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Major Rivers

N am e Continent Out fl o w T o tal Lengt h (mi.)

Nile Afr ica Mediterranean Sea 4,1 60
Am azo n South Am erica Atlantic Oce an 4,000
Ch ang (Yangtze) East China Sea 3,964
M ississippi-M iss o u ri Asia Gul f of Mexico 3 ,71 0
N o rt h Am eri ca

Name Major Deserts Area (sq. m i.)

Sa hara Continent 3,500 ,000
Gobi Africa 500,000
Libya n Asia 450,000
Sono ra n Africa 120 ,0 00

No rt h Ameri ca

Oceans

Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

Are a : 5,426 ,000 sq. mi . Ar ea: 3 1,73 6,000 sq . mi .
C o a s t l ine: 28 ,209 mi .
Average De p t h: 3,407 ft. Coastl ine: 69 ,525 m i.

Average De p t h: 11,730 ft.

Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean

Ar ea: 28,410,000 sq. mi . Are a: 63,838,00 0 sq. m i.
Coas tli ne: 4 1,346 m i. Coas tl ine : 84,315 m i.
Average Depth: 12,598 ft Average De p th: 12,925 ft.

Highest Elevations

M ountain Peak Name Place Height (ft.) Con tinen t

Kilimanja ro Tanzania 19 ,3 4 0 Africa
Vinson Massif Antarctica 16,8 64 An tarctica
Everest N e p al- T ib et 2 9,0 35
Kosciu sko Australia 7,3 10 Asia
Elb rus 18,5 10 Au stral ia
Mc Kin ley Russia 20,320 Europe
Aconcagua Alask a, U.S. 22 ,834 N orth Am erica
Argentina South America

Lowest Elevations

Lo west P o in t Name Place Dep th Below Sea Lev el (ft .) Continen t

Lake AssaI Djib outi 512 Afri ca
Bentl ey Subgla cial T re nc h Antarctica 8,327* Antarctica
Dead Sea Israel-Jo rdan 1,3 10
Lak e Eyre Aust ralia Asia
Cas p ia n Sea Rus sia - Azerbaijan 52 Aus trali a
Death Valley Califo rn ia, U.S. 92 Europe
Vald es Pen in su la Arg e n t i n a 282 North America
13 1 South America

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- World Facts and Figures Inside front cover
Using This Atlas .4- 5

Published by 6

Legend 7

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Map Scale 8- 9

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Latitude and Longitude
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Different Kinds of Maps 10-11

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Continental Drift 22- 23

espress writt en prio r pe rm ission from the Publisher. World Climate 24-25

Acknowledgements.
World Vegetation 26- 27

"How to use this Atlas" written by ElspethLeacock
World Environment

World Forest Cover 28

MeXICO Statecoat of arms on page 76. © 200J mextcan-Ilaq.com Tropical Ra in Forests 29

Photographs on pages 24-25 (Deserts, Nature, China/Tibet. Alaska,
World Population

Brazu,Arctic). 26-27 (Landscapes. Nature, Australia, China/ Tibet), 59
Population Density 30-3 1

(rivers), 60--61(nature, Landscapes, Hawaii, Caribbean), 62- 63 (Arctic)
Population Projections 30

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World Population

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Life Expectancy: 1999, 2025 32

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Youthful Population 33

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World Resources

Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal 38- 39

Major Minerals 38- 39

Electrical Energy Production
World Communications
39

Television Receivers
Newspaper Circulation .40

Personal Computers .41

Cellular Communications .41

World Transportation
.41

Time Zones
Major Airports .42

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Electrical Energy
Productio n

Billions of kilowatt hours, 1999

3,705 (United State s)
500 to 1,175
100 to 499
50 to 99
20 to 49
Less than 20
No current data available

SOurce U S Depe -troeor of E.nergy
Intern ati on al Ene rgy Annu al. 2000

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Television Receivers \

Number of television receivers Although there a re so me unexp ect edl y upp er-ca tegor y
per 100 popu lation co un tries on this ma p, televisions , a relatively inexp ensive
consumer ite m in all but th e poo rest nations, predominate
More than 50 whe re broadcast and cab le tech no logy is modern an d avail­
30 to 50 able and where popular cu lture has made television th e
10 to 30 pnmar y medi um of marketi ng, news, and enrerrain menr.
5 to 10
Less than 5 =­
N o current data available

SOurce . UNESCO Institute for Statistics

N ewspaper Circulation »:

Daily new spape r circulation ~USTRALIA
per 100 populat ion
Obvious ly, newspaper Circul atio n IS partially associated

More than 40 with nati onal literacy. In addi tio n, th e relative co untry

20 to 40 rank ings m ay illustrate th e ra nge of cu ltural vitality and

10 to 20 th e freedom-or lack of- in th e ability to express and

2.5 to 10 share ideas, opi n ions , and critical co m me ntary.

Less than 2.5
No current data available

1996 Estimates

Source: UNESCOInstitute tor Statistics