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GEO
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YH A L L
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by: BREN DALE M. MIRANDA, BEEd 3-14
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest BayTHE BAY OF BENGAL
1 300 000 square miles
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest IslandGREENLAND
839 999 square miles
► Largest PeninsulaSAUDI ARABIA
1 250 000 square miles
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest ArchipelagoINDONESIA
3 500 miles stretch of 17 000 islands
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest GorgeGRAND CANYON, Colorado River(Arizona, US)
217 miles long4 – 18 miles wide1 mile deep
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Deepest GorgeHELLS CANYON, Snake River(Idaho, US)
7 900 feet deep
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Longest Mountain RangeTHE ANDES (South America)
5 000 miles
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Longest RiverTHE NILE (Africa)
4 180 miles
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Shortest RiverTHE ROE (Montana, US)
200 feet long
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest RiverTHE AMAZON (South America)
basin of 2 500 000 square miles
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Longest EstuaryOB RIVER (Russia)
550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest LagoonLAGOA DOS PATOS (Brazil)
150 miles long4 500 square miles
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest WaterfallsANGEL FALLS (Venezuela)
3 212 feet high
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Most Forested CountrySURINAME
94.7% of total land area forested (FAO/ UN)
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Most De-Forested CountryCOMOROS63.3% of forestation disappeared between1990 and 2007 (FAO/ UN)
WORLDGEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Most Re-Forested CountryBAHRAIN
Increased forestation by 150% between1990 and 2007 (FAO/ UN)
► Tallest BuildingBURJ KHALIFA (Dubai, UAE)
818 metres/ 2 684 feet160 floors (Emporis)
WORLD ENERGY
► Most Nuclear Power ReactorsUNITED STATES
104 Operational Nuclear Power Reactors (IAEA)
WORLD CIVIL RIGHTS ► Least Peaceful Country
IRAQ (Global Peace Index)
WORLD CIVIL RIGHTS
► Most Peaceful CountryNEW ZEALAND (Global Peace Index)
► Most Corrupt CountrySOMALIA (Corruption Perceptions Index)
► Least Corrupt CountryNEW ZEALAND (Corruption Perceptions Index)
WORLD MILITARY ► Largest National Military
UNITED STATES$ 661 000 000 000 (SIPRI)
► Highest Military SpendOMAN11.40% of GDP (CIA World Fact book)
► Lowest Military SpendICELAND0.00% of GDP (CIA World Fact book)
WORLD MILITARY
► Largest Arms-Supplying CountryUNITED STATES
30% of overall global arms trade (SIPRI)
► Largest Arms-Producing CorporationBAE SYSTEMS (United Kingdom)
$ 32.42B arms sales, $ 3.25B profit –yearly figures for 2009 (SIPRI)
WORLD MILITARY ► Most Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles
RUSSIA12 000 total warheads/ 4 650 operationalwarheads(Federation of American Scientists)
► Most Depleted UraniumUNITED STATES
480 000 tonnes (WISE Uranium Project)
► Highest Yearly GDPUNITED STATES
$ 14 441 425 000 000 (IMF)$ 14 204 322 000 000 (World Bank)
WORLD MEDIA &COMMUNICATIONS
► Most Overall Internet UsersCHINA280 000 000 (UN)
► Least Free National PressERITREA (Press Freedom Index)
► Most Free National PressDENMARK, FINLAND, IRELAND,NORWAY, SWEDEN (Press Freedom Index)
WORLD MEDIA &COMMUNICATIONS
► Most Newspaper JournalistsICELAND
2 052.5 Newspaper Journalists per 1 millioninhabitants (UN)
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