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Estimated Weight (mass) (5,940,000,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons)
Estimated Age 4.6 billion years
Current Population 6,446,131,714
Surface Area (510,066,000 sq km)
Land Area (148,647,000 sq km) 29.1%
Ocean Area (335,258,000 sq km)

Total Water Area (361,419,000 sq km) 70.9%
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

AMERICAN STATES	GREAT BRITAIN	MOUNTAINS	OCEANS & SEAS	CONTINENTS
RIVERS & LAKES	DESERTS	POPULATION	CITIES	WATERFALLS


AMERICAN STATES	STATE CAPITALS	LARGEST CITY
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming	Montgomery Juneau Phoenix Little Rock Sacramento Denver Hartford Dover Tallahassee Atlanta Honolulu Boise Springfield Indianapolis Des Moines Topeka Frankfort Baton Rouge Augusta Annapolis Boston Lansing St. Paul Jackson Jefferson City Helena Lincoln Carson City Concord Trenton Santa Fe Albany Raleigh Bismarck Columbus Oklahoma City Salem Harrisburg Providence Columbia Pierre Nashville Austin Salt Lake City Montpelier Richmond Olympia Charleston Madison Cheyenne	Birmingham Anchorage Phoenix Little Rock Los Angeles Denver Bridgeport Wilmington Jacksonville Atlanta Honolulu Boise Chicago Indianapolis Des Moins Wichita Louisville New Orleans Portland Baltimore Boston Detroit Minneapolis Jackson Kansas City Billings Omaha Las Vegas Manchester Newark Albuquerque New York City Charlotte Fargo Columbus Oklahoma City Portland Pennsylvania Providence Columbia Sioux Falls Memphis Huston Salt Lake City Burlington Virginia Beach Seattle Charleston Milwaukee Cheyenne


COUNTIES of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND
ENGLAND
COUNTIES	MAIN TOWNS
1. Bedfordshire 2. Berkshire 3. Buckinghamshire 4. Cambridgeshire 5. Cheshire 6. Cornwall 7. Cumberland 8. Derbyshire 9. Devon 10. Dorset 11. Durham 12. Essex 13. Gloucestershire 14. Hampshire 15. Herefordshire 16. Hertfordshire 17. Huntingdonshire 18. Kent 19. Lancashire 20. Leicestershire 21. Lincolnshire 22. Middlesex 23. Norfolk 24. Northamptonshire 25. Northumberland 26. Nottinghamshire 27. Oxfordshire 28. Rutland 29. Shropshire 30. Somerset 31. Staffordshire 32. Suffolk 33. Surrey 34. Sussex 35. Warwickshire 36. Westmorland 37. Wiltshire 38. Worcestershire 39. Yorkshire	Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham0 Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey Chester, Stockport, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn Bodmin, Truro, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Newquay Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith Derby, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Buxton Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colcheter West Ham Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth Newport Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley Maidstone, Canterbury, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, , Skegness, Louth City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Henley-on-Thames, Thame Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis)br> Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Malvern, Evesham Leeds, Harrogate, Sheffieldx, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, York
WALES
40. Anglesey/Sir Fon 41. Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog 42. Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon 43. Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin 44. Cardiganshire/Ceredigion 45. Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych 46. Flintshire/Sir Fflint 47. Glamorgan/Morgannwg 48. Merioneth/Meirionnydd 49. Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy 50. Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn 51. Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro 52. Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed	Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Penarth Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor
SCOTLAND
53. Aberdeenshire 54. Angus/Forfarshire 55. Argyllshire 56. Ayrshire 57. Banffshire 58. Berwickshire 59. Buteshire 60. Cromartyshire 61. Caithness 62. Clackmannanshire 63. Dumfriesshire 64. Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire 65. East Lothian/Haddingtonshire 66. Fife 67. Inverness-shire 68. Kincardineshire 69. Kinross-shire 70. Kirkcudbrightshire 71. Lanarkshire 72. Midlothian/Edinburghshire 73. Morayshire 74. Nairnshire 75. Orkney 76. Peeblesshire 77. Perthshire 78. Renfrewshire 79. Ross-shire 80. Roxburghshire 81. Selkirkshire 82. Shetland 83. Stirlingshire 84. Sutherland 85. West Lothian/Linlithgowshire 86. Wigtownshire	Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza Cromarty, Ullapool Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody) Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie Kinross, Milnathort Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergorden Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn
IRELAND
Province of Connaught Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo Province of Leinster Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois (Queens) Longford Louth Meath Offaly (Kings) Westmeath Wexford Wicklow Province of Munster Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford Province of Ulster Antrim Armagh Cavan Derry (Londonderry) Donegal Down Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone	Ardrahan, Ballinasloe, Ballyconneely, Woodford, Cleggan Askill, Brockagh, Corractoona, Derradda, Largydonnell Hollymount, Irishtown, Islandeady, Kilkelly, Balla Roscommon, Athlone, Carrowreagh, Knockcroghery, Strokestown Sligo, Ballymote, Collooney, Ballysodare,Enniscrone Carlow, Ballymurphy, Graiguealug, Fennagh, Seskinryan Dublin, Santry, Shankill, Balbriggan, Dollymount, Lucan Kildare, Ballitore,Castledermot, Newbridge, Straffan Callan, Kilkenny City, Castlecomer, Gowran,Inistioge Ballyfin, Ballylynan, Clonenagh, Stradbally, Rosenallis Abbeylara, Ballymahon, Drumlish, Killoe, Moyne Ardee, Ballymascanlon, Drogheda, Greenore, Collon Ardagh, Bettystown, Dowth, Meath, Kilmessan Offaly, Ballycumber, Kilcormac, Roscrea, Shinrone Athlone, Ballymore, Kilbeggan, Moyvore, Tyrrellspass Rosslare, Ballycullane, Curracloe, Killinick, Murrintown Ashford, Wicklow, Laragh, Enniskerry, Blessington Clare, Ballynacally, Shannon, Kilshanny, Miltown Malbay Cork, Baltimore, Enniskeane, Doneraile, Shanagarry Kerry, Castleisland, Killarney, Farranfore, Fenit Limerick, Balyshalikin, Newcastle, Fahanasoodry, Annagh Tipperary, Roscrea , Dualla , Clogheen, Burncourt Waterford, Ballymacarbry, Dungarvan, Killotteran, Tallow Antrim, Bushmills, Crumlin, Ballymena, Belfast Armagh, Loughgall, Moira, Gilford, Portadown Glangevlin, Cootehill, Dowra, Mountnugent, Cavan Coleraine, Derry_City, Dungiven, Limavady, Portstewart Donegal, Gweedore, Inishowen, Inver, Laghey Bangor, Carryduff, Down, Holywood, Maghera Aghanglack, Ballinamallard, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Roslea Emyvale, Glaslough, Iniskeen, Monaghan, Rockcorry Gortin, Knockmany, Moy, Ballywholan, Strabane

United Kingdom Mountains

North American Mountains

South American Mountains

The Highest Mountain on Each Continent
MOUNTAIN	COUNTRY	HEIGHT	CONTINENT
Mount Everest Aconcagua Mount McKinley Kilimanjaro Mount Elbrus Vinson Massif Carstensz Pyramid	Nepal.........Tibet Argentina United States Tanzanier Russia Antarctic New Guinea	(8,850 m) (6,959 m) (6,194 m) (5,895 m) (5,642 m) (4,897 m) (4,884 m)	Asia South America North America Africa Europe Antarctica Oceania

Asian Mountains
MOUNTAIN	COUNTRY	HEIGHT	CONTINENT
Everest............(Highest) K2 Kangchenjunga Lhotse Makalu Cho Oyu Dhaulagiri Manaslu Nanga Parbat Annapurna	Nepal..........Tibet Pakistan Nepal..........India Nepal..........Tibet Nepal..........Tibet Nepal..........Tibet Nepal Nepal Pakistan Nepal	(8,848 m) (8,611 m) (8,586 m) (8,511 m) (8,463 m) (8,201 m) (8,167 m) (8,163 m) (8,125 m) (8,091 m)	Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia

Mountains in Africa
MOUNTAIN	HEIGHT	COUNTRY
Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kenya Mount Stanley Mount Karisimbi Mount Cameroon Mount Elgon Jbel Toubkal Ras Dejen Ahaggar Mountains Table Mountain	5,895 m 5,195 m 5,119 m 4,507 m 4,075 m 4,321 m 4,167 m 4,533 m 2,918 m 1,088 m	Kenya-Tanzania Kenya Congo-Uganda Rwanda-Congo Cameroon Kenya-Uganda Morocco Ethiopia Algeria Cape Town, South Africa

Mountains of Europe
MOUNTAIN	HEIGHT	COUNTRY
Piz Bernina Dachstein Dent Blanche Dent du Midi Diablerets Eiger Finsteraarhorn Gran Paradiso Grand Combin Grandes Jorasses Großglockner Matterhorn Mont Blanc Monte Cristallo Monte Rosa Ortler Pelvoux Gran Sasso Aneto Montserrat Mulhacén Etna Mount Vesuvius	4,049 m 2,997 m 4,356 m 3,260 m 3,210 m 3,970 m 4,274 m 4,061 m 4,314 m 4,208 m 3,797 m 4,477 m 4,808 m 3,199 m 4,634 m 3,902 m 3,946 m 2,912 m 3,404 m 1,236 m 3,482 m 3,263 m 1,270 m	Eastern Alps, .......Switzerland-Italy Limestone Alps, ....Austria Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Bernese Alps, .......Switzerland Bernese Oberland.....Switzerland Italy Switzerland Mont-Blanc range.....France - Italy Austria Switzerland-Italy France-Italy Dolomites,......... South Tyrol-Italy Western Alps, .......Italy - Switzerland South Tyrol,............ Italy French Alps............France Apennines...........Italy Pyrenees ............Spain Spain Sierra Nevada .........Spain Sicily..............italy Italy

UK Mountains
Scotland		England		Ireland		Wales
Ben Nevis Ben Macdhui Braeriach Cairn Toul Cairn Toul Sgor an Lochain Uaine Cairn Gorm Aonach Beag Càrn Mor Dearg Aonach Mor Ben Lawers	1,344 m 1,310 m 1,296 m 1,291 m 1,258 m 1,244 m 1,234 m 1,220 m 1,218 m 1,214 m	Scafell Pike Helvellyn Skiddaw 931 Great Gable Cross Fell Pillar 892 Fairfield Blencathra Grasmoor St Sunday Crag	978 m 950 m 931 m 899 m 893 m 892 m 872 m 868 m 852 m 841 m	Slieve Donard Slieve Commedagh Slieve Bearnagh Slieve Mael Beg Slieve Lamagan Slieve Binnian Slieve Mael Mor Sawel Mountain Shan Slieve Slieve Muck	852 m 767 m 730 m 704 m 703 m 685 m 682 m 678 m 671 m 668 m	Snowdon Carnedd Llewelyn Glyder Fawr Y Garn Elidir Fawr Tryfan Aran Fawddwy Y Lliwedd Cadair Idris Pen y Fan	1085 m 1064 m 999 m 947 m 923 m 915 m 905 m 898 m 893 m 886 m

UK Mountain Ranges
Mountain Range	Highest Peak	Area	Country
Cairngorms	Ben Macdhui, at 1,310 m	Moray and Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Cheviot Hills	The Cheviot, at 815 m	Scottish Borders.	Scotland
Cuillin	Sgurr Alasdair, at 992 m	Isle of Skye	Scotland
Grampians	Ben Nevis, at 1,343 m	Central Scotland	Scotland
Ochil Hills/td>	Ben Cleuch at 721m m	Stirling and Fife	Scotland
Scottish Highlands	Cairn Toul, at 1291 m	Highlands	Scotland
Southern Uplands	Merrick, at 843 m	Stranraer to East Lothian	Scotland
Brecon Beacons	Pen y Fan, at 886 m	South-east of Wales	Wales
Cambrian Mountains	Aran Fawddwy 905 m	North to South Wales	Wales
Snowdonia	Snowden 1085 m	North Wales	Wales
Cheviot Hills	The Cheviot, 816.2 m	North of England & Scotland	England
Chilterns	Coombe Hill 260 m	Buckinghamshire.	England
Cotswolds	Cleeve Cloud 330 m)	Gloucestershire	England
Dartmoor	High Willhays, 621 m	Devon/td>	England
Lake District	Scafell Pike 978 m	NW England.	England
Lincolnshire Wolds	Worlds top 168 m	Lincolnshire	England
Malvern Hills	Worcestershire Beacon 425 m	Worcestershire and Herefordshire	England
Mendip Hills	Blackdown 326 m	Somerset,	England
North Downs	Westerham Hill: 252 m	Hampshire, Surrey, Kent	England
North Yorkshire Moors	Urra Moor 454 m	Yorkshire	England
Quantocks	Will's Neck at 384 m	Somerset	England
Peak District	Kinderscout 636 m	Derbyshire	England
Pennines	Cross Fell. 893.7 m	Scotland to Derbyshire	England
South Downs	Leith Hill, at 294 m	Surrey	England
Yorkshire Wolds	Bishop Wilton Wold, 246 m	East Riding of Yorkshire	England
Mountains of Mourne	Slieve Donard 852 m	County down	Northern Ireand
Sperrin Mountains	Sawel Mountain 678 m	Ulster	Northern Ireand
Derryveagh Mountains	Errigal Mountain 751 m	County Donegal	Republic of Ireland.
Silvermines	Sliabh Cimeálta 695 m	County Tipperary	Republic of Ireland.
Macgillicuddy's Reeks	Carrantuohill 1,041 m	County Kerry	Republic of Ireland.

North America
MOUNTAIN	HEIGHT	STATE	MOUNTAIN RANGE
Mount McKinley Mount McKinley North Peak Mount Saint Elias Mount Foraker Mount Bona Mount Blackburn Mount Sanford South Buttress Mount Vancouver Mount Churchill	2,0320 ft 1,9470 ft 1,8008 ft 1,7400 ft 1,6500 ft 1,6390 ft 1,6237 ft 1,5885 ft 1,5700 ft 1,5638 ft	Alaska Alaska Alaska Alaska Alaska Alaska Alaska Alaska Alaska Alaska	Alaska Alaska Saint Elias Alaska Wrangell Wrangell Wrangell Alaska Saint Elias Saint Elias

Well Known Mountain Ranges in U.S.A.
Mountain Range	State	Height
Alaska Range Appalachian Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Catskill Mountains Shoshone Mountains Black Hills Blue Mountains Henry Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Rocky Mountains Bighorn Mountains Sacramento Mountains Grand Tetons Sierra Nevada	Alaska Newfoundland to Alabama. Pennsylvania & North Carolina New York Nevada South Dakota Oragon Utah California Continental Divide Wyoming New Mexico Wyoming & Idaho California	6,197 m 2,038 m 1,807 m 1,274 m 3,125 m 2,208 m 2,777 m 3,486 m 1,160 m 4,402 m 4,013 m 3,660 m 4,198 m 4,420 m

Highest Mountains in South America
Mountain	Height	Country	Mountain Range
Aconcagua Huascarán Llullaillaco Mercedario Illimani Chimborazo Pico Cristóbal Colón Nevado del Ruiz Monte Roraima Sugar Loaf Mountain	6,959 m 6,768 m 6,739 m 6,720 m 6,462 m 6,267 m 5,776 m 5,389 m 2,810 m 395 m	Argentina Peru Argentina-Chile Argentina Bolivia Ecuador Colombia Colombia Guyana-Venezuela Brazil	Andes Andes Cordillera Blanca Andes Andes Cordillera Real (Andes) Andes Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Guiana Highlands Tijuca

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)
Arabian Sea (1,498,320 sq km)
Sea of Okhotsk (1,392,100 sq km)
Sea of Japan (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)

Australia, (7,617.930 sq km)
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)

CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD
CONTINENTS (by size) 1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km) 2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km) 3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km) 4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km) 5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km) 6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km) 7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km)	CONTINENTS (by population) 2005 est. 1 Asia - (3,879,000,000) 2 Africa - (877,500,000) 3 Europe - (727,000,000) 4 North America - (501,500,000) 5 South America - (379,500,000) 6 Australia/Oceania - (32,000,000) 7 Antarctica - (0)	CONTINENTS (number of countries) 1 Africa - (53) 3 Europe - (46) 2 Asia - (44) 4 North America - (23) 5 Oceania - (14) 6 South America - (12) 7 Antarctica - (0)

MAJOR RIVERS (By Length)	MAJOR LAKES (By Size)
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)	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) Balkhash, Kazakhstan (18,300 sq km)
DEEPEST LAKES (By Greatest Depth)	HOTTEST,COLDEST,WETTEST,DRIEST
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 Place Dalol, Denakil Depression, Ethiopia, annual average temperature (93.2°F, 34°C) Coldest 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

LONGEST UK RIVERS
RIVER	LENGTH (miles)
1 River Severn 2 River Thames 3 River Trent 4 River Aire 5 River Great Ouse 6 River Wye 7 River Tay 8 River Spey 9 River Nene 10 River Clyde 11 River Tweed 12 River Eden, Cumbria 13 River Dee, Aberdeenshire 14 River Avon, Warwickshire 15 River Don, Aberdeenshire 16 River Bann 17 River Ribble 18 River Tyne 19 River Tees 20 River Dee, Wales	220 215 185 161 143 135 117 107 100 98 96 90 85 84 80 76 75 73 70 70

Main Europran Rivers.
River	Length	Country of Origin	River Mouth
Volga Danube Dnieper Rhine Elbe Vistula Loire Tagus Rhône Po	3,690 km 2,888 km 2,290 km 1,320 km 1,165 km 1,047 km 1,012 km 1,038 km 800 km 652 km	Russia Germany Russia Switzerland Czechoslovakia. Poland France Spain Switzaland Italy	Caspian Sea Black Sea Black Sea North Sea North Sea Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea

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
Rub'al Khali, Middle East 250,000 sq. miles
Kalahari, Southern Africa 225,000 sq. miles
Syrian, Middle East 200,000 sq. miles
Chihuahuan, Mexico 175,000 sq. miles
Thar, India/Pakistan175,000 sq. miles
Great Sandy, Australia 150,000 sq. miles
Gibson, Australia 120,000 sq. miles
Sonoran, S.W. USA 120,000 sq. miles
Mohave, S,W, USA 54,000 sq. miles

COOL COASTAL

Atacama, Chile SA 54,000 sq. miles
Namib, S.W. Africa 13,000 sq. miles

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}
Taklamakan, China 105,000 sq. miles
Iranian, Iran 100,000 sq. miles

COUNTRY POPULATION (Smallest)	COUNTRY POPULATION (Largest)
Vatican City 920 Tuvalu 11,640 Nauru 13,050 Palau 20,300 San Marino 28,880 Monaco 32,410 Liechtenstein 33,720 St. Kitts 38,960 Marshall Islands 59,070 Antigua and Barbuda 68,720	China 1,306,313,800 India 1,080,264,400 USA 295,734,100 Indonesia 241,973,900 Brazil 186,112,800 Pakistan 162,419,900 Bangladesh 144,319,600 Russia 143,420,300 Nigeria 128,772,000 Japan 127,417,200

LARGEST CITY
City	Country	Population
Shanghai Mumbai (Bombay) Buenos Aires Moscow Karachi Delhi Manila Sao Paulo Seoul Istanbul Jakarta Mexico City Lagos Lima Tokyo New York City Cairo London, Teheran Beijing	China India Argentina Russia Pakistan India Philippines Brazil South Korea Turkey Indonesia Mexico Nigeria Peru Japan USA Egypt UK Iran China	13.3 million 12.6 million 11.92 million 11.3 million 10.9 million 10.4 million 10.3 million 10.26 million 10.2 million 9.6 million 9.0 million 8.7 million 8.68 million 8.38 million 8.3 million 8.09 million 7.6 million 7.59 million 7.3 million 7.2 million

LARGEST BRITISH CITIES
CITY	POPULATION
London Birmingham Leeds Glasgow Sheffield Bradford Liverpool Edinburgh Manchester Bristol Fife Wakefield Cardiff Dudley Wigan East Riding Coventry Belfast Leicester Sunderland Sandwell Doncaster Stockport Sefton Nottingham Newcastle-upon-Tyne Kingston-upon-Hull Bolton Walsall Plymouth Rotherham Stoke-on-Trent Wolverhampton Rhondda, Cynon, Taff Derby Swansea Salford Barnsley Tameside Oldham Trafford Aberdeen Southampton Rochdale Solihull Gateshead Milton Keynes North Tyneside Calderdale Northampton	7,074,265 1,020,589 726,939 616,430 530,375 483,422 467,995 448,850 430,818 399,633 349,300 317,342 315,040 312,194 309,786 307,450 306,503 297,300 294,830 294,261 292,196 291,804 291,080 289,739 283,969 282,338 266,775 265,449 262,593 255,342 254,438 244,453 240,117 235,129 230,180 229,179 227,430 220,722 218,893 217,260 214,859 208,700 208,120 207,563 203,922 200,968 197,131 193,619 192,844 192,382

TALLEST WATERFALLS
WATERFALL	RIVER	COUNTRY	HIGHT
Angel Falls Tugela Falls Tres Hermanas, Cataratas las Olo'upena Falls Vinnufjellsfossen Balåifossen Pu'uka'oku Falls Browne Falls Strupenfossen Ramnefjellsfossen Waihilau Falls Colonial Creek Falls Mongefossen Mutarazi Falls Kjelfossen Johannesburg Falls Yosemite Falls Trou de Fer, Cascades de Ølmåafossen Mana'wai'nui Falls	Kerepakupay river Tugela River Unnamed Unnamed Vinnu River Balåi River Unnamed Unnamed Strupen River Utigardselva River Waihilau Stream Colonial Creek Mønge River Mutarazi River Kjelfossgrovi Cascade Creek Yosemite Creek Bras de Caverne Ølmåa Mana'wai'nui Stream	Venezuela South Africa Peru Hawaii......USA Norway Norway Hawaii......USA New Zealand Norway Norway Hawaii......USA USA Norway Zimbabwe Norway USA USA Reunion Norway Hawaii......USA	3,212 feet / 979 meters 3,110 feet / 948 meters 3,000 feet / 914 meters 2,953 feet / 900 meters 2,822 feet / 860 meters 2,788 feet / 850 meters 2,756 feet / 840 meters 2,744 feet / 836 meters 2,690 feet / 820 meters 2,685 feet / 818 meters 2,600 feet / 792 meters 2,584 feet / 788 meters 2,535 feet / 773 meters 2,499 feet / 762 meters 2,477 feet / 755 meters 2,465 feet / 751 meters 2,425 feet / 739 meters 2,380 feet / 725 meters 2,362 feet / 720 meters 2,360 feet / 719 meters

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Inga Falls Livingstone, Chutes de Boyoma Falls Guaíra, Salto del Khone, Chutes de Niagara Falls Celilo Falls Pará, Salto Paulo Afonso, Cachoeira de Urubupunga, Salto do Iguacu, Salto de Patos e Maribondo, Saltos dos Victoria Falls Virginia Falls Grand Falls Cauvery Falls Kongou Falls Williamette Falls Kaieteur Falls Epupa Falls	Congo River Congo River Lualaba River Rio Paraná Mekong River Niagara River Columbia River Rio Caura Rio São Francisco Rio Paraná Rio Iguaçu Rio Grande Zambezi River South Nahanni River Hamilton River Cauvery River Ivindo River Willamette River Potaro River Kunene River	Congo Congo Congo Brazil Laos USA / Canada USA Venezuela Brazil Brazil Argentina / Brazil Brazil Zimbabwe / Zambia Canada Canada India Gabon USA Guyana Namibia	1,500,000 cu.ft. per sec 1,240,000 cu.ft. per sec 600,000 cu.ft. per sec 470,000 cu.ft. per sec 410,000 cu.ft. per sec 212,200 cu.ft. per sec 191,215 cu.ft. per sec 125,000 cu.ft. per sec 100,000 cu.ft. per sec 97,000 cu.ft. per sec 61,660 cu.ft. per sec 53,000 cu.ft. per sec 38,430 cu.ft. per sec 35,300 cu.ft. per sec 35,000 cu.ft. per sec 33,000 cu.ft. per sec 31,783 cu.ft. per sec 30,849 cu.ft. per sec 23,400 cu.ft. per sec 17,657 cu.ft. per sec

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