Classmate Facts # 19 - How About Some Geography

1. Pacific Ocean contains 46% of the world's water! The Atlantic has 23.9%; the Indian 20.3% and the Arctic 3.7%.

2. The only country whose name begins with an "A" but doesn't end with an "A" is Afghanistan.

3. The only continent which does not have land areas below sea level is Antarctica.

4. At 840,000 square miles, Greenland is the largest island in the world. In comparison Iceland is only 39,800 square miles.

5. The most populated country in the world, China has only about 200 family names in all!

6. Did you know that the surface area of Earth is 197,000,000 square miles?