World Geographical Features - Summary of Ten Biggest

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World Geographical Features -
Summary of Ten Biggest

The following list summarizes the TOP TEN BIGGEST selected geographic features on Earth - the world's 10 biggest cities, the world's ten largest countries, and the sizes of the world's seven continents.

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World's Biggest Geographic Features
On this page - 10 Largest Cities 10 Largest Countries 7 Largest Continents	Off page - 20 Highest Mountains 20 Largest Deserts 20 Largest Islands 20 Largest Lakes 20 Longest Rivers

The Ten Biggest Cities on Earth
Cities, Ten most populous		Number of People
1	Shanghai, China	16 million
2	Bombay, India	14 million
3	Karachi, Pakistan	10.6 million
4	Sao Paulo, Brazil	10.3 million
5	Seoul, South Korea	9.6 million
6	Istanbul, Turkey	9.6 million
7	Jakarta, Indonesia	9.0 million
8	Moscow, Russia	8.8 million
9	Mexico City, Mexico	8.6 million
10	Tokyo, Japan	8.3 million
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The Ten Biggest Countries on Earth
Countries, Ten biggest		Area in Square Miles	Population
1	Russia	6.59 million	144 million
2	Canada	3.61 million	33 million
3	China	3.60 million	1,306 million
4	U.S.	3.54 million	296 million
5	Brazil	3.27 million	186 million
6	Australia	2.94 million	20 million
7	India	1.15 million	1,080 million
8	Argentina	1.06 million	40 million
9	Kazakhstan	1.05 million	15 million
10	Sudan	0.917 million	40 million
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The Seven Continents on Earth Ranked
Continents, Seven biggest		Area in Square Miles
1	Asia	17,200,000
2	Africa	11,600,000
3	North America	9,400,000
4	South America	6,900,000
5	Antarctica	5,100,000
6	Europe	3,800.000
7	Australia	3.100,000
-	Greenland, the largest island, for comparison	823,000

Disclaimer: I hope there are no errors.

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This Vaughns 1-Pagers Biggest Geographic Features web page was updated on 2008-05-16.