THIS WORLD OF OURS
The superficial area, of the earth'is estimated to be 196,836,000 square miles. k The earth’s diameter at the Equator is 7,9261 miles, and its circumference 24,901.8 miles.
The velocity of the earth’s surface at the Equator exceeds 1,000 miles an hour and its velocity in its orbit round ■the sun is 66,600 miles an hour.
The earth’s highest, known point is Mt.. Everest (29,002 ft.
The deepest ocean sounding is 35,410 ft.—in the Pacific off Mindinao.
The longest river in the world is the Mississippi (4,502 miles).
The world’s highest building is the Palace of (Soviets, Moscow (1,365 ft. It includes a 328 ft. 'statue of Lenin.
The longest’ bridge in the world spams the lower Zambesi, Africa, and has 12,064 ft. of waterway.
The longest, canal in the world is the Oota Canal. Sweden (115 miles).
The world’s - population is nearly 1,500,000,000.
Thirty-four of the world's cities have populations of over a million.
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 27, 15 July 1945, Page 32
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