March 22, 2026
World Water Day
World Water Day: oceans, rivers, and incredible water facts.
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Calaruga shark media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme
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is Worldwater Day Oceans, rivers and incredible water Facts. Question one.
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World Water Day raises awareness about the importance of freshwater
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and sustainable water management worldwide. On what date each year
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is Worldwater Day officially observed? Question two? In the Western
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Pacific's Marianna Trench lies the deepest known point in Earth's oceans,
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a place visited by only a handful of expeditions. What
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is the name of this abyssal location? Question three? Invisible
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to the naked eye, countless tiny ocean drifters perform a
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massive service for our planet by producing roughly half of
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the oxygen we breathe. What are these microscopic marine organisms called?
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Question four? Geographers love quirky river trivia. Only one major
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river in the world crosses the equator twice as it
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winds through Central Africa. Which river is it? Question five.
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Siberia is home to a lake that holds more liquid
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freshwater than any other on Earth and plunges over a
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kilometer deep. Which lake is both the world's deepest freshwater
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lake and the largest by freshwater volume. We'll be right
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back with these answers after this break welcome back. Question one,
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on what date is Worldwater Day observed? Answer March twenty second.
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The United Nations established Worldwater Day to be observed annually
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on March twenty second, First celebrated in nineteen ninety three.
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It focuses attention on global water issues, from access and
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sanitation to ecosystem health. Question two, what is the deepest
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point in the oceans called answer Challenger Deep. Challenger Deep
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is the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, reaching about
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ten nine hundred eleven thousand meters around thirty six thousand feet.
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It was first sounded in the nineteen fifties and has
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since been explored by crude and robotic missions. Question three
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what tiny ocean organisms produce about half of Earth's oxygen?
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Answer phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are photosynthetic microorganisms that thrive in the
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sunlit surface waters of the ocean. Through photosynthesis, they convert
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carbon dioxide into oxygen and form the base of marine
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food webs. Question four. Which major river crosses the equator twice?
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Answer the Congo River. The Congo River arcs across the
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equator in both directions as it drains a vast tropical basin.
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It's also one of the world's mightiest rivers by discharge
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emptying into the the Atlantic Ocean. Question five, Which lake
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holds the most liquid fresh water? Answer? Lake by Call.
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Lake by Call, in Russia contains about twenty percent of
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the world's unfrozen surface fresh water and reaches a maximum
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depth of roughly one thousand, six hundred and forty two
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meters five thousand, three hundred eighty seven feet. Its unique
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biodiversity includes the endemic by Call seal that concludes today's
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five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions
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were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.
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