- Fact 2 - It describes to the people
and attributes of the whole planet, rather than regions or
countries
- Fact 3 - The term
Earth refers
to the planet as a physical entity and distinguishes it from
other planets and physical objects.
- Fact 4 - The word 'world' derives
from from the Old English word 'weorold' or 'weorld' a
combination of 'wer' meaning "man" and 'eld' meaning "age. The
world is believed to be about 4.55 billion years old
- Fact 5 - The surface of the earth
is approximately 70.9%
water
and 29.1% land
- Fact 6 - World Facts: The are many
natural hazards which include severe weather (tropical cyclones)
and natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis
and
volcanoes
- Fact 7 - The land is divided into
several, large, discrete landmasses called continents.
- Fact 8 - re are seven continents
which are called Asia, Africa, North America, South America,
Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
- Fact 9 - The world covers a total
area of 510.072 million sq km
- Fact 10 - Land covers an area of
148.94 million sq km
- Fact 11 - Water covers an area of
361.132 million sq km
- Fact 12 - The largest islands in
the world are Greenland 2,166,086 sq km; New Guinea 785,753 sq
km; Borneo 751,929 sq km; Madagascar 587,713 sq km; Baffin
Island (Canada) 507,451 sq km
- Fact 13 - 95 nations are islands
that border no other countries
- Fact 14 - 45 nations are landlocked
and do not have a coastline
- Fact 15 - The highest mountains in
the world are Mount Everest (Nepal-China) 8,850 m; K2 (Pakistan)
8,611 m; Kanchenjunga (Nepal-India) 8,598 m; Lhotse (Nepal)
8,516 m; Makalu (Nepal-China)
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