Brazil shares a border with every South American country, bar two. Can you name those two?
In Iceland, you can walk across two tectonic plates, side by side. Which ones, exactly?
Byblos is often noted as one of the world’s most ancient cities. Where would you find it?
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1. Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. Nearly every other South American nation shares a border with Brazil, with the only exceptions being Chile and Ecuador.
2.The valley in between, in which Þingvellir is contained, is the rift valley. You are welcome to walk alongside both of these plates. One of the park's most pleasant walks takes you between the edge of the North-American plate and an old part of the wall that collapsed away; this is called the Almannagjá gorge.
3.Byblos, modern Jbail, also spelled Jubayl, or Jebeil, biblical Gebal, ancient seaport, the site of which is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 20 miles (30 km) north of the modern city of Beirut, Lebanon. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in the world.
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- Brazil faces the Atlantic Ocean along 4,600 miles (7,400 km) of coastline and shares more than 9,750 miles (15,700 km) of inland borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador—specifically, Uruguay to the south; Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia to the southwest; Peru to the west; Colombia
- One of the top dive sites in the world, the Silfra fissure in Thingvellir National Park is a crack between two tectonic plates. It's the only spot on Earth where you can swim directly between the North American and European continents.
- Byblos, modern Jbail, also spelled Jubayl, or Jebeil, biblical Gebal, ancient seaport, the site of which is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 20 miles (30 km) north of the modern city of Beirut, Lebanon. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in the world.