Facts about the Earth

    Ten Earth's Extremes 

1. Hottest Place: Dalol, Danaki Depression, Ethiopia, Annual average temperature 34.4 C
2. Coldest Place: Plateau Station, Antarctica, Annual average temperature -56.7 C
3. Wettest Place: Mawsynram, India, Asia, Annual average rainfall 1143 centimeters
4. Driest Place: Atacama Desert, Chile, Rainfall barely measurable
5. Highest Waterfall: Angel, Venezuala, 979 meters
6. Largest Gorge: Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, USA, 466 kilometers long along river, 183 meters to 29 kilometers wide, about 1.6 kilometers deep
7. Deepest Gorge: Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho-Oregon, USA, 2408 meters
8. Longest Reef: Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 2012 kilometers
9. Greatest Tides: Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, 16 meters
10. Most Predictable Geyser: Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National park, Wyoming, USA, It erupts at an average annual interval of 63 to 73 minutes

Facts about the Earth


Estimated age: 4600 million years

Mean distance to the Sun: 14,95,03,923 kilometer

Mean distance to the Moon: 3,81,597.5 kilometer

Equatorial diameter: 12,756.8 kilometer

Polar diameter: 12,713.8 kilometer

Mean diameter: 12,735.3 kilometer

Equatorial circumference: 40,075 kilometer

Mass: 5,97,40,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 tonnes

Period of revolution: 365 days 4 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds

Speed of revolution: 1,07,160 kilometer per hour

Period of rotation: 23 hours, 56 minutes

Speed of rotation: 1610 kilometer per hour

Total area: 51,00,66,00 square kilometer

Land area: 14,84,29,000 square kilometer (29.1%)

Water area: 36,16,37,000 square kilometer (70.9%)

Volume: 10,83,230 X 1000000 cubic kilometer