by tutforum » Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:24 pm
Area: 44,387,000 km;
population : 3,106,000,000;
Independent countries(1990) 41;
highest peak: Mt Everest, 8848m (29,028 ft)
Lowest Point: Shore of Dead Sea, 393m (1289 ft)
below sea level: Largest lake: Caspain Sea,438,695km (169,390 ssq.mi);
Longest rivers:yagtze, Lena, Yenisey, Huang Ho, ob, Mekong, Amur;
Per Capit GNP: The thinly populated, oil rich natiion of kuwait has the highest per capita GNP,$17,270, but the most economically developed nation is japan ($8800).
Bhutan($80) and Bangladesh ($100 have the lowest per capita GNPs).