The Natural World

The Natural World — page 1 — Our PLANET EUROPE NORT ASIA MERICA As I The world is divided into large landmasses called continents and together these cover 57 5 million sq miles 148 9 million sq km which is nearly 30 percent of Earth's total surface area The continents feature towering peaks that stretch high into the sky rivers that wind for thousands of miles and large islands AFRICA souTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA OCEANIA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA Highest mountains Highest mountains pa sa se els se eit 90 m Acaa9 o 20 N 9 N Longest rivers Longest rivers Missouri 2 340 miles 3 766 km Amazon 4 000 miles 6 437 km Mississippi 2 320 miles 3 734 km Paraná 3 032 miles 4 880 km Yukon 1 980 miles 3 187 km Madeira 2 019 miles 3 250 km Largest islands Largest islands

The Natural World — page 2 — EUROPE ASIA Highest mountains Highest mountains al ne AP ES 28 mi y Longest rivers Volga 2 294 miles 3 692 km Longest rivers Danube 1 777 miles 2 860 km Yangtze 3 915 miles 6 300 km Ural 1 509 miles 2 428 km Yellow 3 395 miles 5 464 km Lena 2 734 miles 4 400 km Largest islands V a FA Largest D ON o AO islands AFRICA OCEANIA Highest mountains Na 03 A9 WU Ke 60 Highest mountains 20 Longest rivers Longest rivers Nile 4 258 miles 6 853 km Murray 1 476 miles 2 375 km Congo 2 920 miles 4 700 km Murrumbidgee 923 miles 1 485 km Niger 2 597 miles 4 180 km Darling 915 miles 1 472 km Largest islands Largest islands 6 ELSE FY SEF

The Natural World — page 3 — CLIMATE Regional climates around the world vary greatly partly due to an area s location between the equator and the poles Climates can be hot or cold and some areas can get a great deal of rain while some can get very little Some areas also have different seasons where conditions vary from month to month WORLD CLIMATE TYPES 63 0 °C Snag Yukon Canada Feb 3 1947 131 °F 55 0 °C Kebili Tunisia July 7 1931 134 °F 56 7 °C Furnace Creek Ranch CA USA July 10 1913 11 23 9 °C Ifrane Morocco Feb 11 1935 This map shows the world's main climate zones with dark green for tropical regions ighter green for temperate zones light brown for arid regions and white for polar and mountainous climates Equator ARID Arid or dry regions that have little or no rainfall throughout the year are called deserts They are too dry to support vegetation and they can be hot or cold 120 °F 48 9°C Rivadavia Argentina Dec 11 1905 High Low Continent border Temperature extremes on each continent 27 OF 32 8 Sarmiento Argentina June 1

The Natural World — page 4 — MEDITERRANEAN Named after the climate around the Mediterranean Sea this climate is found in parts of the world such as Chile California and South Africa It has warm dry summers and cool wet winters TEMPERATE Temperate zones lie midway between the tropics and the poles They usually have mild summers and winters and rainfall levels can be high throughout the year POLAR The climates around the poles are cold throughout the year but especially during the winter months when the Sun may not rise above the horizon Close to the poles the sea and the land are covered by thick sheets of ice 118 4 °F 48 0 °C Athens Greece July 19 1977 72 6 °F 58 1 °C Ust Schuger Russia Dec 21 1978 90 04 F 67 8 °C Verkhoyansk and Omkon Russia Feb 5 1892 Feb 7 1892 Feb 6 1933 U ROPE 129 2 °F 54 0 °C Tirat Zvi Israel June 21 1942 MOUNTAINS Highland regions such as the Andes and the Himalayas have no distinct seasons Conditions vary the higher you climb TROPICAL Tropical regions lie on either side of the equator They can be tropical wet with high levels of rainfall throughout the year or tropical dry with two distinct seasons a wet season and a dry season 123 26 OF 50 7 °C Oodnadatta Australia Jan 2 1960 94 °F 23 0 °C Charlotte Pass NSW Australia June 29

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