Facts about the World
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Diameter
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12,756 Kilometres at the equator | |||
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Longest
River in the World
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The River Nile - 6,670 Kilometres | |||
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Largest
Ocean / Sea in the World
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The Pacific Ocean - 181,000,000 km squared | |||
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Highest
Mountain in the World
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Mount Everest - 8,848 metres | |||
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Largest
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Russia - 17,075,000 Kilometres | |||
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It
takes about 365 and a quarter days for our World to travel around the
Sun
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China has the most people living in a country. There are 1,134 million people. - Jayne |
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Our World travels at a speed of over 107,000 Kilometres per hour - Crystal |
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Our World is 150,000,000 Kilometres away from the Sun - Thomas |
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A fact - our nearest neighbour in space is the moon: 384,000 kilometres away - Crystal |
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Our World is the third planet in the Solar System - Kafeel |
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More
facts coming soon !
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