- Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie in Australia are famous for gold mining
- Snowy river scheme is the famous multipurpose scheme in Australia
- Darwin is known as Australia's front door
- New Zealand is the highest and mutton exporter
- Lake Eyre is the deepest point in Australia and its the biggest lake in the country
- Lake Taupo is the biggest lake in New Zealand
- Mt Kosciusko is the highest peak in Australia
- Bass strait separates Australia mainland and Tasmania
- Melbourne is the former capital of Australia
- Perth is located on the bank of Swan river
- Nieu is the largest uplifted coral island its the self governing territory of New Zealand
- Gippsland in Australia is famous for petroleum
- Maoris is a Polynesian tribe in Australia
- Cook strait separates North and South Islands of NewZealand
- Alaska was given to US by Russia
- Davis strait separates Greenland and Canada and it is the broadest strait in the world
- Berring strait separates America and Asia and its the demarcating line between Alaska and Russia
- World's largest national park-Yellowstone national park in wyoming
- Titsville in USA is the place where first oil drilling in the world was done
- Honululu is known as Crossroad of Pacific
- Mt Mackinley in Canada is the highest peak in America
- Seattle is famous for Aircraft industry
- Akron is the world's largest tyre manufacturing centre
- Corner Brook in New Found Land ,Canada is world's largest paper mill
- World's northernmost mine- Polaris in Canada.It is famous for Lead and Zinc
- Canada is the largest producer of newsprint in the world
- Windsor is famous for automobiles and is known as Detroit of Canada
- Sullivan mine in British Columbia is famous for Lead-Zinc-Silver
- Mckenzie is the largest river in Canada
- Vancouver is located on the bank of Fraser river
- Yokon, North West and Nunavut are the three federal territories of Canada
- Welland canal joins Erie and Ontario lakes
- Soo canal joins Superior and Huron lakes
- Michigan is the only of the great lakes to be completely in USA
- Kansas city in USA boasts of world's largest meat processing centre
- Famous Hover and Boulder dams are on Colorado river
- Toronto is on the bank of Ontario lake
- Mississipi-Missourie is the largest river system in the world
- Niagra falls is between Erie and Ontario
- Erie canal joins Great Lakes with St Lawrence
- Yukan de Fuka strait joins Washington with Vancouver island
- 49 parallel separates USA and Mexico
- Haiti is World's first independent black republic
- Ejidos-Agricultural community of Mexico
- Florida strait separates Cuba and Florida
- Yucatan strai separates Cuba and Mexico
- Belize was earlier known as British Honduras
- Countries of Greater Antillies-Cuba, Haiti,Puerto Rico,Bahamas,Dominican Republic and Jamaica
- Mosquito coast is in Nicaragua
- Cuba is known as Pearl of Antillies
- Mt St Helens is an active volcano in USA(Washington)
- Ilamatapec or Santa Ana is an active volcano in in El Salvador
- Lake Mead on boulder dam is the largest artificial lake in the world
- Haiti and Dominican Republic together are known as Hispaniola
- Chihuahua in Mexico is the largest silver mine
- Only Central American nation not having Atlantic Coastline-El Salvador
- Only Central American nation not having Pacific Coastline- Belize
- Washington on the bank of Potomac river
- Canada is the largest producer of Nickel and Platinum
- Natives of Greater Antilles are known as Arawak
- Patterson is known as Silk city of USA
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Geography- Continents-Australia & North America(Including Central America)
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