[Sarkari-Naukri] Harish Sati, General Knowledge

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Name Area in Square Kilometers % of Earth's Area Highest Point in meters[sea-level] Lowest Point in meters[sea-level]
Asia 43 998 000 29.5 Everest [8848] Dead Sea [-396.8]
Africa 29 800 000 20.0 Kilimanjaro [5894] Dead Sea [-156.1]
North America 21 510 000 16.3 McKinely [6194] Death Valley [-85.9]
South America 17 598 000 11.8 Aconcagua [6960] Valdes Penin [-39.9]
Europe 9 699 550 6.5 Elbrus [5663] Caspian Sea [-28.0]
Australia 7 699 000 5.2 Kosciusko [2228] Lake Eyre [-15.8]
Antarctica 13 600 000 9.6 Vinson Massif [5140]
 

World's Deserts

 
Name Area in Sq. Km Territories
The Sahara 84,00,000 Algeria Chad, Libya, Mauritania, Sudan,
Tunisia, Egypt, Motocca, etc.
Australian Desert 15,50,000 Australia, Great Victoria, Simpson, etc.
Arabian Desert 13,00,000 Southern Arabia, Iraq, Yamen etc.
The Gobi 10,40,000 Mongolia and China
Kalahari Desert 5,20,000 Botswana
Takla Makan 3,20,000 Sinkiang, China
Sonoran Desert 3,10,000 Arizona and California, U.S.A., and Mexico
Namib Desert 3,10,000 Namibia
Kara Kum 2,70,000 Turkmanistan
Thar Desert 2,60,000 Northwestern India and Pakistan
Somall Desert 2,60,000 Somalia
Atacama Desert 1,80,000 Northern Chile
Kizil Kum 1,80,000 Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan
Dasht-e-Lut 52,000 Eastern Iran
Mojave Desert 35,000 Southern Californis
Desierto De Sechura 26,000 North-West 'Peru'

Islands of the World

 

 
Island Area in Sq.Km Location
Greenland North Atlalntic 2,175,600
New Guinea South-West Pacific 777,000
Borneo West mid-Pacific 725,545
Madagascar Indian Ocean 587,042
Baffin North Atlantic 476,065
Sumatra Northeast Indian Ocean 473,600
Honshu Sea of Jappan-Pacific 228,000
Great Britain Off Coast North-West Europe 218,041
Ellesmere Artic Ocean 196,236
Victoria I Artic Ocean 212,197
Celebes West Mid-Pacific 189,035
South Islands South Pacific 150,460
Java Indiand Ocean 126,295
North Island South Pacific 114,687
Cuba Carribbean Sea 114,522
Newfoundland North Atlantic 112,300
Luzon West mid-Pacific 104,688
Iceland North Atlantic 102,999
Mindanao West mid-Pacific 94,226
Ireland West of Great Britain 82,460
Hokkaido Sea of Japan-Pacific 77,900
Hispaniola Caribbean Sea 76,192
Tasmania South of Australia 67,900
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Indian Ocean 65,600
Sakhalin (Karafuto) North of Japan 63,610
Banks Artic Ocean 60,166
Devon Artic Ocean 54,030
Kyushu Sea of Japan-Pacific 42,018
Melville Artic Ocean 41,805
Axel Heriberg Artic Ocean 40,868
Southampton Hudson bay 40,663
 

Cities Situated on River Sides


CITY RIVER COUNTRY
Alexandria Nile Egypt
Amsterdam Amsel Netherlands
Antwerp Scheidt Belgium
Baghded Tigris Iraq
Bangkok Menam Thailand
Belgrade Danube Yugoslavia
Berlin Spree Germany
Bonn Rhine Germany
Budapest Danube Hungary
Cairo Nile Egypt
Canton Canton China
Glasgow Clyde Scotland
Hamburg Elbe Germany
Karachi Indus Pakistan
Lahore Ravi Pakistan
London Thames England
Montreal Ottawa Canada
Moscow Moskow Russia
New York Hudson U.S.A.
Paris Seine France
Quebec St.Lawrence Canada
Rangoon Irrawadi Mayanmar
Rome Tiber Italy
Tokyo Sumida Japan
Vienna Danube Austria
Warswa Vistula Poland
Delhi Yamuna India

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with warm regards

Harish Sati
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

(M) + 91 - 9990646343 | (E-mail) Harish.sati@gmail.com

 

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