World Geography – Geographical Records of the world

What is Geography?

World Geography is the study of Earth’s landscapes, peoples, places and environments. It is, quite simply, about the world in which we live. Geography is unique in bridging the social sciences (human geography) with the natural sciences (physical geography).

Geography puts this understanding of social and physical processes within the context of places and regions – recognising the great differences in cultures, political systems, economies, landscapes and environments across the world, and the links between them. Understanding the causes of differences and inequalities between places and social groups underlie much of the newer developments in human geography.

Geography provides an ideal framework for relating other fields of knowledge. It is not surprising that those trained as geographers often contribute substantially to the applied management of resources and environments.

Geography is, in the broadest sense, an education for life and for living. Learning through geography – whether gained through formal learning or experimentally through travel, fieldwork and expeditions – helps us all to be more socially and environmentally sensitive, informed and responsible citizens and employees.

 

Geography informs us about:

• The places and communities in which we live and work
• Our natural environments and the pressures they face
• The interconnections of the world and our communities within it
• How and why the world is changing, globally and locally
• How our individual and societal actions contribute to those changes
• The choices that exist in managing our world for the future
• The importance of location in business and decision-making

 

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World Geography

Largest Continent	Asia	Smallest Continent	Australia
Most Populous Continent	Asia	Least Populous Continent	Australia
Largest Country in the Land Size	Russia	Smallest Country	State of Vatican City
Largest Island	Greenland	First Person to reach South Pole	Amundsen
First Person to reach North Pole	Robert Pearey	Person in Space	Yuri Gagarin
Person to Moon	Neil Armstrong	First Female to climb Mount Everest	Junko Taibei
First Man to Walk in Space	Alexei Leonov	Women Cosmonaut in Space	Valentina Tereshkova
Largest Peninsula	Arabia	Least Populous Country	State of Vatican City
Smallest Islamic Country	Maldives	Most densely populated territory	Macao
Highest Capital City	La Paz in Bolivia	Largest Ocean	Pacific Ocean
Largest Sea	South China Sea	Largest Bay	Bay of Hudson
Largest Active Volcano	Mauna Loa, Hawaii, USA	Most Populous Country	China
Largest Islamic Country	Indonesia	Oldest Capital City	Damascus
Greatest land Mountain Range	Himalaya	Smallest Ocean	Artic Ocean
Largest Gulf	The Gulf of Mexico	Highest Mountain Peak	Mount Everest
River carries the maximum volume of water	Amazon	Largest Fresh water Lake	Lake Superior
Country of shortest coastline	Manaco	Tallest tree in the world	Redwood
Driest place of the world	Death Valley	Tallest Building of the World	Burj Khalifa
World's highest Waterfall is in	Venezuela	Coldest Planet	Neptune
Planet Nearest to Earth	Venus	Brightest Planet	Venus
World's highest Waterfall	Angel	Saltiest Water Lake of the world	Assal Lake
Longest Glacier	Lambert Glacier	Second Largest Desert	Sahara Desert
Biggest River	Amazon River	Largest Desert	Antarctica (According to definition of Dessert)
Largest Salt Water Lake	Caspian Sea	Coldest place in the World	Vostok in Antarctica
Planet with most Satellite is	Jupiter	Fastest Planet	Mercury
Hottest Planet	Venus	Deepest Lake in the World	Baikal
Longest Land Mountain Range	Andes of S.America	Hottest Place of the World	Aziziya (Libiya)
Largest Lake	The Caspian	Longest Coastline Country	Canada
Longest River	Nile, Egypt