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Africa Facts for Kids: Countries, Animals and Culture
Africa is the world’s second-largest continent, covering about one-fifth of Earth’s land. It has 54 countries and more than 1.5 billion people.…
Mount Everest Facts for Kids: The Roof of the World
Mount Everest facts for kids: the 8,848.86 m height agreed in 2020, how the Himalayas formed, the death zone, and who is…
Amazon River Facts for Kids
The Amazon River flows at least 6,400 km (4,000 miles) across South America, from the Andes in Peru to the Atlantic Ocean…
Alaska Facts for Kids
Alaska facts for kids: bought from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, made the 49th state in 1959, and home to Denali,…
Rainforest Facts for Kids (KS1)
Rainforest facts for KS1, short enough to read together: hot and cool rainforests, the four layers, animals, rain and how to help.
Greenland Facts for Kids
Greenland is the largest island in the world, covering about 2.16 million sq km in the far north. About 80% is covered…
How Wide Is Rhode Island?
Rhode Island is about 37 miles (60 km) wide from east to west and about 48 miles (77 km) long from north…
River Thames Facts for Kids
The River Thames is the longest river in England, at 346 km (215 miles). It rises in the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire…
Compass Facts for Kids
Compass facts for kids: how a compass works, why it points to magnetic north not the North Pole, how magnetic north moves,…
Europe Facts for Kids
Europe is the second-smallest continent, covering about 7% of Earth’s land. It is the western part of Eurasia, stretching from Iceland to…
USA Facts for Kids
The United States of America has 50 states, a capital district, Washington, DC, and five main territories. About 341.8 million people lived…
Niagara Falls Facts for Kids
Niagara Falls is really three waterfalls, the Horseshoe, American and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River between the USA and Canada.…
Grand Canyon Facts for Kids
The Grand Canyon is a huge canyon in north-western Arizona, carved by the Colorado River. It is about 277 miles long, up…
Layers of the Earth Facts for Kids
Earth has four main layers: the crust (about 5 to 70 km thick), the mantle (about 2,900 km of hot, mostly solid…
Amazon Rainforest Facts for Kids
The Amazon is a vast tropical rainforest in South America, covering about 7 million square kilometres across eight countries and one overseas…
Earth Facts for Kids
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only planet known to have life. It is 12,756 km wide, about…
Florida Facts for Kids
Florida is a state in the south-eastern United States, known as the Sunshine State. It became the 27th state on March 3,…
Ireland Facts for Kids
Ireland is a country in western Europe covering about five-sixths of the island of Ireland. Its capital is Dublin, its official languages…
California Facts for Kids
California is the US state with the most people, about 39.5 million. It became the 31st state on September 9, 1850. Its…
Great Wall of China Facts for Kids
The Great Wall of China is a series of walls, towers and forts built across northern China over about 2,000 years to…
