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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   —
Bird:      Great horned owl
Flower:      Wild rose
Tree:      Lodgepole pine

—   British Columbia   —
Bird:      Stellar’s jay
Flower:      Pacific dogwood
Tree:      Western red cedar

—   Manitoba   —
Bird:      Great grey owl
Flower:      Prairie crocus
Tree:      White spruce

—   New Brunswick   —
Bird:      Black-capped chickadee
Flower:      Purple violet
Tree:      Balsam fir

—   Newfoundland and Labrador   —
Bird:      Atlantic Puffin
Flower:      Pitcher plant
Tree:      Black spruce

—   Northwest Territories   —
Bird:      Gyrfalcon
Flower:      Mountain avens
Tree:      Tamarack
—   Nova Scotia   —
Bird:      Osprey
Flower:      Mayflower
Tree:      Red spruce

—   Nunavut   —
Bird:      Rock ptarmigan
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   —
Bird:      Common loon
Flower:      White trillium
Tree:      Eastern white pine

—   Prince Edward Island   —
Bird:      Blue jay
Flower:      Lady’s slipper
Tree:      Red oak

—   Québec   —
Bird:      snowy owl
Flower:      Blue flag iris
Tree:      Yellow birch

—   Saskatchewan   —
Bird:      Sharp-tailed grouse
Flower:      Western red lily
Tree:      White birch

—   Yukon   —
Bird:      Common raven
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 — Västerås
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 — Qazvīn























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‘etē























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 (București)
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


This blog post is a GeoFact of the Day 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 Madhā in OMAN. Also, the doughnut-shaped territory of Madhā 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 (Madhā). Nahwa is the “egg yolk” to Madhā’s “egg white”!

Question 3:
B . . . . . Pidurutalagala

Friday, December 8, 2023

Benin Post is Updated



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Sunday, December 3, 2023

New Blog Map of Oman


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A new and detailed map of OMAN on the GeoFact of the Day Blog provides locations of cities/towns, features, and country borders. This map is available on the Oman post (↗). To tell me what you think about this map, feel free to comment down below or send an email! What country or other place should be the focal point of my next map?

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