FOR GROUP - I WORLD GEOGRAPHY DATA

              Phani Siddha

@ Super Sixty IAS Academy

                   Hyd

 UPDATE 25/05/2012 MINERALS 

World’s Biggest Countries in area

Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil, Australia, India

World’s Biggest Countries in population

China, India, USA, Indonesia, Brazil

World’s Smallest Countries in area

Vatican city 0.44 Square Km

Monaco (located within France) 1.95

Nauru 21.10

Tuvalu 26

World’s Smallest Countries in Population

Vatican City

Tuvalu (Oceania in South Pacific),

Nauru (Oceania in South Pacific),

Palau (in West Pacific)

San Marino (Located within Italy)

World’s Major Cities

Mexico, Tokyo, Sau Paulo, ,New York, Shanghai

Longest Rivers in the world

Nile – Africa – 6695 Km

Amazon – South America – 6400

Yangtse (Chang Jiang) – Asia – 5488

Yellow river (Hwang Ho) – Asia – 4700

Largest Islands of the World

Greenland (in N America belongs to Denmark) – in Atlantic Ocean

New Guinea - Pacific Ocean

Borneo – Pacific Ocean

Madagascar – Indian Ocean

Baffin – Arctic Ocean

Numerical facts about the Earth

Mt Everest 8848 (8850) METERS

Mean Radius to the Centre of Earth 6371 KM

Equatorial circumference 40076 KM

Polar circumference 40,009 KM

Deepest Point – Mariana Trench – in Pacific Ocean 11022 M

Ocean Average Depth 4000 METERS

Land to Ocean Percentage of Surface Area ; 29.22 % - 70.78%

Total area of the Earth : 510 Million Square KM

 Total percentage of Nitrogen, Oxygen in Air 78%, 21% and 1 % remaining all gases

CO2 is 0.03%

CROP PRODUCTION DETAILS

Cereals; China, USA, India, Russia

*Wheat; USA, China, India, Russia

Rice/Paddy; China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh

Maize; USA China, Brazil, Mexico

Citrus Fruits; Brazil, USA, China, Mexico

Jute: India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar

*Cotton; USA, China, Egypt, India

Coffee; Brazil, colombia, vietnam, Indonesia, Ethiopia, India

Tea; India, China, Srilanka, Kenya

Cattle Population: Brazil, India, China, USA

Sheep Population; China, Australia, India, Iran

MINERALS

IRON: CIS, Brazil, China, Australia, India, USA

COPPER; Chile, USA, CIS, Canada, Zambia, Zaire

TIN; Malaysia, Thailand, Bolivia

BAUXITE; Australia, Guinea, Jamaica, India

DIAMONDS; Zaire, CIS, South Africa

SULPHUR; Poland, USA, Mexico

VANADIUM; South Africa, CIS, USA

PLATINUM; Canada, South Africa

ASBESTOS; CIS, Canada, South Africa

MICA; India, USA, CIS

PHOSPHORUS; USA, CIS, Morocco

LEAD; Australia, Russia, Peru

ZINC; Canada, Russia, Peru

NICKEL; Canada, Russia, Australia

MANGANESE; Russia, S.Africa, Australia

CHROMIUM; S.Africa, Russia, Turkey

TUNGSTEN; China, CIS, South Africa

ANTIMONY; China, Bolivia, CIS

COBALT; Zaire, Zambia, CIS

MERCURY; CIS, Spain, Algeria

SILVER; Mexico, CIS, USA

GOLD; S.Africa, CIS, USA, Canada

COAL; China, USA, Russia, India, S.Africa

PETROLEUM; CIS, USA, Saudi Arabia, China, Mexico

URANIUM & THORIUM; USA, Canada, South Africa, Europe, Asia