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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

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► 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

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► 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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