Countries

Brazil has six main climatic subtypes: desert, equatorial, tropical, semiarid, oceanic and subtropical.

The Ikeda Route highway offramp in Fukushima goes through a building.

Switzerland has no access to the sea, its largest reservoir is Lake Geneva.

In 1959, the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro became prime minister of Cuba.

Cuba's river network is well developed, with over 200 rivers flowing there. The longest is the Rio Cauto, 340 km (211 mi) long, which flows into the Caribbean Sea.

Catholicism is the dominant religion in Croatia (76.8% of the population are Catholics).

Austria consistently ranks among the top twenty richest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita.

The first city on Earth to witness sunrise every day is Gisborne on the North Island.

The total area of the Republic of Mauritius, consisting of the island of Mauritius, Rodrigues, and several other islets, is 2040 square kilometers.

According to legend, the Giant’s Causeway was built by the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool), the leader of the Fianna war band.