The Earth


Estimated Weight (mass) (5,940,000,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons)
Estimated Age 4.6 billion years
Current Population 6,135,000,000
Surface Area (510,066,000 sq km)
Land Area (148,429,000 sq km) 29.1%
Ocean Area (361,637,000 sq km) 70.9%
Total Water Area (382,672,000 sq km)
Type of Water (97% salt), (3% fresh)
Circumference at the equator (40,066 km)
Circumference at the poles (39, 992 km)
Diameter at the equator (12,753 km)
Diameter at the poles (12,710 km)
Radius at the equator (6,376 km)
Radius at the poles (6,355 km)
Orbit Speeds The earth orbits the Sun at (66,700 mph), (107,320 km per hour)
Sun Orbit The earth orbits the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds To convert km (kilometres) to miles, multiply kilometres by: 0.621371  To convert sq km (kilometres) to sq miles, multiply kilometres by: 0.386102
OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by size)
Pacific (166,241,000 sq km)
Atlantic (86,557,000 sq km)
Indian (73,427,000 sq km)
Arctic (9,485,000 sq km)
 OCEANS' GREATEST DEPTHS
Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft.
Puerto Rico Trench, Atlantic Ocean 28,232 ft
Java Trench, Indian Ocean 23,376 ft
Arctic Basin, Arctic Ocean 16,804 ft
 MAJOR SEAS (by size)
South China (2,974,600 sq km)
Caribbean (2,515,900 sq km)
Mediterranean (2,510,000 sq km)
Bering (2,261,100 sq km)
Gulf of Mexico (1,507,600 sq km)
Sea of Okhotsk (1,392,100 sq km)
Sea of Japan. or East Sea (1,012,900 sq km)
Hudson Bay (730,100 sq km)
East China (664,600 sq km)
Andaman (564,900 sq km)
Black (507,900 sq km)
Red (453,000 sq km)
 MAJOR ISLANDS (by size)
Australia,(7,617.930 sq km) is the largest island on the planet, and combined with Oceania, the smallest continent on Earth.
Greenland (2,175,600 sq km)
New Guinea (792,500 sq km)
Borneo (725,500 sq km)
Madagascar (587,000 sq km)
Baffin (507,500 sq km)
Sumatra (427,300 sq km)
Honshu (227,400 sq km)
Great Britain (218,100 sq km)
Victoria (217,300 sq km)
Ellesmere (196,200 sq km)
Celebes (178,650 sq km)
New Zealand (south) (151,000 sq km)
Java (126,700 sq km)
New Zealand (north) (114,000 sq km)
Newfoundland (108,900 sq km)
 MAJOR RIVERS (By Length) Nile, Africa (6,825 km)
Amazon, South America (6,437 km)
Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia (6,380 km)
Mississippi, North America (5,971 km)
Yenisey-Angara, Asia (5,536 km)
Huang (Yellow), Asia (5,464 km)
Ob-Irtysh, Asia (5,410 km)
Amur, Asia (4,416 km)
Lena, Asia (4,400 km)
Congo, Africa (4,370 km)
Mackenzie-Peace, North America (4,241 km)
Mekong, Asia (4,184 km) Niger, Africa (4,171 km
 MAJOR LAKES (By Size) Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)
Superior, North America (82,100 sq km)
Victoria, Africa (69,500 sq km)
Huron, North America (59,600 sq km)
Michigan, North America (57,800 sq km)
Tanganyika, Africa (32,900 sq km)
Baikal, Asia (31,500 sq km)
Great Bear, North America (31,300 sq km)
Aral Sea, Asia (30,700 sq km)
Malawi, Africa (28,900 sq km)
Great Slave, Canada (28,568 sq km)
Erie, North America (25,667 sq km)
Winnipeg, Canada (24,387 sq km)
Ontario, North America (19,529 sq km)
Balk hash, Kazakhstan (18,300 sq km)
 DEEPEST LAKES (By Greatest Depth) Baikal, Russian Fed. (5,315 ft)
Tanganyika, Africa (4,800 ft)
Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (3,363 ft)
Malawi or Nyasa, Africa (2,317 ft)
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan (2,303 ft)
 Hottest, Coldest, Driest, Wettest
Hottest Place Dalol, Denakil Depression, Ethiopia, annual average temperature (93.2°F, 34°C)
Cold Place Plateau Station, Antarctica, annual average temperature (-56.7°C)
Wettest Place Mawsynram, Assam, India, annual average rainfall (11,873 mm, 467.4")
Driest Place Atacama Desert, Chile, imperceptible rainfall on a yearly basis
 TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS (By Size) Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Nepal
Qogir (K2) 8611m (28250ft) Pakistan
Kanchenjunga 8586m (28169ft) India
Lhotse 8501m (27920ft) Nepal
Makalu I 8462m (27765ft) Nepal
Cho Oyu 8201m (26906ft) Nepal
Dhaulagiri 8167m (26794ft) Nepal
Manaslu I 8156m (26758ft) Nepal
Nanda Parbat 8125m (26658ft) India
Annapurna I 8091m (26545ft) Nepal
The dormant volcano Mauna Kea (on the Big Island of Hawaii) could be considered the tallest mountain in the world. If you measure it from its base in the Hawaiian Trough (3,280 fathoms deep) to its summit of 13,796 feet, it reaches a height of 33,476 feet.
TALLEST MOUNTAINS (On Each Continent) Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Asia
Aconcagua 6959m (22831ft) S. America
Mount McKinley 6194m (20320ft) N. America
Mount Kilimanjaro 5963m (19563ft) Africa
Mount Elbrus 5633m (18481ft) Europe
Puncak Jaya 4884m (16023ft) Oceania
Vinson Massif 4897m (16066ft) Antarctica
 DRIEST INHABITED PLACES (Rain fall in inches per year)
Aswan, Egypt 0.02"
Luxor, Egypt 0.03"
Arica Desert, Chile 0.04"
Ica, Peru 0.1"
Antofagasta, Chile 0.2"
El Minya, Egypt 0.2"
Asyut, Egypt 0.2"
dotWETTEST INHABITED PLACES (Rain fall in inches per year)
Buenaventura, Colombia 267"
Monrovia, Liberia 202"
Pagp Pago, American Samoa 198"
Moulein, Burma (Myanmar 192"
Lea, Papua New Guinea 183"
Baguio, Philippines180"
Sylhet, Bangladesh 178"
LARGEST DESERTS OF THE WORLD SUBTROPICAL
Sahara, North Africa 3,500,000 sq. miles
Arabian, Middle East 1,000,000 sq. miles
Great Victoria, Australia 250,000 sq. miles
Kalahari, S. Africa 225,000 sq. miles
Chihuahua, Mexico 175,000 sq. miles
Thar, India175,000 sq. miles and few part in Pakistan
Great Sandy, Australia 150,000 sq. miles
Gibson, Australia 120,000 sq. miles
Sonoran, S.W. USA 120,000 sq. miles
Simpson/Stony, N. Africa 56,000 sq. miles
Mohave, S,W, USA 54,000 sq. miles
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COOL COASTAL
Atacama, Chile SA 54,000 sq. miles
Nimbi, S.W. Africa 13,000 sq. miles
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COLD WINTER
Gobi, China 500,000 sq. miles
Patagonian, Argentina 260,000 sq. miles
Great Basin, S.W. USA 190,000 sq. miles
Kara-Kum, West Asia 135,000 sq. miles
Colorado, Western USA 130,000 sq. miles also called the Painted Desert
Kyzyl-Kum, West Asia 115,000 sq. miles
Taklamakan, China 105,000 sq. miles
Iranian, Iran 100,000 sq. miles
 CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD (populations in red)
Africa (30,065,000 sq km) (771,000,000)
Antarctica (13,209,000 sq km) (0)
Asia (44,579,000 sq km) (3,638,000,000)
Australia/Oceania (7,687,000 sq km) (31,000,000)
Europe (9,938,000 sq km) (729,000,000)
North America (24,256,000 sq km) (477,000,000)
South America (17,819,000 sq km) (339,000,000)
NOTES:   The Caribbean and Central America are part of North America. The Middle East is part of Asia. Many modern atlases and geography experts now consider the established continent of Australia to be better defined as Australia/Oceania, which then includes all of (Australia), the large island groups of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the countless volcanic and coral islands of the south Pacific Ocean including Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. View a detailed map of that continent. In Europe students are still taught that there are only six continents, as they combine North America and South America into one continent called Americas. Other experts also use six continents by combining Europe and Asia into a continent called Eurasia. We choose to feature seven continents.
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
Countries of the World (a complete list)
ECONOMY OF ANY COUNTRY including facts on gross domestic product (GDP), household incomes, inflation rate, labour force, unemployment rates, budget, industries, agriculture, exports, imports, debt, currency, exchange rates, and much more...here!
 dotLARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,812 sq miles)
Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,612,187 sq miles)
China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,927 sq miles)
United States 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,224 sq miles)
Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,059 sq miles)
Australia 7,617,930 sq km, (2,941,283 sq miles)
India 2,973,190 sq km, (1,147,949 sq miles)
Argentina 2,736,690 sq km, (1,056,636 sq miles)
Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km, (1,049,150 sq miles)
Sudan 2,376,000 sq km, (917,374 sq miles)
SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
Vatican City 0.44 sq km, (0.17 sq miles)
Monaco 1.95 sq km, (0.75 sq miles)
Nauru 21.2 sq km, (8.2 sq miles)
Tuvalu 26 sq km, (10 sq miles)
San Marino 61 sq km, (24 sq miles)
Liechtenstein 160 sq km, (62 sq miles)
Marshall Islands 181 sq km, (70 sq miles)
Seychelles 270 sq km, (104 sq miles)
Maldives 300 sq km, (116 sq miles)
St. Kitts and Nevis 360 sq km, (139 sq miles)
OLDEST COUNTRIES
San Marino (301 AD)
France (486 AD)
Denmark (950 AD)
Andorra (1278 AD)
Switzerland (1291 AD)
YOUNGEST COUNTRIES
Bosnia/Herzegovina (1992)
Slovakia (1993)
Eritrea (1993)
Czech Republic (1993)
Palau (1994)
RICHEST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars)
Luxembourg ($45,360)
Switzerland ($44,355)
Japan ($41,010)
Liechtenstein ($40,000)
Norway ($34,515)
POOREST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars)
Mozambique ($80)
Somalia ($100)
Eritrea ($100)
Ethiopia ($100)
Congo, DNC ($100)
 COUNTRIES WITH MOST LAND BORDERS (The Most Neighbouring Countries)
China (14)
Russian Federation (14)
Brazil (10)
Congo, Germany and Sudan (9)
Austria, France, Tanzania, Turkey and Zambia (8)
 DEPENDENCIES AND TERRITORIES Numerous areas of the world (most often islands) are under the economic and military protection of another country. These dependencies and territories are usually small and remote. Some still aspire to gain independence, while others would be unable to survive as an independent country based on global positioning and economic conditions.
Dependencies and Territories of the World (a complete list)
 LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE WORLD (Revised (09/01/00)
Tokyo, Japan 28.1 million
New York City, USA 20.2 million
Mexico City, Mexico 18.1 million
Mumbai, India (Bombay) 18.2 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 17.8 million
Los Angeles, USA 15.9 million
Shanghai, China 14.3 million
Lagos, Nigeria 13.7 million
Kolkata, India (Calcutta) 13 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 12.6 million
CITIES OF THE WORLD POPULATION
Complete list of Top 100 Cities Complete list of Capital Cities
 COUNTRY POPULATION FIGURES
Complete list of Top 100 Countries
 COUNTRY POPULATION (Highest Density) (people per square mile)
Monaco 44,040
Singapore 14,315
Malta 3,128
Maldives 2,621
Bahrain 2,611
Bangladesh 2,286
Taiwan 1,591
Barbados 1,561
Mauritius 1,502
Nauru 1,293
 COUNTRY or TERRITORY POPULATION (Lowest Density) people per square mile)
Greenland 0.1
Western Sahara 1.5
Mongolia 4.0
Namibia 5.0
Australia 6.0
Botswana 6.0
Mauritania 6.0
Iceland 7.0
Libya 7.0
Suriname 7.0
 COUNTRY POPULATION (smallest) (by population)
Vatican City 770
Tuvalu 9,750
Nauru 10,000
Palau 16,000
San Marino 25,000
Liechtenstein 29,000
Monaco 30,000
St. Kitts 41,000
Marshall Islands 52,000
Andorra 64,000
Antigua and Barbuda 83,000
Grenada 98,000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 108,000
Sao Tome & Principe 153,000
Maldives 180,000
Barbados 260,000
Iceland 282,000
Malta 379,000
 HIGHEST/LOWEST SURFACE POINTS (Below Sea Level, On Each Continent)
Dead Sea, Asia -409 meters
Lake Assal, Africa -156 meters
Death Valley, North America -86 meters
Valdes Peninsula, South America -40 meters
Caspian Sea, Europe -28 meters
Lake Eyre, Australia -16 meters
Antarctica (ice covered) -2,538 meters
Highest/Lowest Points Countries, Islands, Oceans here!
For the highest points on each continent see Tallest Mountains upper left.
LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD Languages spoken by the most people (Native speakers only)
Mandarin 885 million
Hindi 375 million
Spanish 358 million
English 347 million
Arabic 211 million
Bengali 210 million
Portuguese 178 million
Russian 165 million
Japanese 125 million
German 100 million
French 77 million
Malay-Indonesian 58 million
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
French is an official language here and Spanish is an official language
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