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Monday, April 22, 2024
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Saturday, March 23, 2024
Official Birds, Flowers, and Trees of Canada’s Provinces and Territories
CANADA’s ten provinces and three territories each have multiple official symbols established through nomination processes in various years. For examples, the Alberta chose the wild rose in 1930; Ontario adopted the white trillium and eastern white pine in 1937 and 1984, respectively; Saskatchewan selected the western red lily in 1941; and the western red cedar was nominated in 1987 and officially designated in 1988 for British Columbia’s official tree. Cherished species of birds, flowers, and trees are designated as official symbols in the provinces and territories of Canada — only Nunavut lacks an official tree designation as of March 2024. Below is a quick list.
— Alberta —
Flower: Wild rose
Tree: Lodgepole pine
— British Columbia —
Flower: Pacific dogwood
Tree: Western red cedar
— Manitoba —
Flower: Prairie crocus
Tree: White spruce
— New Brunswick —
Flower: Purple violet
Tree: Balsam fir
— Newfoundland and Labrador —
Flower: Pitcher plant
Tree: Black spruce
— Northwest Territories —
Flower: Mountain avens
Tree: Tamarack
— Nova Scotia —
Flower: Mayflower
Tree: Red spruce
— Nunavut —
Flower: Purple saxifrage
Tree: There is not an official tree specified as of March 2024, although the Tree Canada organization suggests the Arctic willow and balsam poplar are suitable possibilities.
— Ontario —
Flower: White trillium
Tree: Eastern white pine
— Prince Edward Island —
Flower: Lady’s slipper
Tree: Red oak
— QuĂ©bec —
Flower: Blue flag iris
Tree: Yellow birch
— Saskatchewan —
Flower: Western red lily
Tree: White birch
— Yukon —
Flower: Fireweed
Tree: Subalpine fir
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Burundi Post is Updated
GeoFact of the Day's Burundi post (↗) is updated with more information. Thanks for visiting GeoFact of the Day today!
Monday, February 26, 2024
Central African Republic Post is Updated
GeoFact of the Day's Central African Republic post (↗) is updated with more information. Thanks for visiting GeoFact of the Day today!
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Capital of Sweden?
What is the capital of SWEDEN? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — VĂ€sterĂ„s
B — Stockholm
C — Malmö
D — Arjeplog
ANSWER
B . . . . . Stockholm
Capital of Saudi Arabia?
What is the capital of SAUDI ARABIA? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Jeddah
B — Rawalpindi
C — Riyadh
D — QazvÄ«n
ANSWER
C . . . . . Riyadh
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Capital of New Zealand?
What is the capital of NEW ZEALAND? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Wellington
B — Dunedin
C — Runanga
D — Herbertville
ANSWER
A . . . . . Wellington
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Capital of Tonga?
What is the capital of TONGA? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Melekeok
B — Nkhotakota
C — Nuku‘alofa
D — Pape‘etÄ
ANSWER
C . . . . . Nuku‘alofa
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Capital of Samoa?
What is the capital of SAMOA? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Matautu
B — Apia
C — Ti’avea
D — Tuasivi
ANSWER
B . . . . . Apia
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Capital of Nauru?
What is the de facto capital of NAURU? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Marghita
B — Yaren
C — Tilichiki
D — Vaslui
ANSWER
B . . . . . Yaren
Capital of Kiribati?
What is the capital of KIRIBATI? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Tarawa
B — Rawaki
C — Nikumaroro
D — Banaba
ANSWER
A . . . . . Tarawa (South Tarawa to be exact)
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Capital of Hrvatska?
What is the capital of HRVATSKA (CROATIA)? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Madrid
B — Paris
C — Zagreb
D — Bucharest (BucureÈti)
E — Bratislava
ANSWER
C . . . . . Zagreb
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Cameroon Post is Updated
My Cameroon post (↗) — link opens in a new tab or window — is updated with more information. Thanks for visiting GeoFact of the Day today!
Friday, December 22, 2023
December 2023 Geography Bee Quiz
Learn more about the wonderful world with the help of a GeoFact of the Day Geography Bee Quiz (↗) like this one! Think of this resource as free food for your mind. Whether you are preparing for a geography bee — or maybe a geography-themed trivia contest — or just want to cherish the positive aspects of our planet, I hope you enjoy these tasty morsels of knowledge. The answers to this quiz are listed below — enjoy and good luck!
1) Fill in the blank: along the mighty Zambezi River, _________ of ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE is the world’s largest artificial lake by volume as of the year 2023.
A — Lake Baikal
B — Lake Kariba
C — Lake Tanganyika
2) True or false: The community of Nahwa in the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is completely surrounded by MadhÄ in OMAN. Also, the doughnut-shaped territory of MadhÄ is surrounded by additional land of the United Arab Emirates.
3) Fill in the blank: standing at over 8,281 feet (2,524 meters) in elevation, the highest mountain of SRI LANKA is _________.
A — Dealul Balanesti
B — Pidurutalagala
C — Hombori Tondo
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Lake Kariba
Question 2:
True . . . . . Nahwa is rare phenomenon known as a counter-exclave — in which an exclave (Nahwa) is surrounded by another exclave (MadhÄ). Nahwa is the “egg yolk” to MadhÄ’s “egg white”!
Question 3:
B . . . . . Pidurutalagala
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