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(Photograph from Corel Corporation clip art)

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This map from the Corel clip art collection (corrected, of course)

Third planet from Sol. Inhabitants known as Terrans or Earthers, or Earthlings.

Mostly harmless.*

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For great images of the Earth, you could try Microsoft's Encarta 97 World Atlas which has fabulous images such as this one, which we used to illustrate our review

*Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Places of Interest:Largest Continent: Asia
17,139,445 square miles (44,391,162 square km)

Smallest Continent: Australia
2,967,909 square miles (7,686,884 square km)

Largest Island: Greenland
Greenland - North America - 840,004 square miles - 2,175,600 sq km

Largest Country (land mass): Russia
17,075,200 sq km (6,591,027 sq miles)

Smallest Country: Papal State (Vatican City)
0.2 sq miles (.44 sq km)

Tallest Mountain: Mauna Kuea, Hawaii
33,480 feet (10,314 meters)

Highest Point above sea level: Mt Everest, Nepal
29,035 feet (8850 metres)

Deepest (Lowest) Point: Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean
35,840 feet (10,924 metres)

Longest River: Nile River, Egypt
4,160 miles - 6,695 km

See also:

Interactive world atlas, local times, etc

World Weather

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