Answer:
Barren location, infertile and dry; my name means "to leave", it's not heard to see why
Before Google, we actually had to physically look things up in this building full of knowledge.
Where on earth do the ways always blow from the south?
One am I, among six others: Largest, smallest, cold, dark and two brothers
What goes up but never goes down?
It is something you will never see again.