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Population: 3,557,000,000;
Density : 79 people per sq. km.
Physical features :
Chief Mountain ranges : Altai, Elburz, Himalaya, Hindu Kush, Karakoram, Kunlun,
Qilian, Qin Ling, Stanovoy, Tian Shan, Yablonovyy, Zagros.
Chief Rivers : Amur, Brahmaputra, Euphrates, Ganges, Huang, Indus, Irrawaddy, Lena,
Mekong, Menam, Ob, Salween, Tigris, Xi, Yangtze, Yenisey.
Population :731,000,000.
Density : 25 people per sq. km.
Physical features:
Population: 458,000,000.
Density : 19 people per sq. km.
Elevation: Highest : Mount McKinley in Alaska, U.S.A., 6,194 m above sea level.
Lowest : Near Badwater, Death Valley, U.S.A., 86 m below sea level.
Physical features:
Chief mountain ranges : Alaska, Appalachian, Cascade, Coast, Rocky, Sierra Madre,
Sierra Nevada.
Chief lakes : Athabasca, Erie, Great Bear, Great Salt, Great Slave, Huron, Michigan,
Nicaragua, Ontario, Superior, Winnipeg.
Population: 335,000,000 .
Density : 19 people per sq. km.
Physical features:
Chief islands : Falkland Islands, Galapagos Islands, Marajo, Tierra del Fuego.
Physical Features:
Population: 713,000,000.
Density : 68 people per sq. km.
Physical features:
Chief rivers : Danube, Don, Elbe, Rhine, Rhone, Seine, Thames, Volga.
Chief islands : Balearic Islands, Britain, Corsica, Crete, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland,
Malta, Sardinia, Sicily.
Number of Countries: 47
FACTS ABOUT AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA Area: 7,713,000 sq. km, including 67,800 sq. km for Tasmania.
Political subdivisions: Six states, two mainland territories, and eight external territori
OCEAN
Ocean is the great body of water that covers more than 70 per cent of the earth's surface.
The ocean contains 97 per cent of all the water on the earth.
The ocean serves as a source of food, energy, and minerals.
Ships use the ocean to carry cargo between continents.
Scientists called oceanographers work to discover the secrets of the sea.
They study how the ocean moves and how it affects the atmosphere.
Oceanographers work on board ships and submarines, often using sonar and other equipment.
AREA IN THOUSANDS OF
NAME GREATEST DEPTH IN FEET
SQUARE
Pacific Ocean 165,384 36,198
Atlantic Ocean 82,217 30,184
Indian Ocean 73,481 26,400
Arctic Ocean 14,056 17880
Mediterranean 2,505 15,900
South China Sea 2,318 18,090
Bering Sea 2,269 16,800
Caribbean 1,943 25,197
Gulf Of Mexico 1,544 14,360
Sea of Okhotsk 1,528 11,400
East China Sea 1,248 9,800
Hudson Bay 1,233 850
Sea of Japan 1,008 13,123
North Sea 575 2,170
Black Sea 461 7,360
Red Sea 438 7,370
Baltic Sea 422 1,440
There is a bit of "ocean" inside us. The body of an adult male contains about 18 litres of salt water. The composition
of this fluid is similar to seawater.
The ocean floor is in constant motion. The floor of the Atlantic spreads about 2.5 centimetres every year, widening
the ocean basin. The Pacific floor spreads even faster, about 13 centimetres every year. But its basin does not widen
because the edges of its floor sink under the continents.
Giant kelp, a large brown seaweed, may grow up to 60 metres long, forming great underwater forests in the ocean.
A tsunami--a powerful wave caused by an earthquake--can reach a speed of 970 kilometres per hour and travel
across an entire ocean.
The world ocean would rise about 60 metres if the Greenland and Antarctic icecaps were to suddenly melt. New
York City would be submerged, with only the tops of the tallest buildings above water.
Surface temperatures: Highest--32 degrees C, in Persian Gulf and Red Sea during
July. Lowest--below -1 degree C, near Antarctica during July.
Tides: Highest--11 m, Collier Bay, Australia. Lowest--60 cm, near Fremantle, Australia
Tides: Highest--9.1 m, near the west coast of Korea. Lowest--0.3 m, at Midway Island
OCEAN Greatest distances: North-south, excluding the Arctic Ocean--17,500 km. North-south,
including the Arctic Ocean--21,400 km. East-west--8,800 km.
OCEAN Scientists disagree about the location of the northern limit of the Antarctic Ocean.
Most place it between 40° and 60° south latitude.
According to most definitions, the narrowest point is about 1,100 kilometres, between
Antarctica and the tip of South America.
The surface near Antarctica freezes in winter, and breaks into pack ice in summer.
Flat-topped icebergs from 150 to 300 metres thick drift north of the pack ice.