Portal:Geography/Did you know/3


 * ... that Colombia produces most of the world's emeralds (Gachalá Emerald pictured)?
 * ... that Typhoon Choi-wan was the first Category 5 equivalent super typhoon on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale during 2009?
 * ... that the Benham Plateau is located in the West Philippine Basin and its basement is probably a micro-continent?
 * ... that the 10th century reservoir Surajkund and the 8th century dam Anangpur are both located in Haryana, India?
 * ... that the outlying islands of Scotland include the highest sea stack in the British Isles and one of the most isolated islets in the oceans of the world?