Geography - Facts for Kids

The Welsh alphabet doesn’t have the letters k, q, v, or z, but does have special letters like “ch,” “dd,” “ff,” “ll,” “rh,” and “th”!

If you could dig straight down at the Equator, you’d need to dig approximately 6,378 kilometers (3,963 miles) to reach Earth’s center!

Skateboarding was invented in California in the late 1940s when surfers wanted something to do when the waves were flat!

Borscht, a bright purple-red soup made from beets, is so popular in Russia that many families have their own special recipe!

The Calgary Stampede is a huge 10-day festival celebrating cowboys and western culture, where even business people wear cowboy hats!