代奧米德島。它們相距僅 2.5 英里，在天氣晴朗的日子裡，可以從一個島看到另一個島。在冬季，它們之間的海水會結成固體，這意味著你可以從美國步行到俄羅斯，直接穿過海冰。哦，還有最重要的一點。由於國際日期變更線的存在，大代奧米德幾乎比小代奧米德早一整天。所以，你不僅是在穿越國家，而且是在走向明天。第五個大部分人類只生活在半個地球上。如果你在赤道上畫一條線環繞地球，你會發現令人驚訝的事情。地球上90%的人生活在北半球。這包括幾乎整個亞洲、歐洲、

Scotland, that takes just 57 seconds from one island to another. This flight covers a mere 1.7 miles, and it's considered the shortest scheduled commercial flight in the world.

在蘇格蘭，從一個島嶼到另一個島嶼只需 57 秒。飛行距離僅為 1.7 英里，被認為是世界上最短的定期商業班機。

Number seven. There's a sea with no shore floating in the middle of the ocean. Most seas are tucked against coastlines, but the Sargasso Sea breaks all the rules. It's the only sea on Earth with no land borders, completely surrounded by ocean currents instead. Situated in the middle of the

第七個有一片沒有海岸的海 漂浮在海洋中央大多數海域都緊靠海岸線 但馬尾藻海打破了所有規則它是地球上唯一沒有陸地邊界的海，完全被洋流包圍。馬尾藻海位於

North Atlantic, it's framed by the Gulf Stream, the Canary Current, the North Atlantic Current, and the Equatorial Current. Number eight. There's a hidden forest in China growing inside a massive sinkhole. The Zhaozhai Tiankeng in China isn't just the largest sinkhole on Earth. It's a world of its own. Over 2,000 feet wide and more than 2,170 feet deep, this massive crater is home to a lush, hidden forest teeming with rare plants and animals found nowhere else. Number nine.

北大西洋由灣流、加那利洋流、北大西洋洋流和赤道洋流組成。第八個中國有一片隱藏的森林，生長在一個巨大的天坑裡。中國的趙寨天坑不僅僅是地球上最大的天坑。它本身就是一個世界這個巨大的天坑有 2000 多英尺寬，2170 多英尺深，裡面有一片鬱鬱蔥蔥的隱祕森林，生長著其他地方找不到的珍稀動植物。第九個

The world's largest group of islands is in Southeast Asia. Scattered across turquoise seas and tropical skies, the Malay Archipelago is the largest island group on Earth. It's made up of over 24,000 islands, including the more than 17,000 in Indonesia and around 7,000 in the

世界上最大的島群位於東南亞。馬來群島散佈在碧海藍天之間，是地球上最大的島嶼群。它由 24,000 多個島嶼組成，其中包括印度尼西亞的 17,000 多個島嶼和馬來群島的約 7,000 個島嶼。

Philippines. That's more islands than any other region on the planet. You might also hear it called the East Indies, a name echoing back to the days of spice traders and colonial explorers.

菲律賓。這比地球上任何其他地區的島嶼都要多。您可能還聽說它被稱為東印度群島，這個名字可以追溯到香料商人和殖民探險家的時代。

Number ten. Lake Baikal holds 20% of the world's freshwater. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the world's oldest and deepest lake. It holds about 20% of the Earth's entire unfrozen freshwater supply, making it more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined.

第十位貝加爾湖擁有世界淡水總量的 20%。位於西伯利亞的貝加爾湖是世界上最古老、最深的湖泊。它擁有地球上全部不凍淡水供應量的 20%，比所有北美五大湖的總和還要多。

Number eleven. The tallest mountain outside Asia towers over South America. Everyone knows the

第十一座亞洲以外最高的山峰聳立在南美洲。大家都知道

Himalayas dominate when it comes to the world's tallest peaks. But what about outside of Asia?

說到世界上最高的山峰，喜馬拉雅山當仁不讓。但亞洲以外的地區呢？

That title goes to Aconcagua, rising nearly to 7,000 meters above sea level. It's nestled in the Andes Mountains of Argentina, and it's the highest point in both the southern and western hemispheres. Number twelve. The longest flight in the world takes nearly 19 hours, nonstop.

這個稱號屬於海拔近 7000 米的阿空加瓜。它坐落在阿根廷的安第斯山脈中，是南半球和西半球的最高點。第十二位世界上飛行時間最長的班機，需要近 19 個小時的不間斷飛行。

We talked about the world's shortest commercial flight. Now let's look at the opposite.

我們討論過世界上最短的商業班機。現在讓我們看看相反的情況。

The world's longest commercial flight travels from Singapore to New York City.

世界上最長的商業班機從新加坡飛往紐約。

Covering a distance of about 15,300 kilometers, that's over 9,500 miles, this journey clocks in at around 18 hours and 40 minutes. It crosses multiple time zones, the Pacific, the Arctic, and sometimes even parts of the North Pole, all without touching the ground once.

全程約 15300 公里，即 9500 多英里，耗時約 18 小時 40 分鐘。它穿越多個時區、太平洋、北極，有時甚至是北極的部分地區，所有這些都沒有接觸過地面。

Number thirteen. The deepest hole ever drilled on Earth is over 12 kilometers deep.

第十三個地球上最深的鑽孔超過 12 公里深。

The Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia holds the record for the deepest man-made hole on Earth, reaching 12,262 meters. That's deeper than Mount Everest is tall, and even deeper than the

俄羅斯的科拉超深鑽孔保持著地球上最深人造鑽孔的紀錄，深達 12,262 米。這比珠穆朗瑪峰的高度還要深，甚至比

Mariana Trench, the lowest natural point on Earth. And yet despite that mind-blowing depth, it only reaches about a third of Earth's crust. Temperatures underground hit a scorching 180 degrees Celsius, making further drilling impossible. Number fourteen. Earth's temperature extremes span over 150 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature ever recorded was a blistering 56.7 degrees Celsius in Furnace Creek Death Valley, USA, back in 1913.

馬裡亞納海溝，地球上最低的自然點。然而，儘管深度令人驚歎，它卻只能到達地殼的三分之一。地下溫度高達攝氏 180 度，無法繼續鑽探。第十四條地球的極端溫度超過 150 攝氏度。有記錄以來的最高溫度是 1913 年美國爐溪死亡谷的 56.7 攝氏度。

On the flip side, the coldest temperature ever measured was a bone-cracking minus 89.2 degrees

另一方面，有史以來測得的最冷溫度為零下 89.2 度，冷得刺骨

Celsius at Vostok Station, Antarctica, in 1983. That's a jaw-dropping difference of nearly 146 degrees Celsius, all happening on the same planet we call home. Number fifteen. There's an island that changes countries every six months. It might sound like something out of a spy novel, but

1983年南極洲沃斯托克站的攝氏度。攝氏度相差近 146 度，這一切都發生在我們稱之為家的同一個星球上，令人瞠目結舌。第15個有一座島嶼每六個月就會更換一個國家。聽起來像是間諜小說裡的情節，但是

Pheasant Island, situated between France and Spain on the Bidasoa River, is the real deal.

野雞島位於法國和西班牙之間的比達索阿河畔，是真正的野雞島。

Every six months, the island literally switches sovereignty, belonging to Spain from February to

每隔 6 個月，該島的主權就會轉換一次。

July and France from August to January. Number sixteen. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. When it comes to lakes, Canada is in a league of its own. This one country is home to hundreds of thousands of lakes, accounting for more than half of all the natural lakes on

七月，法國從八月到一月。第十六個加拿大的湖泊數量比世界其他國家的總和還要多。說到湖泊，加拿大可謂獨步天下。這個國家擁有數十萬個湖泊，佔世界上所有天然湖泊的一半以上。

Earth. In fact, Canada has so much water that if we only measured land area, it wouldn't even be the second-largest country. That title would go to China. Number seventeen. Africa is 14 times bigger than Greenland. If you've ever looked at a map and thought Greenland looked enormous, you're not alone. On most world maps, it seems almost as big as Africa but that's a cartographic illusion. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland. The reason? The popular

地球。事實上，加拿大擁有如此多的水資源，以至於如果我們只測量陸地面積，它甚至都不是第二大國家。這個頭銜將屬於中國。第十七位非洲比格陵蘭島大 14 倍。如果你曾經看過地圖，覺得格陵蘭島看起來很大，那你並不孤單。在大多數世界地圖上，格陵蘭看起來幾乎和非洲一樣大，但這只是製圖上的錯覺。實際上，非洲比格陵蘭大 14 倍。原因何在？流行的

Mercator projection stretches land masses near the poles, making Greenland look huge when it's actually closer in size to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Number eighteen. Bhutan has the highest average elevation of any country on Earth. Nestled in the Himalayas, the tiny kingdom of Bhutan holds a sky-high record. It's the highest country on average in the entire world.

墨卡託投影法將兩極附近的陸塊拉長，使格陵蘭看起來很大，而實際上它的面積更接近剛果民主共和國。第十八項不丹是地球上平均海拔最高的國家。坐落在喜馬拉雅山脈中的小國不丹保持著一項天高記錄。它是全世界平均海拔最高的國家。

The average elevation across Bhutan is over 3,200 meters or 10,500 feet above sea level.

不丹全國平均海拔超過 3200 米，即 10 500 英尺。

That means even its valleys are higher than many mountain towns elsewhere.

這意味著，即使是山谷也比其他地方的許多山城要高。

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Maldives barely breaks the surface.

而馬爾地夫的情況則截然不同。

Its islands averaging just 1.5 meters above sea level, making it the lowest country on Earth.

其島嶼平均海拔僅 1.5 米，是地球上海拔最低的國家。

Number nineteen. The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert. Located in northern Chile, the Atacama Desert is a place where rain is almost a myth. Some parts of this desert have never recorded any measurable rainfall, and scientists say it's even drier than Mars in certain spots. And just to show how extreme Earth can be, the wettest place on Earth is

第十九個地球上最乾旱的地方是阿塔卡馬沙漠。阿塔卡馬沙漠位於智利北部，在這裡降雨幾乎是一個神話。這片沙漠的一些地方從未有過任何可測量的降雨記錄 科學家說在某些地方甚至比火星還要乾燥為了說明地球有多麼極端，地球上最潮溼的地方是

Masanrem, a village in northeastern India that gets hit with a staggering 11 meters of rain every year. Number twenty. Lesotho has the highest low point of any country on Earth.

馬桑雷姆是印度東北部的一個村莊，每年的降雨量達到驚人的 11 米。第二十位賴索托是地球上海拔最高的國家。

We just talked about Bhutan, the country with the highest average elevation in the world.

我們剛剛談到不丹，它是世界上平均海拔最高的國家。

But here's a twist. Lesotho, a small kingdom in southern Africa, holds the record for the highest low point on Earth. Its lowest elevation is still a lofty 1,400 meters. That means even Lesotho's valleys are higher than many other countries' mountain peaks. Number twenty-one. The Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth. From the highlands of Bhutan and Lesotho, let's take a deep dive, literally. The Dead Sea, nestled between Jordan and Israel, sits at around 430 meters below sea level, making it the lowest exposed point on the planet. And it's not just low. It's incredibly salty. So salty, in fact, that you can float effortlessly on its surface. Number twenty-two.

但這裡有一個轉折。賴索托是非洲南部的一個小王國，它保持著地球上最高低點的記錄。它的最低海拔仍然高達 1400 米。這意味著即使是賴索托的山谷 也比許多其他國家的山峰要高。第21位死海是地球上海拔最低的地方。讓我們從不丹和賴索托的高原出發，來一次真正意義上的深潛。死海位於約旦和以色列之間，低於海平面約430米，是地球上地勢最低的地方。死海不僅海拔低死海的鹹度令人難以置信。事實上，鹹到你可以毫不費力地漂浮在海面上。22號

Bangladesh has the largest river delta in the world. At the edge of the Himalayas, something remarkable happens. Rivers become oceans. In Bangladesh, the mighty Ganges and

孟加拉國擁有世界上最大的河流三角洲。在喜馬拉雅山的邊緣，發生了一件了不起的事情。河流變成了海洋。在孟加拉國，強大的恆河和

Brahmaputra rivers merge to form the largest river delta on Earth, covering more than 100,000 square kilometers. Number twenty-three. La Paz is the highest capital city on Earth. Perched high in the Andes, La Paz isn't just Bolivia's capital. It's the highest capital city in the world.

雅魯藏布江匯合成地球上最大的河流三角洲，面積超過 10 萬平方公里。第二十三位拉巴斯是地球上海拔最高的首都。坐落在安第斯山脈高處的拉巴斯不僅是玻利維亞的首都。它是世界上海拔最高的首都。

Sitting at an altitude of about 3,650 meters, or 11,975 feet, the city clings to mountain slopes and sprawls into a massive bowl-shaped valley. The air is thin, the sun feels closer, and you're literally living above the clouds. Number twenty-four. There's a phantom island in the

這座城市坐落在海拔約 3,650 米（或 11,975 英尺）的山坡上，向一個巨大的碗狀山谷延伸。這裡空氣稀薄，太陽離得更近，你簡直就生活在雲端之上。24號有一個幽靈島在

Pacific that keeps disappearing. In the vast blue of the Pacific Ocean, there was once an island called Sandy Island, or so we thought. For over a century, it appeared on maps, atlases, even Google Earth. But when researchers sailed to its coordinates in 2012, there was nothing but ocean. No land, no reef, not even a trace. Just a mapping mystery left drifting in open water.

不斷消失的太平洋在浩瀚蔚藍的太平洋上，曾經有一座名叫桑迪島的小島，我們是這麼認為的。一個多世紀以來，它一直出現在地圖、地圖冊甚至谷歌地球上。但是，當研究人員在 2012 年航行到它的座標處時，那裡除了海洋什麼都沒有。沒有陸地，沒有暗礁，甚至連一點痕跡都沒有。只是一個漂浮在開放水域中的地圖之謎。

Sandy Island was officially erased from maps, becoming one of the strangest cases of a phantom island the world has ever known. Number twenty-five. The Amazon

沙島正式從地圖上消失，成為世界上有史以來最奇怪的幽靈島之一。第二十五個亞馬遜

Rainforest is the largest living structure on Earth. Spanning over 5.5 million square kilometers, the Amazon Rainforest is the largest living structure on the planet. It breathes, moves, and even makes its own weather. Home to millions of species and producing more than 20% of the world's oxygen, the Amazon isn't just a forest. It's a living, pulsing system that helps regulate the entire planet. It's often called the lungs of the Earth. And for good reason.

雨林是地球上最大的生物結構。亞馬遜雨林面積超過 550 萬平方公里，是地球上最大的生物結構。它呼吸、運動，甚至製造自己的天氣。亞馬遜不僅僅是一片森林，它還是數百萬物種的家園，生產著全球 20% 以上的氧氣。它是一個活生生的、不斷跳動的系統，幫助調節著整個地球。它經常被稱為地球之肺。這是有道理的。

Number twenty-six. The U.S. and Canada share the longest border on Earth, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific and even up into Alaska. The border between Canada and the United

第二十六條美國和加拿大擁有地球上最長的邊界，從大西洋延伸到太平洋，甚至延伸到阿拉斯加。加拿大和美國之間的邊界

States is the longest international border in the world. At nearly 9,000 kilometers, it weaves through forests, mountains, lakes, and some of the most remote wilderness on the continent.

美國和加拿大是世界上最長的國際邊界。邊境線長達近 9000 公里，穿梭於森林、山脈、湖泊和非洲大陸最偏遠的荒野之中。

Number twenty-seven. On the flip side, Morocco and Spain share the shortest border on Earth.

27號另一方面，摩洛哥和西班牙擁有地球上最短的邊界。

After that epic stretch between Canada and the U.S., let's go to the opposite extreme.

在加拿大和美國之間那段史詩般的拉鋸戰之後，我們再來看看另一個極端。

It's just 85 meters long, barely the length of a soccer field.

它只有 85 米長，勉強相當於一個足球場的長度。

This tiny boundary lies between Spain and Morocco, at a place called Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, a Spanish military outpost connected to Morocco by a narrow strip of land.

這條細小的邊界位於西班牙和摩洛哥之間，在一個叫做 Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera 的地方，這是西班牙的一個軍事前哨，與摩洛哥之間有一條狹長的陸地相連。

Number twenty-eight. The tallest tree on Earth is hidden in California. Towering above the forest floor like a natural skyscraper, the Hyperion tree holds the record as the tallest known tree on Earth. It's a Coast Redwood, quietly growing in a remote part of Redwood National Park,

第二十八號地球上最高的樹藏在加利福尼亞州高聳入雲的希柏裡翁樹就像一座天然摩天大樓 保持著地球上已知最高樹的記錄它是一棵海岸紅杉 靜靜地生長在紅杉國家公園的一個偏遠地區

California. How tall? A jaw-dropping 116 meters, or 380 feet. That's even taller than Big Ben in

加利福尼亞州。有多高？令人瞠目結舌的 116 米，即 380 英尺。這甚至比美國的大本鐘還要高。

London. Its exact location is kept secret to protect it from damage, but it's out there, rising silently above the canopy like a green giant.

倫敦。為了保護它不受損害，它的確切位置被保密，但它就在那裡，像一個綠色巨人，靜靜地聳立在樹冠之上。

Number twenty-nine. The world's northernmost year-round settlement is in Canada, situated at the tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut. The tiny outpost of alert is the northern most permanently inhabited place on Earth. The closest city? That would be Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, over 2,000 kilometers away. Only a few dozen people live here year-round, mostly researchers and military personnel. It's one of the most remote and extreme places humans have ever called home.

29號世界上最北端的常年定居點位於加拿大努納武特地區的埃爾斯米爾島頂端。這個小小的警戒前哨是地球上最北的永久居住地。最近的城市是哪裡？那就是 2000 多公里外的努納武特首府伊魁特（Iqaluit）。這裡全年只有幾十個人居住，大部分是研究人員和軍人。這裡是人類稱之為家的最偏遠、最極端的地方之一。

Number thirty. France and the Netherlands share a border, but not where you'd expect.

第 30 個。法國和荷蘭接壤，但不是在你想象的地方。

Most people picture Europe when they think of France and the Netherlands, but these two countries actually share a land border in the Caribbean.

提起法國和荷蘭，大多數人都會聯想到歐洲，但實際上這兩個國家在加勒比海有著共同的陸地邊界。

On the island of Saint Martin, the northern half is French territory and the southern half is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It's the only place on Earth where France and the Netherlands meet on land, thousands of kilometers away from Europe.

在聖馬丁島上，北半部是法國領土，南半部是荷蘭王國的一部分。這是地球上唯一一個法國和荷蘭在陸地上交界的地方，距離歐洲數千公里。

Number thirty-one. There is a country with no capital city. Nauru, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, is the only country in the world with no official capital city.

第 31 個有一個國家沒有首都。諾魯是太平洋上的一個小島國，也是世界上唯一一個沒有正式首都的國家。

Government offices are spread throughout the district of Yarin, which functions like a capital, but it's never been officially declared one.

政府辦公室遍佈亞林區，該區的功能類似於首都，但從未正式宣佈為首都。

On the other hand, South Africa has three capitals. Pretoria is the administrative capital,

另一方面，南非有三個首都。比勒陀利亞是行政首都、

Cape Town serves as the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.

開普敦是立法首都，布隆方丹是司法首都。

It's a reminder that not all nations follow the same rulebook, even when it comes to something as basic as a capital city.

這提醒我們，並非所有國家都遵循同樣的規則，即使是像首都這樣的基本要素。

Number thirty-two. What's on the other side of the world?

For Hawaii, it's Botswana. Only about 15% of the land on Earth has land directly opposite it.

對於夏威夷來說，它就是波扎那。地球上只有約 15%的土地正對著它。

Most of the time, if you dug a hole straight through the planet, you'd end up in the ocean.

在大多數情況下，如果在地球上直接挖一個洞，最終會進入海洋。

These rare matching spots are called antipodes, points on opposite sides of the globe.

這些罕見的配對點被稱為對頂點，即地球兩側的相對點。

And here's a surprising one. If you're standing in Hawaii, your geographic opposite isn't in Asia or the Pacific. It's in Botswana in southern Africa.

這裡有一個令人驚訝的現象。如果你站在夏威夷，你的地理對面不是亞洲或太平洋。而是在非洲南部的波扎那。

Number thirty-three. Canada has the longest coastline in the world.

第三十三位加拿大擁有世界上最長的海岸線。

With its countless bays, inlets, and over 52,000 islands,

這裡有數不清的海灣、入海口和 52000 多個島嶼、

Canada's coastline stretches more than 202,000 kilometers, or 125,000 miles.

加拿大的海岸線綿延 202,000 多公里，即 125,000 英里。

That's more than twice the length of Norway's, which takes second place with about 83,000 kilometers of winding fjords and scattered islands.

這一長度是挪威的兩倍多，挪威以約 8.3 萬公里蜿蜒曲折的峽灣和星羅棋佈的島嶼位居第二。

Libya is one of the most desert-heavy countries in the world. The vast majority of it, about 90%, is covered by the Sahara Desert. It's a land of shifting sand dunes, rock formations, and ancient oases, with life thriving in just a tiny fraction of the country.

利比亞是世界上沙漠最多的國家之一。它的絕大部分（約 90%）被撒哈拉沙漠覆蓋。這裡到處都是移動的沙丘、岩層和古老的綠洲，只有極少部分地區有生命在繁衍生息。

Number thirty-five. Speaking of deserts, Antarctica is actually the biggest one.

35號說到沙漠，南極洲其實是最大的沙漠。

It might surprise you, but deserts aren't just hot. They're defined by how little precipitation they get. And by that definition, Antarctica is the largest desert on the planet, covering a staggering 14 million square kilometers.

也許你會感到驚訝，但沙漠並不只是炎熱。沙漠的定義是降水量少。根據這一定義，南極洲是地球上最大的沙漠，面積達到驚人的 1400 萬平方公里。

It's cold, dry, and barren, receiving less moisture than the Sahara.

這裡寒冷、乾燥、貧瘠，水分比撒哈拉沙漠還少。

In fact, parts of Antarctica haven't seen rain or snow for nearly two million years.

事實上，南極洲部分地區已經有近 200 萬年沒有下過雨或雪了。

Number thirty-six. The world's oldest capital city is Damascus.

第三十六位世界上最古老的首都是大馬士革。

While cities rise and fall, Damascus in Syria has stood the test of time.

城市有興衰，敘利亞的大馬士革卻經受住了時間的考驗。

It's widely recognized as the oldest continuously inhabited capital in the world, with its roots going back to at least the third millennium BC.

它被公認為是世界上最古老的連續有人居住的首都，其歷史至少可以追溯到公元前三千年。

That means Damascus was already ancient when the Roman Empire was just getting started.

這意味著，當羅馬帝國剛剛起步時，大馬士革就已經很古老了。

And the last one for this video, number thirty-seven.

There are three unclaimed territory on Earth. In a world dominated by borders, there are still a few places that no country claims. These are called terra nullius, meaning nobody's land.

地球上有三塊無主領土。在這個以邊界為主導的世界上，仍有一些地方沒有任何國家聲稱擁有主權。這些地方被稱為無主地，意思是沒有人的土地。

Only three such places exist today. Bir Tawil, a barren stretch between Egypt and Sudan that neither side wants. Marie Bird Land in Antarctica, left untouched by international treaties.

如今，這樣的地方只有三個。比爾塔維爾，埃及和蘇丹之間的一片不毛之地，雙方都不想要。南極洲的瑪麗鳥島，國際條約未予觸碰。

And the disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia, an area that remains unclaimed by both nations. These areas exist as geopolitical anomalies, where the usual rules of ownership just don't apply. So there you have it, thirty-seven geography facts you should definitely know.

還有塞爾維亞和克羅地亞之間的爭議領土，兩國至今仍未對該地區提出主權要求。這些地區是地緣政治的反常現象，通常的所有權規則在這裡並不適用。這就是你一定要知道的 37 個地理知識。

Got a weird, surprising, or just plain awesome geography fact? Drop it in the comments.

有什麼奇怪的、令人吃驚的或者只是簡單的地理事實嗎？請在評論中留言。

I'd love to check it out, and who knows, it might even make it into a future episode.

我很想去看看，誰知道呢，說不定還能寫進以後的節目裡呢。

If you learned something new today, don't forget to like and subscribe for more fascinating geography content coming your way. And if you liked the maps I used in this video, there's a link in the description you'll definitely want to explore.

如果你今天學到了新知識，別忘了點贊和訂閱，我們會為你帶來更多精彩的地理內容。如果你喜歡我在本視頻中使用的地圖，說明中有一個鏈接，你一定想去看看。

Thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next one.

感謝您的收看，我們下期再見。