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THE LARGEST 10 ANIMALS IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO VARIOUS CATEGORIES

by Sree DivyaSeptember 29, 2020September 29, 2020UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Our world is full of creatures big and small, short and tall. Largest 10 animals in the world, classified by various categories such as mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians etc are given below. There’s an incredibly detailed list of some of the world’s largest organisms.

1.The Largest Animal:
The Blue Whale

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These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet long and upwards of 200 tons. Their incredible size is only possible because of their aquatic lifestyles and the buoyancy provided by seawater. Blue whales are among the loudest animals on the planet. Blue whales live in all the world’s oceans, except the Arctic. Blue whales are among Earth’s longest-lived animals. Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts, as much as an automobile. Krill are considered as the main source of food for many larger animals. Blue whales reach these mind-boggling dimensions on a diet composed nearly exclusively of tiny shrimplike animals called krill. During certain times of the year, a single adult blue whale consumes about 6 tons of krill a day. Fish and copepods (tiny crustaceans) may occasionally be part of the blue whale’s diet. Blue whales look true blue underwater, but on the surface their coloring is more a mottled blue-grey. Their underbellies take on a yellowish hue from the millions of micro organisms that take up residence in their skin.
The blue whale has a broad, flat head and a long, tapered body that ends in wide, triangular flukes. These graceful swimmers cruise the ocean at more than five miles an hour, but accelerate to more than 20 miles an hour when they are agitated. They emit a series of pulses, groans, and moans, and it’s thought that, in good conditions, blue whales can hear each other up to 1,000 miles away. Like all whales, blue whales are mammals and give live birth to very large calves that they nurse for six or seven months. A baby blue whale emerges weighing up to 3 tons and stretching to 25 feet. Average lifespan is estimated at around 80 to 90 years. Today, a primary threat to blue whale recovery is accidental interactions with fishing gear and with ships, but their numbers are slowly increasing. To compound their trouble, however, blue whales’ preferred food source – krill – is now fished commercially.

2.The Heaviest Land Animal in the World:
The African Bush Elephant

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The African bush elephant is the largest of the three elephant species. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat like the continent of Africa. It is also known as “ecosystem engineers.” Adults reach up to 24 feet in length and 13 feet in height and weigh up to 11 tons. As herbivores, they spend much of their days foraging and eating grass, leaves, bark, fruit, and a variety of foliage. They need to eat about 350 pounds of vegetation every day. African elephants live up to 70 years. An elephant’s trunk is a strong appendage, with more than 40,000 muscles and tendons that can lift more than 400 pounds at once. Elephants are fond of water. Elephants suck water up through the trunk and then blow it into their mouths for drinking or onto their backs as a cooling mist. Elephants use their tusks to pull bark off trees, dig up roots and water holes, and for protection. Because elephants require substantial amounts of food and a large area in which to forage, habitat destruction across their range is a major threat to survival. As of late, poaching has caused the most serious damage to African bush elephant populations, with approximately 25,000 being lost every year.
The Nature Conservancy is using a comprehensive three-pronged approach to elephant protection. During the dry season, they use their tusks to dig up dry riverbeds and create watering holes many animals can drink from. Their dung is full of seeds, helping plants spread across the environment and it makes pretty good habitat for dung beetles too. In the forest, their feasting on trees and shrubs creates pathways for smaller animals to move through, and in the savanna, they uproot trees and eat saplings, which helps keep the landscape open for zebras and other plains animals to thrive. Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much. Females give birth to a single calf after a 22 month gestation, the longest gestation period among mammals.

3.The Tallest Land Animal in the World:
The Giraffe

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The Giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal and the tallest living terrestrial animal with coat pattern of irregular brown patches on a light background in the world. It stands 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall and has an average weight of 1,930 kg (3,500 lb) for males and 1180 kg (1,800 lb) for females. The giraffe has an extremely elongated neck, which can be over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length, accounting for nearly half of the animal’s vertical height. It’s prehensile tongues almost half a metre long. The tail may be a metre in length and Speeds of 50 km (31 miles) per hour can be maintained. When the giraffe lowers its head to the ground, special vessels at the base of the brain control blood pressure.
They have excellent eyesight, and when one giraffe stares, for example, at a lion a kilometre away, the others look in that direction too. Giraffes live up to 26 years in the wild. Giraffes prefer to eat new shoots and leaves, mainly from the thorny acacia tree. Cows in particular select high-energy low-fibre items. They are prodigious eaters, and a large male consumes about 65 kg (145 pounds) of food per day. Giraffes obtain most water from their food, though in the dry season they drink at least every three days. Gestation is 15 months. If lions or hyenas attack, a mother sometimes stands over her calf, kicking at the predators with front and back legs. About half of very young calves are killed by lions and hyenas.

4.The Largest Carnivora in the World:
The Southern Elephant Seal

Male Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) trying to mate with a recently weaned pup on Sea Lion Island in the Falkland Islands.

There are two species of elephant seals, the northern and southern. The southern elephant seal is a true seal and is the largest pinniped and carnivoran in the world. Southern elephant seals live in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters that feature brutally cold conditions but are rich in the fish, squid, and other marine foods these seals enjoy. Southern elephant seals are grayish brown in colour and are covered with thick blubber. Southern elephants are the largest of all seals. Males can be over 20 feet long and weigh up to 8,800 pounds. But these massive pinnipeds aren’t called elephant seals because of their size. Southern elephant seals have been recorded diving up to 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) and can stay underwater for nearly two hours. Southern elephant seal diet is largely composed of squid, mollusks, krill, cephalopods, and algae.

Elephant seals were aggressively hunted for their oil, and their numbers were once reduced to the brink of extinction. Historically, southern elephant seals were hunted to very low numbers because of the value and volume of their blubber, which was rendered into oil. Fortunately, populations have rebounded under legal protections. Adult males are enormous at least six times larger than polar bears and nearly twice the size of the next largest seal that is the northern elephant seal. Southern elephant seals are open ocean predators and spend much of their time at sea. Large southern elephant seals have few predators, but killer whales, leopard seals, and some large sharks are known to feed on this species. Potential impacts of expanding Southern Ocean fisheries and ongoing climate change on the populations of this seal are not well known, so it is important to continue to study and monitor this and other Antarctic seals. Southern elephant seals breed on land but spend their winters in the frigid Antarctic waters near the Antarctic pack ice. The current population is estimated at 650,000 individuals. The larger males fight one another to establish dominance over a particular section of beach. Females give birth to a single pup each year after an 11-month pregnancy and continue to nurse their pups.

5.The Largest Land Carnivores in the World:
The Polar Bear and Kodiak Bear

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The Kodiak bear, also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the “Alaskan brown bear”, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. The Kodiak bear, on the other hand, commonly reaches sizes of 300 to 600 kg (660 to 1,320 lb), and has even been known to exceed weights of 680 kg. Stability of the Kodiak bear population have arisen. Kodiak bear will eat a large variety of plant and animal species. When standing on its hind legs the Kodiak bear is as tall as 10 ft (3 m). Females, called sows, are typically about 20-30% smaller than males, which are referred to as boars. The largest island in the archipelago is known as Kodiak Island. It is the second-largest island in the USA and is considered the heart of the Kodiak bear’s range. With food being abundant, bears live in relatively high density and their home ranges overlap significantly. They will feed on mainly salmon during this time while building up their fat reserves for winter. Hunters frequently seek the rare species to harvest its meat or simply claim it as a trophy. Cubs are typically born about 8 months later. Young bears will remain with their mothers for about 3 years before setting out on their own. The polar bear is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle. It is the largest recognized subspecies or population of the brown bear, and one of the two largest bears alive today, the other being the polar bear.
There is generally much variation in size between brown bears in different areas, most usually weigh between 115 and 360 kg. a sow (adult female) is about half that size of boar(adult male). Many body characteristics of Polar bear are adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice and open water, and for hunting seals, which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time on the sea ice. For thousands of years, the polar bear has been a key figure in the material, spiritual, and cultural life of circumpolar peoples, and polar bears remain important in their cultures. Polar bears swim in that region’s coastal waters. They are very strong swimmers, and their large front paws, which they use to paddle, are slightly webbed. Some polar bears have been seen swimming hundreds of miles from land. Polar bears live in one of the planet’s coldest environments and depend on a thick coat of insulated fur, which covers a warming layer of fat. Polar bears live in one of the planet’s coldest environments and depend on a thick coat of insulated fur, which covers a warming layer of fat. Under their fur, polar bears have black skin – the better to soak in the sun’s warming rays. polar bears will also consume carcasses, such as those of dead whales. Polar bears are attractive and appealing, but they are powerful predators that do not typically fear humans, which can make them dangerous.

6.The Largest Reptile in the World:
The Saltwater Crocodile

Large Australian Saltwater Crocodile lies of a river bank in Broome, Western Australia.

Saltwater crocodiles or estuarine crocodiles, are enormous creatures and the world’s largest living reptiles. The average male is 5m in length and weighs around 500kg, while females are significantly smaller, with the average female saltwater crocodile measuring a little under 3m in length and weighing less than 100kg. A huge male saltwater Crocodiles are estimated to have weighed a staggering 1500-2000kg. The animal most likely to eat a human—is the saltwater or estuarine crocodile. Saltwater crocodiles, or “salties,” as Australians affectionately refer to them, have an enormous range, populating the brackish and freshwater regions of eastern India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. They are excellent swimmers. They can travel long distances by sea, sometimes as much as 900km.
They’ll feed on anything they can get their jaws on, including water buffalo, monkeys, wild boar, and even sharks. Without warning, they explode from the water with a thrash of their powerful tails, grasp their victim, and drag it back in, holding it under until the animal drowns. Saltwater crocodiles have long life spans, with many living to more than 65 years, longer than any other crocodile species. It’s possible that some saltwater crocodiles may live for over a century. Only 1% of newborn saltwater crocodiles will survive to adulthood. Australian legend has it that crocodiles sleep with one eye open – and scientists have now proved it to be true. It involves shutting down only one half of their brain at a time, keeping the other half alert to danger. The central nervous system is wired up such that the right eye remains open when the left side of the brain is awake, and vice versa. They typically feed on fish, mammals and birds, preferring to hunt at night. It is is capable of killing and eating pretty much anything that comes into its territory, including sharks and humans.

7.The Largest Amphibian in the World:
The Chinese Giant Salamander

Chinese giant salamander once had the world at its wet, stubby feet. It’s a “living fossil,” having seen the dinosaurs come and go, and it is currently the largest amphibian on the planet. It is Capable of growing nearly 6 feet in length (1.8 meters). This makes the giant salamanders one of the most evolutionarily isolated families on the amphibian tree of life, residing at the tips of a long, solitary branch. The Chinese Giant Salamader lives and breeds in large hill streams, normally in forested areas. It is a mottled grayish or greenish and brown, with a long, thick body with four stubby limbs, and a blunt head with tiny eyes (with no eye lids) behind its nostrils. Its tail makes up over half of its body length.
The Japanese giant salamander is a bit smaller than its Chinese counterpart, while North America’s largest salamander, the hellbender, may reach 28 inches (70 centimeters) in length. These three giants make up the family Cryptobranchidae. This creature lives underwater yet does not have gills—it absorbs oxygen through its skin. there could be at least five distinct giant salamander species that developed independently in isolated locations over millions of years. the main threat to Chinese giant salamanders is humans hunting them with nets and hooks. As apex predators, they are used to slurping up a wide variety of aquatic creatures, and can accidentally swallow or become tangled in lines of hooks.

8.The Largest Rabbit/Hare in the World:
The Flemish Giant

The Flemish Giant rabbit is a very large breed of domestic rabbit, normally considered to be the largest breed of the species. Flemish Giants are historically a utility breed bred for fur and meat.. The breed is also known for being docile and patient in being handled, resulting in the large animals commonly being kept as pets. The Flemish Giant is an ancestor of many rabbit breeds all over the world, one of which is the Belgian Hare, imported into England in the mid 19th century. It is one of the more popular breeds at rabbit shows because of its unusually large size and its varying colors. They come in seven colours. The National Federation of Flemish Giant Rabbit Breeders recognizes Black, Blue, Fawn, Light Gray, Steel Gray, Sandy, and White as the official color varieties. The male and female have different head shapes. As one of the largest breeds of domestic rabbit, the Flemish Giant is a semi-arch type rabbit with its back arch starting behind the shoulders and carrying through to the base of the tail giving a “mandolin” shape.
Flemish Giant Rabbits weigh 6.8 kilograms (15 lb) on average, through the biggest ones can weigh up to 10 kilograms (22 lb), and the longest one on record, measured about 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) long. “The American Rabbit Breeders Association Standard of Perfection” dictates that a rabbit under six months and at least 6.5 pounds is eligible for entry in the Junior class, one between six and eight months is considered Intermediate, and eight months and older must be entered as a Senior. Their originsare highly contested among Flemish Giant rabbit historins. Other giant rabbit breeds named for different places exist, including the Continental Giant, German Giant, and British Giant. Each breed differs a bit from the Flemish Giant. The Rabbit Geek website posted information about this from a rabbit show judge and member of the British Rabbit Council.

9.The Largest Bats in the World:
The Giant golden-crowned flying fox

The golden-crowned flying fox is one of the largest bat species in the world, it can be incredibly hard to find. The giant golden-crowned flying fox, also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a species of megabat endemic to the Philippines. It is primarily frugivorous, consuming several kinds of fig. However, its diet also includes some leaves. As it eats fruits, primarily figs, it distributes their seeds all over the forest, contributing to reforestation in the Philippines. It also will sometimes eat fruit grown for agricultural use, but only if it is near undisturbed forests. It forages at night and sleeps during the day in tree roosts. The giant golden-crowned flying fox, also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a species of megabat endemic to the Philippines. It is one of the largest bat species in the world, weighing up to 1.4 kg (3.1 lb)—only the Indian and great flying fox can weigh more. It has the longest documented forearm length of any bat species at 215 mm (8.5 in). Owing to deforestation and poaching for bushmeat, it is an endangered species. It is still affected by human disturbance via tourists who intentionally disturb them during the day. can be found in forest patches near human population centers, including along roads and on resort grounds. In all cases, this species enjoys having other bat neighbors, as they share their roosts with several flying fox species—most commonly the large flying fox. Local communities hunt bats for sale, sport and personal consumption. In addition, more than 90 percent of the Philippines’ old-growth forests have been destroyed, and the species has completely disappeared from several of its old roosting sites on multiple islands. It gives birth annually from April through June, with females having one pup at a time.

10.The Largest Rodent in the World:
The Capybara

The capybara is twice that big—the biggest rodent on Earth. These impressive semi-aquatic mammals are found throughout much of northern and central South America, though a small invasive population has been seen in Florida. Capybara, also called carpincho or water hog. Like beavers, capybaras are strong swimmers. South American capybaras may be 1.25 metres (4 feet) long and weigh 66 kg (145 pounds) or more. Panamanian capybaras are smaller and weigh about 27 kg. They are shy and associate in groups along the banks of lakes and rivers. Small eyes, noses, no tail, and hairless ears are located high on their heads so that their faces remain exposed and alert when most of their body is submerged. Like other rodents, capybaras’ teeth grow continuously, and they wear them down by grazing on aquatic plants, grasses, and other plentiful plants. Their pig-shaped bodies are adapted for life in bodies of water found in forests, seasonally flooded savannas, and wetlands. Their toes are partially webbed for paddling around, and their reddish to dark brown fur is long and brittle—perfect for drying out quickly on land. Their favorite snack foods are snakes like the boa constrictor, crab-eating foxes, small cats, and birds of prey like the caracara and black vulture. Females usually have one litter of four to five young per year. Though considered to have a stable population overall, in some areas capybaras are severely threatened by people who hunt them for their skin, and some local populations have been wiped out.

THE LARGEST PLANETS OF SOLAR SYSTEM ACCORDING TO SIZE

by Sree DivyaSeptember 26, 2020September 26, 2020UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity — the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, dwarf planets such as Pluto, dozens of moons and millions of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. The most recent definition of a planet was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2006. It says a planet must do three things: The Sun, and everything that orbits it, is located in the Milky Way galaxy. Must orbit a star (in our cosmic neighborhood, the Sun). It must be big enough to have enough gravity to force it into a spherical shape. It must be big enough that its gravity cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the Sun. This is a partial list of Solar System objects by size, arranged in descending order of mean volumetric radius, and divided into several size classes. These lists can also be sorted according to an object’s mass and, for the largest objects, volume, density and surface gravity, insofar as these values are available.

1.Jupiter

In our solar system Jupiter is at nearly 11 times the size of Earth and 317 times its mass with a radius of 43,440.7 miles (69,911 kilometers). Despite its size, Jupiter has the shortest day of any other planet; it only takes about 10 hours for a complete rotation. In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei used a new invention called the telescope to look at Jupiter and discovered the first moons known to exist beyond Earth. The discovery ended incorrect, ancient belief that everything, including the Sun and other planets, orbited the Earth. From an average distance of 484 million miles (778 million kilometers), Jupiter is 5.2 astronomical units away from the Sun. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system – more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Jupiter’s familiar stripes and swirls are actually cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water, floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a giant storm bigger than Earth that has raged for hundreds of years. Jupiter is the fifth planet from our Sun. Jupiter is surrounded by dozens of moons. Jupiter also has several rings, but unlike the famous rings of Saturn, Jupiter’s rings are very faint and made of dust, not ice. Jupiter spins nearly upright and does not have seasons as extreme as other planets do. Jupiter has a central core of solid material or if it may be a thick, super-hot and dense soup. It could be up to 90,032 degrees Fahrenheit (50,000 degrees Celsius).
Jupiter has the same ingredients as a star, but it did not grow massive enough to ignite. Jupiter doesn’t have a true surface. The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids. It may also have a rocky core of heavier elements. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Jupiter. Jupiter’s appearance is a tapestry of colorful cloud bands and spots. With four large moons and many smaller moons, Jupiter forms a kind of miniature solar system. Jupiter has 53 confirmed moons and 26 provisional moons awaiting confirmation of discovery. Jupiter’s four largest moons—Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Jupiter’s environment is probably not conducive to life as we know it. The temperatures, pressures and materials that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organisms to adapt to. It is on average the third-brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon and Venus. it was named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology. In a similar manner, the ancient Greeks named the planet after Zeus, the king of the Greek pantheon. Jupiter’s immense volume could hold more than 1,300 Earths. That means that if Jupiter were the size of a basketball, Earth would be the size of a grape.

2.Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from our Sun (a star) and orbits at a distance of about 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) from the Sun. The rings we see are made of groups of tiny ringlets that surround Saturn. They’re made of chunks of ice and rock. Twice every 29 and a half years the great planet Saturn appears ringless. Saturn is heavily present in pop culture. Like Jupiter, Saturn is mostly a ball of hydrogen and helium. Saturn is unique among the planets with a radius of 36,183.7 miles (58,232 kilometers)and 9 times wider than Earth. If Earth were the size of a nickel, Saturn would be about as big as a volleyball. It is Surrounded by more than 60 known moons. The Saturn system is a rich source of scientific discovery and still holds many mysteries. From an average distance of 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), Saturn is 9.5 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth. From this distance, it takes sunlight 80 minutes to travel from the Sun to Saturn.
Saturn has the second-shortest day in the solar system. It’s hard to imagine, but Saturn is the only planet in our solar system whose average density is less than water. The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids deeper down. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Saturn, it wouldn’t be able to fly through unscathed either. The extreme pressures and temperatures deep inside the planet crush, melt and vaporize spacecraft trying to fly into the planet. The planet is many different shades of yellow, brown and grey. Saturn’s magnetic field is smaller than Jupiter’s but still 578 times as powerful as Earth’s. Saturn’s rings are thought to be pieces of comets, asteroids or shattered moons that broke up before they reached the planet, torn apart by Saturn’s powerful gravity. Saturn’s ring system extends up to 175,000 miles (282,000 kilometers) from the planet, yet the vertical height is typically about 30 feet (10 meters) in the main rings. Saturn’s environment is not conducive to life as we know it. The temperatures, pressures and materials that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organisms to adapt to.

3.Uranus

Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel. The planet was named for Uranus, the Greek god of the sky. The seventh planet from the Sun with the third largest diameter in our solar system, Uranus is very cold and windy. The ice giant is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 27 small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle. This unique tilt makes Uranus appear to spin on its side, orbiting the Sun like a rolling ball. One day Uranus takes about 17 hours to rotate and Uranus makes a complete orbit around the Sun in about 84 Earth years. Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit. With a radius of 15,759.2 miles (25,362 kilometers), Uranus is 4 times wider than Earth. If Earth was the size of a nickel, Uranus would be about as big as a softball. From an average distance of 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers), Uranus is 19.8 astronomical units away from the Sun. It takes sunlight 2 hours and 40 minutes to travel from the Sun to Uranus.

Uranus is also one of just two planets that rotate in the opposite direction than most of the planets (Venus is the other one), from east to west. Uranus is slightly larger in diameter than its neighbor Neptune. Most (80 percent or more) of the planet’s mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of “icy” materials—water, methane and ammonia—above a small rocky core. Near the core, it heats up to 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit (4,982 degrees Celsius). Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas in the atmosphere. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and is reflected back out by Uranus’ cloud tops. Uranus doesn’t have a true surface. The planet is mostly swirling fluids. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Uranus, it wouldn’t be able to fly through its atmosphere unscathed either. Uranus’ atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium, with a small amount of methane and traces of water and ammonia. The methane gives Uranus its signature blue color. Uranus has an unusual, irregularly shaped magnetosphere. Uranus’ environment is not conducive to life as we know it. Uranus has been visited only once by a spacecraft: Voyager 2.

4.Neptune

Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds, ice giant Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system. Neptune has 14 known moons. Neptune’s largest moon Triton was discovered on October 10, 1846, by William Lassell. More than 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is the only planet in our solar system not visible to the naked eye. Neptune is our solar system’s windiest world. Neptune is the farthest planet from our Sun. Neptune is very similar to Uranus. It’s made of a thick soup of water, ammonia, and methane over an Earth-sized solid center. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium, and methane. The methane gives Neptune the same blue color as Uranus. Neptune has six rings, but they’re very hard to see. The warm light we see here on our home planet is roughly 900 times as bright as sunlight on Neptune. The ice giant Neptune was discovered in 1846. With a radius of 15,299.4 miles (24,622 kilometers), Neptune is about four times wider than Earth.
If Earth were the size of a nickel, Neptune would be about as big as a baseball. From an average distance of 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers), Neptune is 30 astronomical units away from the Sun. From this distance, it takes sunlight 4 hours to travel from the Sun to Neptune. Neptune takes about 16 hours to rotate or spin once. And Neptune makes a complete orbit around the Sun in about 165 Earth years (60,190 Earth days). Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. Scientists think there might be an ocean of super hot water under Neptune’s cold clouds. It does not boil away because incredibly high pressure keeps it locked inside. Neptune does not have a solid surface. Its atmosphere extends to great depths, gradually merging into water and other melted ices over a heavier, solid core with about the same mass as Earth. Neptune is a more vivid, brighter blue. Neptune’s winds can be three times stronger than Jupiter’s and nine times stronger than Earth’s. Neptune’s environment is not conducive to life as we know it. The temperatures, pressures and materials that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organisms to adapt to.

5.Earth

The name Earth is a Germanic word with a radius of 3,959 miles (6,371 kilometers), which simply means “the ground. “Our home planet is the third planet from the Sun, and the only place we know of so far that’s inhabited by living things. While Earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system. it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface. Just slightly larger than nearby Venus, Earth is the biggest of the four planets closest to the Sun, all of which are made of rock and metal. Earth is the only planet that has a single moon. Our Moon is the brightest and most familiar object in the night sky. The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers) away from Earth. From an average distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers), Earth is exactly one astronomical unit away from the Sun. It takes about eight minutes for light from the Sun to reach our planet.
As Earth orbits the Sun, it completes one rotation every 23.9 hours. It takes 365.25 days to complete one trip around the Sun. That extra quarter of a day presents a challenge to our calendar system, which counts one year as 365 days. To keep our yearly calendars consistent with our orbit around the Sun, every four years we add one day. That day is called a leap day, and the year it’s added to is called a leap year. Earth is composed of four main layers, starting with an inner core at the planet’s center, enveloped by the outer core, mantle and crust. It has a solid and active surface with mountains, valleys, canyons, plains and so much more. Earth is special because it is an ocean planet. Water covers 70 percent of Earth’s surface. Earth’s atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen and has plenty of oxygen for us to breathe. The atmosphere also protects us from incoming meteoroids, most of which break up before they can hit the surface. Earth’s global ocean, which covers nearly 70 percent of the planet’s surface, has an average depth of about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) and contains 97 percent of Earth’s water. Earth has an atmosphere that consists of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent other gases such as argon, carbon dioxide and neon.

6.venus

Similar in size and structure to Earth, Venus has been called Earth’s twin. These are not identical twins, however – there are radical differences between the two worlds. Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and is Earth’s closest neighbor in the solar system. Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon, and sometimes looks like a bright star in the morning or evening sky. Average diameter of Venus is about 7,500 miles. Surface temperature is 864 degress Fahrenheit. Venus has a thick, toxic atmosphere filled with carbon dioxide. It’s perpetually shrouded in thick, yellowish clouds of mostly sulfuric acid that trap heat, causing a runaway greenhouse effect. It’s the hottest planet in our solar system.
The surface of Venus is not where you’d like to be, with temperatures that can melt lead, an atmosphere so thick it would crush you, and clouds of sulfuric acid that smell like rotten eggs. you couldn’t breathe the air, you would be crushed by the enormous weight of the atmosphere, and you would burn up in surface temperatures high enough to melt lead. The atmosphere traps the small amount of energy from the sun that does reach the surface along with the heat the planet itself releases. It is always found near the Sun. It rises and sets each day, so it has the nicknames Morning and Evening Star! Scientists found that Venus rotates backwards. This means that on Venus the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

7.Mars

Mars has a thin atmosphere made up mostly of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon gases. It is frequently called the “Red Planet” because iron minerals in the Martian dirt oxidize, or rust, causing the surface to look red. Today, a science fleet of robotic spacecraft study Mars from all angles. With a radius of 2,106 miles (3,390 kilometers), Mars is about half the size of Earth. If Earth were the size of a nickel, Mars would be about as big as a raspberry. From an average distance of 142 million miles (228 million kilometers), Mars is 1.5 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth. From this distance, it takes sunlight 13 minutes to travel from the Sun to Mars. As Mars orbits the Sun, it completes one rotation every 24.6 hours, which is very similar to one day on Earth (23.9 hours). Like Earth, Mars has distinct seasons, but they last longer than seasons here on Earth since Mars takes longer to orbit the Sun. On Mars the seasons vary in length because of Mars’ elliptical, egg-shaped orbit around the Sun. Mars has a dense core at its center between 930 and 1,300 miles (1,500 to 2,100 kilometers) in radius. It’s made of iron, nickel and sulfur. Surrounding the core is a rocky mantle between 770 and 1,170 miles (1,240 to 1,880 kilometers) thick, and above that, a crust made of iron, magnesium, aluminum, calcium and potassium. This crust is between 6 and 30 miles (10 to 50 kilometers) deep.

Mars formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become the fourth planet from the Sun. The Red Planet is actually many colors. At the surface we see colors such as brown, gold and tan. Mars is home to the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. It’s three times taller than Earth’s Mt. Everest. Mars appears to have had a watery past, with ancient river valley networks, deltas and lakebeds, as well as rocks and minerals on the surface that could only have formed in liquid water. There is water on Mars today, but the Martian atmosphere is too thin for liquid water to exist for long on the surface. The temperature on Mars can be as high as 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) or as low as about -225 degrees Fahrenheit (-153 degrees Celsius). Mars has no global magnetic field today. Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos. Phobos, the innermost and larger moon, is slowly moving towards Mars and will crash into the planet or break apart in about 50 million years. Scientists don’t expect to find living things currently thriving on Mars.

8.Mercury

The smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun, Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon. It doesn’t have any moons. Mercury is the fastest planet, zipping around the Sun every 88 Earth days. With a radius of 1,516 miles (2,440 kilometers), Mercury is a little more than 1/3 the width of Earth. If Earth were the size of a nickel, Mercury would be about as big as a blueberry. From an average distance of 36 million miles (58 million kilometers), Mercury is 0.4 astronomical units away from the Sun. It takes sunlight 3.2 minutes to travel from the Sun to Mercury. Mercury’s highly eccentric, egg-shaped orbit takes the planet as close as 29 million miles (47 million kilometers) and as far as 43 million miles (70 million kilometers) from the Sun. Mercury spins slowly on its axis and completes one rotation every 59 Earth days. Mercury is the second densest planet, after Earth. It has a large metallic core with a radius of about 1,289 miles (2,074 kilometers), about 85 percent of the planet’s radius.

Mercury has a central core, a rocky mantle and a solid crust. It’s actually not the hottest. Along with Venus, Earth, and Mars, Mercury is one of the rocky planets. Mercury spins slowly compared to Earth. Mercury takes 59 Earth days to make one full rotation. It goes around the Sun in just 88 Earth days. Most of Mercury’s surface would appear greyish-brown to the human eye. Temperatures on the surface of Mercury are extreme, both hot and cold. During the day, temperatures on Mercury’s surface can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius). Because the planet has no atmosphere to retain that heat, nighttime temperatures on the surface can drop to minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 180 degrees Celsius). Mercury’s environment is not conducive to life as we know it. The temperatures and solar radiation that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme for organisms to adapt to.

9.Pluto

Pluto is a complex and mysterious world with mountains, valleys, plains, craters, and maybe glaciers. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our solar system’s ninth planet. Icy Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet. Pluto is orbited by five known moons, the largest of which is Charon. Charon is about half the size of Pluto itself. Pluto and Charon are often referred to as a “double planet.” With a radius of 715 miles (1,151 kilometers), Pluto is about 1/6 the width of Earth. If Earth was the size of a nickel, Pluto would be about as big as a popcorn kernel. From an average distance of 3.7 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers), Pluto is 39 astronomical units away from the sun. It takes sunlight 5.5 hours to travel from the sun to Pluto. Pluto’s orbit around the sun is unusual compared to the planets. Pluto was actually closer to the sun than Neptune. One day on Pluto takes about 153 hours. Pluto is about two-thirds the diameter of Earth’s moon and probably has a rocky core surrounded by a mantle of water ice. Interesting ices like methane and nitrogen frost coat its surface.

Due to its lower density, Pluto’s mass is about one-sixth that of Earth’s moon. Pluto’s surface is characterized by mountains, valleys, plains, and craters. The temperature on Pluto can be as cold as -375 to -400 degrees Fahrenheit (-226 to -240 degrees Celsius). Pluto’s mountains can be as tall as 6,500 to 9,800 feet (2 to 3 kilometers) and are big blocks of water ice, sometimes with a coating of frozen gases like methane. Craters as large as 162 miles (260 kilometers) in diameter dot some of the landscape on Pluto, with some showing signs of erosion and filling. The main constituent is molecular nitrogen, though molecules of methane and carbon monoxide have also been detected. Pluto’s low gravity (about six percent of Earth’s) causes the atmosphere to be much more extended in altitude than our planet’s atmosphere. Pluto has a magnetic field. There are no known rings around Pluto. Pluto has five known moons: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx. The surface of Pluto is extremely cold, so it seems unlikely that life could exist there. At such cold temperatures, water, which is vital for life as we know it, is essentially rock-like. Pluto’s interior is warmer, however, and some think there could even be an ocean deep inside.

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THE GREAT 10 LARGEST ISLANDS IN THE WORLD

by Sree DivyaSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent. An island or isle is any piece of sub continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. In a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Something resembling an island, especially in being isolated or having little or no direct communication with others. This particular place is peaceful, calm, etc., when other surrounding places are the opposite. Here are 10 largest Islands in the world based on Land mass.
1.Greenland Island

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Greenland, the world’s largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean. One of the major players is in the outdoor tourism sector in the Azores, particularly in the Sao Miguel Island, Azores Greenmark will show you the beauty of the island. The total area of Greenland is 2.16 million square kilometres (836,330 square miles), including other offshore islands. In fact, many people still have misconceptions about the beautiful Arctic nation. its name from Erik The Red, an Icelandic murderer who was exiled to the island. He called it “Greenland” in hopes that the name would attract settlers. Azores Greenmark is one of the few companies in the Portuguese islands of the Azores that combines conservation and environmental protection with an offer of touristic activities. Azores Greenmark’s mission is developing touristic activities that highlight the beauty of the natural landscapes of the Azores, its history, and traditions of the Azorean people while protecting the environment. “Humans have inhabited Greenland for more than 4,500 years.” Despite having a land size of 2.16 million square kilometres, there are no roads or railway system that connect settlements to one another. Although Greenland remains a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the island’s home-rule government is responsible for most domestic affairs. The Greenlandic people are primarily Inuit (Eskimo).
The capital of Greenland is Nuuk. Greenland extends about 1,660 miles (2,670 km) from north to south and more than 650 miles (1,050 km) from east to west at its widest point. Greenland is separated from Canada’s Ellesmere Island to the north by only 16 miles (26 km). Greenland’s deeply indented coastline is 24,430 miles (39,330 km) long, a distance roughly equivalent to Earth’s circumference at the Equator. Structurally, Greenland is an extension of the Canadian Shield, the rough plateau of the Canadian north that is made up of hard Precambrian rocks. Greenland’s major physical feature is its massive ice sheet, which is second only to Antarctica’s in size. The Greenland Ice Sheet has an average thickness of 5,000 feet (1,500 metres), reaches a maximum thickness of about 10,000 feet. These highlands notwithstanding, most parts of the rock floor underlying the Greenland Ice Sheet are in fact at or slightly beneath current sea levels. Greenland experiences about two months of midnight sun during the summer. Several species of land mammals—including polar bears, musk oxen, reindeer, Arctic foxes, snow hares, ermines, and lemmings—can be found on the island. Seals and whales are found in the surrounding water. Nearly nine-tenths of Greenlander people are principally of Inuit, or Eskimo, extraction. Evangelical Lutheranism is the official religion. Greenland’s economy has long been based on fishing. Global warming has not only melted sea ice and made oil and natural gas exploration more accessible but also opened tracts of land for mineral exploitation. The midnight sun, as it is called, is a pretty cool natural phenomenon that everyone needs to experience at least once in their lifetime. June 21, the longest day of the year.

New Guinea Island

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New Guinea, island of the eastern Malay Archipelago, in the western Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the north, the Bismarck and Solomon seas to the east, the Coral Sea and Torres Strait to the south, and the Arafura Sea to the southwest with an area of 317,150 sq miles/821,400 sq km. New Guinea is administratively divided into two parts: its western half comprises the Indonesian propinsi (or provinsi; provinces) of Papua and West Papua (collectively, formerly called Irian Jaya); and its eastern half comprises the major part of Papua New Guinea, an independent country since 1975. To the north of the mountain chain is a deep structural trench occupied by the valleys of the Mamberamo, Sepik, Ramu, and Markham rivers. The climate of New Guinea is basically tropical, with mean annual maximum temperatures ranging between 86 and 90 °F (30 and 32 °C) in the lowlands. The Fly-Digul shelf and bordering highlands are one of the world’s wettest places and also one of the least-inhabited.
New Guinea has a rich variety of plant life, including orchids, figs, and species of false beech. Mangrove swamps are found along the coastline almost everywhere. Notable birds are the cassowary, the spectacular birds of paradise, and parrots etc. Almost the whole of New Guinea is occupied by speakers of Papuan languages, the original settlers of the island. Swidden cultivation is practiced in the forested foothills. Copper and gold are the main mineral resources of the island. One of the largest concentrations of copper in the world is at Tembagapura. Large amounts of gold also are produced at Ok Tedi. Petroleum is extracted in the Doberai Peninsula area of Papua. Natural gas has been discovered in the Fly-Kikori area in Papua New Guinea. Yams, taro, sago, and bananas are the lowland staple foods, and the sweet potato is the main highland food. Cash crops in Papua New Guinea include coffee, cacao, copra, palm oil, tea, and rubber; skyjack tuna, prawns, and timber are also exported. New Guinea was possibly occupied as early as 50,000 years ago. Linguistically, it is the world’s most diverse country, with more than 700 native tongues. Some 80% of Papua New Guinea’s people live in rural areas with few or no facilities of modern life. Radio is important in Papua New Guinea, which has scattered, isolated settlements and low levels of literacy.

3.Borneo Island

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Borneo is the world’s third-largest island and the largest island of Asia with an area of 288,869 square miles (748,168 square kilometers). : Indonesia (73%), Malaysia (26%), and Brunei (1%). The island is politically divided among three countries: Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia to the south. Brunei is a sovereign state located almost entirely on Borneo. Borneo is the third-largest island in the world. It is divided into four political regions: Kalimantan belongs to Indonesia; Sabah and Sarawak are part of Malaysia; a small remaining region comprises the sultanate of Brunei. It is the only island in the world to be politically administered by three countries at a time. A little more than half of the island is in the Northern Hemisphere including Brunei and the Malaysian portion, while the Indonesian portion spans both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Borneo is home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world. The name Brunei possibly derives from the Sanskrit word váruṇa , meaning either “water” or Varuna, the Hindu god of rain. From neighboring islands, Borneo is north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is bisected by the equator, with approximately half of its land area in the northern hemisphere and half in the southern hemisphere. The Indonesian provinces of North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan make up the southeastern part of the island. The island of Borneo is rich in natural resources. Known metal deposits include: gold, silver, copper, tin, aluminum (as bauxite), and iron ore of the island is covered by tropical forests that produce tropical timber and other forest products.
Borneo has nearly 11,000 species of flowering plants. In one 16 acre area of Borneo’s lowland forest, over 700 species of trees have been recorded. Borneo is comprised of a variety of different native tribes, each distinguishable from others by distinct language and culture. Borneo has some of the world’s most wildlife-rich equatorial rainforests, incredible landscapes (above and below the waves) and rich indigenous culture. Borneo is over three times bigger than the UK. Over 100 of the animals are endemic to Borneo, Endemic means you can only find the animal in that particular place. Examples of these animals include Proboscis monkeys, Bornean clouded leopards and Bornean rhinos. It is home to some of the world’s biggest caves. The Sarawak Chamber in Gunung Mulu National Park is the world’s largest cave chamber and capable of accommodating 40 Boeing 757 aeroplanes inside of it. Borneo has the highest peak in Southeast Asia . At 13,438ft (4,096 metres) above sea level, Mount Kinabalu is the tallest mountain. It is home to the world’s biggest flower. The Rafflesia lives in the rainforests of Borneo and is a parasitic plant whose flower gives off a horrific smell. It’s often referred to as the “corpse flower” because of this, Whilst it produces this smell to attract insects.

Madagascar Island

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Madagascar, island country lying off the southeastern coast of Africa at an area of 592,800 square kilometres (228,900 sq mi). Madagascar is the world’s second-largest island country. Famous for the wide-eyed lemurs, eccentric baobab trees, and vanilla farming, Madagascar Island throws wonderful surprises to your way. Stumble upon the great adventures and experiences in Madagascar with the help of this extensive Madagascar Island Guide. The island paradise is known for its rare wildlife, alien landscapes, and virgin coastline. Located in the Indian Ocean, the fourth largest island is a perfect destination for honeymooners, nature lovers, and thrill seekers. This red island it took humans 300,000 years to discover. It’s also called as Rainbow island. Madagascar has a population of more than 22 million inhabitants. Capital and largest city is Antananarivo.
It’s paradise for wildlife lovers. Its resident animals are more than half the world’s chameleons and dozens of species of lemur. Here thousand of birds live, most of which are endemic. Men and women wear the same clothes. It has a few World Heritage Sites. They are the Royal Hill of Ambohimanga, a 500-year-old burial site, the rainforests of the Atsinanana, which are home to many rare species. They consume quite a lot of marijuana. It recently abolished the death penalty. As one of the poorest places in the world, with a per capita GDP of $1,554 and an average life expectancy of just 65.5. It’s not surprising. Despite the poverty, luxury tourism has arrived. Madagascar has very few railways, just 854 kilometres of track, to be precise. Madagascar was once a safe haven for hundreds of pirates. Today the country is on a slow and steady economical and political growth path from an extremely low level. The location of Madagascar Island is also one factor that contributes towards attracting travelers to this place. A trip to these awe-inspiring places to visit in Madagascar Island will make your vacation an unforgettable experience. The landforms, the flora and fauna, the wildlife and everything that falls within is a customized package by nature.

5.Baffin Island

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Baffin Island, island lying between Greenland and the Canadian mainland. With an area of 195,928 square miles (507,451 square km). Remote and virtually untouched, the world’s fifth largest island is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the best places in the Arctic for expedition travel. The biggest island in Canada, Baffin Island is a grand wild landscape, the spectacular homeland of the Inuit and an accessible Arctic playground for the adventurous. Baffin Island draws the most visitors to Nunavut every year, and it isn’t hard to see. Coastal islands kilometres-high mountains, kilometres-high mountains and Steep fjords all offer different views and adventures in the great wild. The water provides another great view of these and other mythical animals, so join Adventure Canada to cruise the fabled Northwest Passage. The island was first discovered by Europeans in 1576 and was used extensively in the whaling industry. Iron-ore deposits have been found in the north, and Nanisivik, at its northwestern tip, is the site of one of the world’s northernmost mines, producing silver, lead, and zinc. The weather in Baffin Island remains relatively mild with an average temperature of 40°F (7°C). Sightings of migratory seabirds and other wildlife are high. We can enjoy stunning sunsets instead. Towering mountains as high as 7,000 feet (2,100 metres) form the backbone of the island’s geography along the north-eastern coasts. This is also where two of Canada’s largest national parks are found. The rest of Baffin Island, are a wonderful combination of spectacular fjords, numerous glaciers, steep granite peaks, and limestone cliffs. About 60% of the world’s polar bear population live in the Canadian Arctic. you might also see caribou, hare, fox, lemmings, and even the tundra grey wolf endemic to Baffin Island. There are over 100 bird species, including snowy owls, falcons, hawks, ptarmigans, and puffins. The world’s highest number of unicorn-like narwhal live and thrive in the waters of the north coast, alongside walrus and seals.

6.Sumatra Island

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An island of extraordinary beauty, it bubbles with life and vibrates under the power of nature. Sumatra, Indonesian Sumatera, Indonesian island, the second largest of the Greater Sunda Islands, in the Malay Archipelago . It is separated in the northeast from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca and in the south from Java by the Sunda Strait. Sumatra’s climate is hot, except in the highlands, and extremely moist. Vegetation includes monster flowers (Rafflesia arnoldii), myrtles, bamboo, rhododendrons, orchids, and such trees as the Sumatran pine (Pinus merkusii), palm, oak, chestnut, ebony, ironwood, camphorwood, sandalwood, and rubber-producing types. Wild and rugged, Sumatra is a blend of Mother Nature extremes, blessed with natural wealth as well as proneness to natural disasters. Volcano eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides are common headline grabbers for this one of the world’s richest ecosystems. But nobody can deny Sumatra’s beauty from the top of majestic volcanoes to the lush of the jungles and down at sea level, where idyllic deserted beaches are scattered along the island.
Some world-class diving sites in Pulau Weh and surfing in the wild Mentawai islands. You can also enjoy spicy Padang cuisines, relax on the shore of Lake Toba, bag the top of Mount Kerinci of Jambi, stop by the granite beaches of Belitung, and see dolphins at Kiluan, Lampung. The island’s animal life includes orangutans, various apes, elephants, tapirs, tigers, the two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros, gibbons, tree shrews, flying lemurs, wild boars, and civets. Three national parks on the island are Mount Leuser, Kerinci Seblat, and Bukit Barisan Selatan. Lake Toba, with an area of about 440 square miles (1,140 square km), is the largest of many mountain lakes. The island experienced a major natural disaster in late 2004 when the great Indian Ocean tsunami inundated low-lying areas along the northwest coast and adjacent islands and caused widespread death and destruction. Agricultural products grown for export include rubber, tobacco, tea, coffee, palm oil, ramie fiber, sisal, copra, betel nuts, kapok, peanuts (groundnuts), and pepper. A major portion of Indonesia’s timber comes from Sumatran forests, which also yield various oils and fibers. Sumatra and adjacent islands have reserves of petroleum, natural gas, tin, bauxite, coal, gold, silver, and other minerals.

7.Honshu Island

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Honshu is the largest and most populous main island of Japan. Honshu lying between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It forms a northeast–southwest arc extending about 800 miles (1,287 km) and varies greatly in width. The coastline extends 6,266 miles (10,084 km). Honshu has an area of 87,992 square miles (227,898 square km). Honshu contains Japan’s highest mountain Mount Fuji of 3,776 meter peak, and its largest lake, Lake Biwa. Honshu is further broken up into five smaller regions: Tohoku in the north, Kanto to the east, Chubu in the center, Kansai in the south and Chugoku to the west. Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes are in the Chubu region, as well as tourist-favorite Takayama. Honshu is housing the great majority of its population and hosting most of the visitors as well. Due to its size, it is commonly subdivided into smaller regions. More than 104(year 2010) million people are squeezed into pockets of flat land among the many volcanoes which form a long, mountainous arc from the northeast tip to the and copper are found on the island.
The Shinano, the longest river of Japan, traverses central Honshu. Most of the rivers of the island are short and swift, feeding many small hydroelectric plants. As the historical center of Japanese cultural and political power, the island includes several past Japanese capitals, including Kyoto, Nara and Kamakura. Electronics, metallurgical, chemical, and textile industries are very important on the island, although the larger cities have diverse industries. Most of Japan’s industry is located in a belt running along Honshu’s southern coast, from Tokyo to Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, and Hiroshima; by contrast, the economy along the northwestern Sea of Japan coast is largely based on fishing and agriculture. Agriculture is varied; rice, other grains, cotton, fruits, and vegetables are grown. The bulk of Japan’s tea and silk comes from Honshu. Japan has steadily increased the number of bridges and tunnels connecting Honshu with its other islands.

8.Victoria Island

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Victoria Island is a large island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth largest island in the world, with an Area of 217,291 km2 (83,897 sq mi). It is Canada’s second largest island. It is the main business and financial centre of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria. Victoria Island is one of the most exclusive and expensive areas to reside in Lagos. Travellers frequently use the term Victoria Island when referring to Vancouver Island but, in this context, the name Victoria Island is a misnomer. Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada, and is located on southern Vancouver Island. Whether you call this photogenic city and spectacular island by the names Victoria, Victoria Island or Vancouver Island, this beautiful and westernmost region of Canada will continue to attract over 6 million annual visitors from around the world. The romantic waterfront city of Victoria is the vacation capital of Canada, and the premier tourist spot in the Pacific Northwest, basking as it does in the mildest climate in Canada. Its British colonial heritage is still very much in evidence.
The one-time colonial outpost is alive with cosmopolitan dining, superb shopping, a colourful nightlife and a full complement of cultural offerings. Victoria Island, second largest island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Divided administratively between the Northwest Territories and the territory of Nunavut. The island was discovered in 1838 by Thomas Simpson, the island was named for Queen Victoria and was first explored by John Rae in 1851. Northwest Passage, historical sea passage of the North American continent. It represents centuries of effort to find a route westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Archipelago of what became Canada. Since the end of the 15th century, Western explorers have attempted to establish a commercial sea route north and west around the American land barrier encountered by Christopher Columbus. The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama sailed south around Africa and reached India in 1498.

Great Britain Island

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Great Britain, also called Britain, island with an Area of 80,823 sq miles/209,331 sq km lying off the western coast of Europe and consisting of England, Scotland, and Wales. The term is often used as a synonym for the United Kingdom, which also includes Northern Ireland and a number of offshore islands. Great Britain is not a country; it’s a landmass. “Group of islands in W Europe, consisting of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Orkney, the Shetland Islands, the Channel Islands belonging to Great Britain, and the islands adjacent to these”. The largest island in the British Isles is Great Britain.
In the Middle Ages, the name Britain was also applied to a small part of France now known as Brittany. As a result, Great Britain came into use to refer specifically to the island. However, that name had no official significance until 1707, when the island’s rival kingdoms of England and Scotland were united as the Kingdom of Great Britain. Ireland, meanwhile, had effectively been an English colony since the 12th century, and after the emergence of Great Britain, it remained under the influence of the British crown. In 1801 it formally joined with Great Britain as a single political entity, which became known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The notion of Europe is very old. The British Isles is the name of a group of islands situated off the north western corner of mainland Europe.

Ellesmere Island

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Ellesmere island is located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is believed to have been visited by Vikings in the 10th century, named in 1852 for Francis Egerton, 1st earl of Ellesmere. Ellesmere Island, largest island of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin region, Nunavut territory, Canada, located off the northwest coast of Greenland. The island, roughly 300 miles wide by 500 miles long (500 km wide by 800 km long) and covering an area of 75,767 square miles 196,236 square km. It is the third largest island in Canada, the 10th-largest island in the world and the most northerly island in the Arctic Archipelago.
The entire island is deeply incised by fjords, and the northern coast is extended by ice shelves. The land descends southward to Hazen Plateau, dominated by Lake Hazen, which is the largest lake in the polar region. Ellesmere is a true polar desert, with only 70 mm of precipitation annually in some places. More than one-fifth of the island has been turned into a national park, Quttinirpaaq National Park was created on the northern part of the island. There are numerous species of birds and several other land mammals, but coastal sea ice discourages marine mammals. According to population, there are three settlements on Ellesmere Island including Alert, Eureka, and Grise Fiord. Politically, it is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region. The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous group of volcanoes and lavas in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island. Petroleum deposits have been discovered on the island.

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LARGEST 10 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD

by Sree DivyaSeptember 11, 2020September 11, 2020UncategorizedLeave a Comment

An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports . international airports began to provide infrastructure for international civilian flights. To determine which airport is the largest airport in the world is first we need to establish Largest Airport is defined by the number of people passing through each year and the largest area in terms of acres. These factors are also somehow correlated. The airports which see the most traffic usually get expanded so they become even larger in area. In helping passengers and goods get from a destination to another, these airports, regardless of their size and traffic, participate in the local and global economy.

1.Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Atlanta is a Delta hub and is serviced by most other major carriers, including Virgin Atlantic and Southwest Airlines. It gives outbound Atlanta passengers an enhanced travel experience. It is the world’s busiest airport by number of passengers and number of landings and take-offs since 2005. It also had a total of 950,119 flights. Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport has international service to North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. ATL covers 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) of land and has five parallel runways. Hartsfield–Jackson is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines, and is a focus city for low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines. With just over 1,000 flights a day to 225 domestic and 60 international destinations, the Delta hub is the world’s largest airline hub. This Airport has nearly one million annual domestic flights. It serves 89 million passengers per year. The airport is the main hub of AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, and ExpressJet. The Delta hub is the world’s largest airline hub. The airport has 199 gates. It had an average of 243,000 passengers each day. The airport is located mostly in unincorporated areas in Fulton and Clayton counties. Work began on a larger terminal building to relieve the congestion. Dining and shopping are but two of the ways you can best utilize your time during a layover. Mouth-watering chicken biscuits, the Varsity for a hot dog or SweetWater Draft House for a cold one before hopping on your flight.

Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing Airport was opened on 1 March 1958. The airport then consisted of one small terminal building, which still stands to this day, apparently for the use of VIPs and charter flights, along with a single 2,500-metre runway on the east. Beijing Capital International is the main international airport that serves the capital city of Beijing. It is located 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Beijing’s city center, in an enclave of Chaoyang District and the surroundings of that enclave in suburban Shunyi District. This Airport has120 destinations and the world’s busiest airport and the largest Chinese airport. Beijing, The new terminal will eventually be able to accommodate over 43 million passengers a year. Beijing Airport is a hub for Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, and a Focus city for Sichuan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines and Shandong Airlines.
The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited, a state-controlled company. Beijing Capital has rapidly ascended in rankings of the world’s busiest airports in the past decade. It had become the busiest airport in Asia in terms of passenger traffic and total traffic movements by 2009. It has been the world’s second busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic since 2010. Beijing Capital International Airport Co., Ltd. (BCIA), majority owned by Capital Airport Holding, is engaged in the ownership and operation of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China and the provision of related services. Due to capacity constraints, BCIA is involved in feasibility studies for a second major airport to the south of Beijing. Beijing Airport handled 100,983,290 passengers in 2018. The arrival of the 2008 Olympic Games marked a very special moment in the history of China. For the first time all the worlds’ eyes and cameras centered on Beijing, the capital of a country. Part of the vision to show Beijing as the truly world class city that it is, included the completion of the world’s biggest airport, Beijing International Airport in time for the opening of the games.

London Heathrow Airport

In 1930, British aero engineer and aircraft builder Richard Fairey paid the Vicar of Harmondsworth £15,000 for a 150-acre plot to build a private airport to assemble and test aircraft. London Airport, as Heathrow was originally known, opened in 1946. In 1966 the airport was renamed as Heathrow. Heathrow Airport is now known as London Heathrow is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom. It is the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic. The airport is the primary hub for British Airways and the primary operating base for Virgin Atlantic. LHR Airport is the major international airport in the westernmost borough in Greater London, Hillingdon. The airport has currently 2 runways and 4 terminals. London Heathrow Airport (LHR) handled a record 80,102,017 passengers annually.
Travelling via plane can be stressful due to the airport process and time management needed to make your flight on time. This includes getting to the airport, getting through security, locating the correct terminal and gate as well as many other factors. But recently Heathrow Airport gave travellers a sneak peek of their VIP luxury service that’s traditionally used by celebrities as well as the royal family. The main purpose of the service is to give travellers a more luxurious and stress-free journey from their front door all the way up to boarding the plane. Heathrow Airport themselves have confirmed that almost 100 airport employees are part of this VIP team, with some employees starting as early as 4am in order to reach the holidaymakers in time. Within a decade capacity at the airport was already two million passengers a year.

O’Hare International Airport

Located on the far northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) is about 17 miles from the downtown Loop nearly covers 7,627 acres. It serves over 228 destinations in the United States and abroad, and is a hub for American and United and a focus city for Frontier and Spirit airlines. O’Hare has nine runways and was called Orchard Field Airport, after a nearby farming community named Orchard Place. It was renamed O’Hare in 1949 to honor Edward “Butch” O’Hare, a naval aviator during World War II. O’Hare serves as a major hub for both United Airlines and American Airlines. It is also a focus city for Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines. O’Hare’s public transportation connectivity is one of the best systems in the country. The two million square-foot factory needed easy access to the workforce of the nation’s then-second-largest city, as well as its extensive railroad infrastructure. Designed to be the successor to Chicago’s “busiest square mile in the world”.
O’Hare began as an airfield serving a Douglas manufacturing plant for C-54 military transports during World War II. O’Hare International Airport on Friday unveiled its new $26 million remodeling of international Terminal 5, complete with 24 new upscale retail shops and restaurants, some of which are Chicago originals. Airport officials conceded Terminal 5 for years was a “nightmare” for international travelers and an “embarrassment” for the city of Chicago because it was the first impression overseas tourists had of the city. T5, as it’s called, even has a XpresSpa, for massages, manicures and facials. The idea that in the past you couldn’t get a cup of coffee before you got on a plane.

Tokyo International Airport

Tokyo International Airport commonly known as Haneda Airport , Tokyo Haneda Airport. Haneda International Airport is one of the two primary airports that serve the Greater Tokyo Area. Haneda was the primary international airport serving Tokyo until 1978; from 1978 to 2010, Haneda handled almost all domestic flights to and from Tokyo as well as “scheduled charter” flights to a small number of major cities in East Asia, while Narita International Airport handled the vast majority of international flights. The Japanese government is currently encouraging the use of Haneda for premium business routes and the use of Narita for leisure routes and by low-cost carriers. It is able to handle 90 million passengers per year following its expansion in 2018. Haneda was named the Best Airport: 70+ million passengers, World’s Cleanest Airport, World’s Best Domestic Airport, and World’s Best PRM/Accessible Facilities in 2020. If you’re planning a trip to Tokyo, then one of your first considerations should be which Tokyo airport you want to arrive in. Haneda Airport is connected with the major and regional cities in Japan. It handles approx. 490 direct flights every day to 49 airports from Hokkaido to Okinawa. The number of passengers arriving at and departing from Haneda exceeds 60 million annually, and 60% of domestic travelers use Haneda. Thus it functions as an important hub for domestic air transportation in Japan. Haneda has resumed regular international flights to Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia. It is currently connected with three cities in three European countries, five cites in the United States, one city in the United Arab Emirates and nine cities in eight countries and regions in Asia with a maximum of 56 flights per day.

Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) forms a crucial part of the economic infrastructure of southern California and is the sixth-busiest airport in the world. LAX is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), which also operates another two international airports, Van Nuys and Ontario International airports, in Southern California. LAX airport occupies 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) of land. In 2008 the airport served 59.8 million passengers and handled 1.8mt of cargo. The LAX airport site, known as Mines Field, began its operations on 1 October 1928.
Los Angeles International Airport commonly referred to as LAX is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area. The terminal receives new modern technology such as dynamic video monitors that automatically update flight status and information technology components that support the upgrades and pr As to navigate through Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminals is quite complex, it hopefully counts with several means of transportation to transfer safe and sound between terminals. LAX has four parallel runways and handled 88,068,013 passengers. It is a major international gateway to the United States, and also serves a connection point for passengers traveling internationally. It is also the only airport to rank among the top five U.S. airports for both passenger and cargo traffic. LAX serves as a major hub or focus city for more passenger airlines than any other airport in the United States.

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport also known as Roissy Airport, is the largest international airport in France and the second busiest airport in Europe after Heathrow Airport, in London. Opened in 1974, it is located in Roissy-en-France, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Paris. It is named after statesman Charles de Gaulle. It serves as the principal hub for Air France and a destination for other legacy carriers, as well as a focus city for low-cost carriers easyJet, Vueling and Norwegian Air Shuttle. The Airport is operated by Groupe ADP under the brand Paris Aeroport. It handled 2,150,950 metric tonnes of cargo in 2012. Its extension is huge, about 32.38 square kilometers, extending across three départements and six communes. The aim of the project is to extend and modernize airport facilities to be able to accommodate a larger number of passengers and increase the air traffic to reach the milestone of 80 million passengers per year. There are scores of hotels near Charles de Gaulle Airport, but choosing one doesn’t have to be hard. We’ve taken a look at the closest 10 to the airport and reviewed them on our Hotels page, so you”ll know exactly what to expect. In case you have to spend any length of time at the airport, we’ve also created a Things to do page, which lists the services available at the hotel itself, from restaurants to shops and internet cafes. Since its commissioning, the new building at Paris-Orly Sud receives 9,000 passengers per day. It is amongst the largest airports in the world not only in terms of traffic, but also surface area, and its multiple disjointed terminals and sheer size may be disorienting.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Fort Worth International Airport opened in 1973. placing us as one of the most frequently visited super hub airports in the world. DFW Airport is a place that connects you to the world while bringing the world to you. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, also known as DFW Airport, is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area in the U.S. state of Texas. Located roughly halfway between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW spills across portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties, and includes portions of the cities of Irving, Euless, Grapevine and Coppell. At 17,207 acres (6,963 hectares), DFW is larger than the island of Manhattan. It is located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, across Dallas and Tarrant counties due to its size. Given this fact, the airport has portions of the cities of Euless, Grapevine, Irving and Coppell.

The distance to Dallas is 20 miles (32 km) and to Fort Worth is 24 miles (38 km). In 1948 the CAA National Airport Plan recommended that Greater Fort Worth International Airport be expanded into the major regional airport. Air traffic is controlled from a 196-foot control tower with two separate control cabs for the two sets of parallel 11,400-foot runways. The eleven-sided tower cab is the only one of its kind in the world. For controlled aircraft approaches there are five instrument-landing systems. Our airport warmly welcomes more than 63 million customers along their journey every year. Our customers can choose from 149 domestic and 55 international nonstop destinations worldwide. Through a $2.7 billion Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program, we’re elevating the customer experience with modernized facilities and updated amenities. We’re reimagining what an airport can be, becoming one of the world’s best airports and a place that’s a destination, with inspiring moments of its own. It is a place, that strives to be a bigger part of the growth of the region it serves and the global travelers it welcomes.

Frankfurt Airport

Fraport AG, the owner and manager of FRA, Germany’s biggest airport, looks back on a long tradition as a provider of airport services. Founded in 1924 , Initially operated Frankfurt Airport at the Rebstock site. Today, Frankfurt Airport is one of the world’s most important air transportation hubs and serves as the main European hub in the dense global network of the Star Alliance airlines. This Airport not only has the reputation as a fast transfer airport but also boasts excellent intermodal connections, linking air, rail and road transportation. FRA is increasingly evolving into Frankfurt Airport City, an attractive business location and globally connected urban center.
Frankfurt Airport’s location in the center of Europe has given it an important role in the global transportation industry. Over two hundred scheduled airlines and charter carriers are served every year, and 12,000 employees are responsible for the airport’s upkeep and general operations. Lufthansa German Airlines, the airport’s most important business partner, is based here. It employs over 45,000 people globally, and has an operating fleet of 200 aircraft. Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide owns and runs Frankfurt Airport, one of the world’s top ten airports. Due to its central location in Europe, Frankfurt Airport is a popular transition point for intercontinental air cargo transport and passenger travel. The airport is Europe’s number one air cargo hub where over two million metric tons of air freight is handled annually. With almost 53 million passengers passing through, Frankfurt Airport is Europe’s third most frequented airport.

Hong Kong International Airport

The construction of Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok was one of the biggest operations in the industry. The airport covers 12.48km² of reclaimed land between the two islands of Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau. The new tags printed out to tag passenger luggage contain an embedded RFID chip along with a barcode. The shopping and leisure facilities include the airport’s SkyMart with 160 shopping outlets and 40 restaurants spread over 39,000m². The facilities also include free and pay internet lounges, Wi-Fi access, many lounges and TV screens and a children’s play area. The superior facilities have meant that the airport has been voted the world’s best in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. This Airport came first in Skytrax’s world airport awards in 2007. and is consistently in the top-five list.
The strategic location of HKIA makes it the preferred choice of global businesses. It links Hong Kong with more than 150 destinations, including 40 cities on the Chinese mainland. Designed for the rapid movement of millions of passengers, the airport has 288 check-in counters, 200 immigration desks and 80 customs positions. The new airport also boasts 2.5km of moving walkways and around 120 shops. The airport complex grew with the construction of a new development adjacent to the passenger terminal called Sky City. This consists of Sky Plaza, an office, retail and business complex integrated with the passenger terminal, which then links to the rest of Sky City. The airport is operated by the Airport Authority Hong Kong 24 hours a day and is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific , Cathay Dragon, Hong Kong Airlines, HK Express and Air Hong Kong . The airport is one of the hubs of Oneworld alliance, and also one of the Asia-Pacific cargo hubs for UPS Airlines. It is a focus city for many airlines, including China Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. Singapore Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines all utilise Hong Kong as a stopover point for their flights.

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THE 10 LARGEST FAST FOOD RESTAURANT CHAINS IN THE WORLD

by Sree DivyaSeptember 8, 2020September 8, 2020UncategorizedLeave a Comment

A fast food restaurant, also known as a quick service restaurant (QSR) within the industry, is a specific type of restaurant that serves fast food cuisine and has minimal table service. Fast food was originally created as a commercial strategy to accommodate the larger numbers of busy commuters, travelers and wage workers who often did not have the time to sit down at a public house or diner and wait for their meal. Vast variety of food can be “cooked fast”, “fast food” is a commercial term limited to food sold in a restaurant or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form for take-out. It is measured by number of outlets.

1.Subway

Subway is one of the fastest-growing franchises in the world with more than 44,000 locations in 112 countries, this sandwich shop takes home first place.
Subway is an American privately held restaurant franchise. Subway primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads. This type of sandwich is also called a hoagie, a hero sandwich, a poor boy sandwich, an Italian sandwich, or a grinder. Unlike much of the fast food sold by restaurant chains, Subway products are typically not fried and are liberally garnished with fresh vegetables. Subway therefore is able to position itself as a purveyor of healthier fast food. The Headquarters of Subway are in Milford, Connecticut. Subway began in 1965 as a partnership between Fred DeLuca, a 17-year-old and Peter Buck. The first franchised restaurants opened in 1974. We’ve become the leading choice for people seeking quick, nutritious meal options that the whole family can enjoy.
The popularity of the sandwiches and the brand continued to grow over the decades but one thing remained the same and that was their core values and principles:

1.Always provide exceptional service to your valued guests,

Provide the highest quality menu items at a price everyone can afford and enjoy, and
Keep operating costs low and ensure you have great systems in place and never stop improving.

2.McDonald’s

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McDonalds is recognized as one of the most successful and best known brands worldwide. Restaurant was started in 1948 by brothers Maurice (“Mac”) and Richard McDonald in San Bernardino, California. McDonald’s is the world’s largest fast-food restaurant chain. McDonald’s is an American hamburger and fast food restaurant chain. The first McDonald’s franchise opened in Phoenix, Arizona in 1953. McDonald’s predominantly sells chicken products, milkshakes, hamburgers, breakfast items, desserts, and soft drinks. However, the company has recently expanded its menu to include fruits, fish, smoothies, salads, and wraps. McDonald’s is the second biggest QSR in the world With more than 38,695 restaurant locations in 119 countries with 47 million people are serving each day. Over the years, McDonald’s have revolutionized the food industry which results in the affecting of the lives of the people who prepared food and the people who consumed them. One in eight workers in the United States has been hired by McDonald’s. Their 70 million daily customers are more than the entire population of France. Its headquarters are in Oak Brook, Illinois. The tall yellow arches that had once dominated the earlier restaurant rooftops.
It effectively became the most popular family restaurant, emphasizing affordable food, fun, and flavours that appealed to children and adults alike. There are three important characteristics are consistency, quality, and cleanliness.

3.Starbucks

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Starbucks is an American coffee house chain opens first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market , Washington in 1971. Howard Schultz joins Starbucks as director of retail operations and marketing. Starbucks begins providing coffee to fine restaurants and espresso bars in 1982. It may seem like there’s a Starbucks on every street corner, but in reality with more than 30,626 stores spread across nearly 76 countries around the globe. Starbucks primarily serves espresso, whole-bean coffee, fresh juices, cafe latte, Frappuccinos, La Boulange pastries, and full-loose-leaf teas. Starbucks first become profitable in the early 1980s. Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection.
Starbucks is one of the most notable QSR (quick service restaurant) empires. It has expanded speedily into a coffee powerhouse and continues to spread its reach to different locations. Every day, we go to work hoping to do two things: share great coffee with our friends and help make the world a little better. Starbucks offered some of the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole bean coffees. While it has seen major international growth, the Seattle-based company accounted for the majority of its stores in its home country of the United States, with around half of its stores being based there. Perhaps unsurprisingly, China, a rapidly growing consumer nation of Starbucks stores.

4.KFC

Kentucky Fried Chicken, also known as KFC, is an American fast-food restaurant chain that mainly concentrates on fried chicken. KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first “KFC ” franchise opened in Utah in 1952. KFC’s headquarters are located in Louisville, Kentucky . KFC initially only served chicken before extending then offered other products such as salads, French fries, soft drinks, chicken burgers, coleslaw, desserts, and wraps. KFC has more than 22,600 stores spread across nearly 135 countries around the globe. Colonel Sanders”, the founder became a prominent figure of American cultural history, and his image remains widely used in KFC advertising. Throughout everything the Colonel did, he espoused his own unique brand of values, famously saying, “A man’s life is written by the way he lives it.”s
Sanders finalized to be known as his Original Recipe of 11 herbs and spices. Although he never publicly revealed the recipe, he admitted to the use of salt and pepper, and claimed that the ingredients “stand on everybody’s shelf”. Sanders sold his properties and traveled the US to market his chicken concept to restaurant owners. Independent restaurant owners would pay four cents later five cents on each chicken sold as a franchise fee, in exchange for Sanders’ “secret blend of herbs and spices”, his recipe and method, and the right to advertise using his name and likeness. However, the booming restaurant was crippled when an interstate opened nearby so Sanders sold it and pursued his dream of spreading KFC franchises & hiring KFC workers all across the country. Even today, Sanders remains central in KFC’s branding and his face still appears in their logo. His goatee, white suit and western string tie continue to symbolize delicious country fried chicken all over the world.

5.Burger King

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Burger King is an American hamburger fast food restaurant chain whose main headquarters are in Miami-Dade County, Florida. As part of their new restaurant, they bought the rights to a special grill machine called the Insta-Broiler, and named their restaurant “Insta-Burger King.” Burger King was founded in 1954 as Insta-Burger King in Jacksonville, Florida. The Burger King menu has expanded from predominantly offering burgers, milkshakes, sodas, and French fries to a wide array of products. Headquarters are in Miami, Florida. King is estimated to have 40,000 stores in 100 countries. Almost half of the outlets are found in the United States, and 99.5% are not only privately operated but also privately owned. It completely reorganized its advertising with a series of new campaigns centered on a redesigned Burger King character nicknamed “The King”. Burger King has historically used several variations of franchising to expand its operations. Burger King Corporation, restaurant company specializing in flame-broiled fast-food hamburgers. Burger King soon became a national chain. Burger King Worldwide merged with the Canadian doughnut and fast-food chain Tim Hortons in 2014.

6.Pizza Hut

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Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by brothers Dan and Frank Carney in their hometown of Wichita, Kansas. Now they have over 18,000 stores in 100 countries worldwide. Pizza Hut Inc.is the largest pizza restaurant company in the world in terms of both the number of outlets and the percentage of market share that it holds. In 1962, the Carney brothers bought out the interest held by Bender, and Robert Chisholm joined the company as treasurer. In 1966, when the number of Pizza Hut franchise units had grown to 145, a home office was established to coordinate the businesses from Wichita. Two years later, the first Pizza Hut franchise was opened in Canada. Carney would later remark that the process of introducing a management structure did much to convince PepsiCo, Inc., that the pizza chain was worthy of purchase. in 1983 Pizza Hut introduced “Personal Pan Pizza,” offering customers a five-minute guarantee that their single-serving pizzas would arrive quickly and steaming hot. The aim was to make a quick, affordable pizza the ideal lunchtime meal.
The corporate strategy’s first priority was increasing sales and profits for the chain. Continuing to build a strong financial base for the company to provide adequate financing for growth was the second priority. The strategy also called for adding new restaurants to the chain in emerging and growing markets.

7.Dunkin’ Donuts

Dunkin’ Donuts Originally named Open Kettle, this chain restaurant took off when they rebranded to focus on coffee. In 1950, Bill Rosenberg opened the first Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant in Quincy, Massachusetts. The “America runs on Dunkin’” slogan and a slew of new beverages on the menu led to a 66% sales increase. They now sell 30 cups of coffee every second. This doughnut and coffee destination boasts more than 11,300 location in 38 countries. In 1955, the first Dunkin’ Donuts franchise opened. Dunkin’ Donuts coffee is available in a variety of delicious flavors, including classics like Hazelnut and French Vanilla, as well as seasonal flavors including the ever-popular Pumpkin. Dunkin’ serves a host of other beverages such as hot chocolate, iced tea, Coolatta® frozen drinks and smoothies. The all-day food options feature innovative menu items like the Big N’ Toasted™, alongside a number of other breakfast sandwiches and bakery products. Dunkin’ Donuts has also become a leader in digital innovation. The company serves approximately 1.9 billion cups of hot and iced coffee every year, with standards for coffee excellence that are among the best in the industry.

8.Domino’s Pizza

There are 34 million unique ways to create a Domino’s Pizza. Domino’s Pizza has more than 17,100 stores in 90 countries worldwide and over 1 million pizzas delivered daily. Pure innovation is the success of Domino’s Pizza. In 1960 , The story of Domino’s Pizza all started with two brothers named James and Tom Monaghan who brought a small Michigan Pizzeria named Dominick’s. There were no such things as side orders you could have Pizza and you could only drink a Coke with it. Domino Pizza dough was already on hand and the making of bread sticks is not so different. For many years the company had advertised that if the delivery of their pizzas took longer than thirty minutes then the pizza would be delivered free. The belt driven pizza oven was the invention of Domino Pizza and they began using corrugated cardboard delivery boxes which were very effective at holding the heat within the pizza during the delivery time. It serves more than 500,000 families a week, with the support of about 10,000 employees. We are a company that works with passion and pride every day to earn your preference.

9.Baskin Robbins

Baskin Robbins is one of the most popular ice cream chains in the world. It was founded in 1945 by Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins, and today it’s the 9th largest QSR in the world. Selection of 31 flavors Baskin-Robbins “31®” stands for a different ice cream flavor for each day of the month has grown to more than 1,300 in its flavor portfolio. Serving premium ice cream, frozen desserts and beverages to more than 300 million customers each year. Since its founding in California , the brand has grown to more than 7,900 ice cream shops in 52 countries around the world.
The brand continues to consistently introduce new, exciting flavor combinations, as well as other ice cream innovations such as a unique flavor ribbon technique, the introduction of mousse-textured ice creams, and the introduction of creative desserts, like the Polar Pizza Ice Cream Treat. From its introduction of signature ice cream cakes and a growing line of beverages, including the brand’s signature Cappuccino Blast, Baskin-Robbins’ commitment to creating new and exciting products is unsurpassed in the industry. It’s all part of Baskin-Robbins’ mission to make every moment more fun and flavorful for its guests. product development and merchandising are handled at Baskin-Robbins headquarters. Ice cream is the best, which is why we’re so grateful that Baskin-Robbins exists. Today, Baskin-Robbins is nearly ubiquitous, with ice cream shops found everywhere from Canada to Colombia, the United Kingdom to Korea. Robbins started selling the cold treats on site, giving them fun names to help boost sales.

10.Hunt Brother’s Pizza

Hunt Brothers Pizza was started by the Hunt brothers in 1991. Now it’s the number one convenience store pizza brand in the world, with more than 7,500 locations in gas stations, country markets, sports arenas, and schools. four brothers: Don, Lonnie, Jim and Charlie Hunt began a local wholesale food route they named Pepe’s Pizza. At first, they distributed par-baked pizza crusts, dough balls and other pizza items. Hunt Brothers continually reaches out to communities, helping families recover from natural disasters, working with churches and school groups, and offering an organized fundraising program to help businesses raise money locally. “Our successes have been filling a need in the convenience store industry,
Every c-store that offers Hunt Brothers Pizza has a dedicated account representative who personally delivers product, rotates inventory and evaluates opportunities to increase sales. The company also offers free marketing materials, frequent sweepstakes and promotional opportunities, an active social media fan base and a free ongoing training program for c-store employees.

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THE LARGEST 10 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD RANKED BY AREA

by Sree DivyaSeptember 4, 2020September 4, 2020UncategorizedLeave a Comment

1.Russia

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Russia is Covering an area of 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), it is the largest country in the world by area. Russia is located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a great range of environments and landforms, from deserts to semiarid steppes to deep forests and Arctic tundra. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world’s first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. Russia contains Europe’s longest river, the Volga, and its largest lake, Ladoga. Russia also is home to the world’s deepest lake, Baikal, and the country recorded the world’s lowest temperature outside the North and South poles.
The current population of the Russian Federation is 145,945,524 . Russia population is equivalent to 1.87% of the total world population. Russia ranks number 9 in the list of countries and (dependencies) by population. It covers nearly twice the territory of Canada. Most of the Russian population is concentrated in the European portion of the country, especially in the fertile region surrounding Moscow, the capital. Moscow and St. Petersburg and formerly Leningrad are the two most important cultural and financial centres in Russia and are among the most picturesque cities in the world. Russia is the most populous nation in Europe. Major urban areas include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Chelyabinsk and Samara.

2.Canada

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Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean.Canada is covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area. Canada’s capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy in the Westminster tradition. Its advanced economy is the tenth-largest in the world. Canada is relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. Canada’s largest population centres are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa with those six being the only ones with more than one million people. the population density of the habitable land in Canada can be modest to high depending on the region. The current population of Canada is 37,799,407 as of Thursday, September 3, 2020. Canada population is equivalent to 0.48% of the total world population. Canada ranks number 39 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in Canada is 4 per Km2 (11 people per mi2).
The median age in Canada is 41.1 years and occupying roughly the northern two-fifths of the continent of North America. Canadians are comparatively few in number, however, they have crafted what many observers consider to be a model multicultural society, welcoming immigrant populations from every other continent. In addition, Canada harbours and exports a wealth of natural resources and intellectual capital equaled by few other countries. It is officially bilingual in English and French, reflecting the country’s history as ground once contested by two of Europe’s great powers. The act also divided the old colony of Canada into the separate provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

3.China

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 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a sovereign state in East Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea. China is bordered by 14 countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.It is the world’s most populous country, with a population of around 1,439,323,776 on 3 Sep 2020. China covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres (3.7 million mi2) or 9,388,211 Km2 (3,624,807 sq. miles). I fst is the world’s third country by area. China emerged as one of the world’s first civilizations, in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain.
China invented some of the most advanced technology including papermaking and the compass, along with agricultural and medical improvements. The invention of gunpowder and movable type in the Tang dynasty and Northern Song completed the Four Great Inventions. Tang culture spread widely in Asia, as the new Silk Route brought traders to as far as Mesopotamia and the Horn of Africa. China ranks number 1 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in China is 153 per Km2 (397 people per mi2). China’s capital city is Beijing, its largest city is Shanghai. For centuries China has stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. Currently, China’s population growth rate is only 0.39% and 60.8 % of the population is urban people. The median age in China is 38.4 years.

4.United States

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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States is a country mostly located in central North America, between Canada and Mexico. It consists of 50 States, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers), it is the world’s fourth-largest country by total area. USA has a population of over 328 million, it is the third most populous country in the world. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is the New York City. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
The United States contains a highly diverse population. Unlike a country such as China that largely incorporated indigenous peoples, the United States has a diversity that to a great degree has come from an immense and sustained global immigration. The United States is the world’s greatest economic power, measured in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). The nation’s wealth is partly a reflection of its rich natural resources and its enormous agricultural output, but it owes more to the country’s highly developed industry. Its exports and imports represent major proportions of the world total. The United States also impinges on the global economy as a source of and as a destination for investment capital.
In the United States most of the crystalline platform is concealed under a deep blanket of sedimentary rocks. In the far north, however, the naked Canadian Shield extends into the United States far enough The western flanks of the Interior Lowlands are the Great Plains, a territory of awesome bulk that spans the full distance between Canada and Mexico in a swath nearly 500 miles (800 km) wide. The main mineral wealth of the Interior Lowlands derives from fossil fuels. USA is the world’s most dominant economic and military power. Alaska is a land of extremes, full of awe-inspiring natural wonders – including around 100,000 glaciers. These gigantic, icy phenomena slowly shifting through the wilderness are the nation’s most popular attraction.

5.Brazil

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Brazil is the fifth largest country by Area in both South America and Latin America. Brazil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, Portuguese Republica Federativa do Brasil, country of South America that occupies half the continent’s landmass. Area of Brazil is 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square miles). It,s population is over 212 million people. It’s rich culture and history, the country ranks thirteenth in the world by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Its capital is Brasilia, and its most populous city is Sao Paulo. only one in the Americas. It is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world. Its Amazon basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. Brazil is classified as an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank and a newly industrialized country. It is considered as an advanced emerging economy. On account of its international recognition and influence, the country is subsequently classified as an emerging power and a potential superpower by several analysts.
Brazil faces the Atlantic Ocean along 4,600 miles (7,400 km) of coastline. Brazil contains most of the Amazon River basin, which has the world’s largest river system and the world’s most-extensive virgin rainforest. The country contains no desert, high-mountain, or arctic environments. The nation’s burgeoning cities, huge hydroelectric and industrial complexes, mines, and fertile farmlands make it one of the world’s major economies. Baia do Sancho is found to be as world,s largest beach. The country’s motto is “Ordem e Progresso”, meaning “order and progress”. Brasilia, capital of Brazil looks like an aeroplane from above. Brazil has been the world’s largest by volume of water discharged. Baikal is the the world’s deepest lake. Brazil has 21 Unesco World Heritage Sites.

6.Australia

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Australia, the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia’s capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne. Australia comprises a land area of about 7.692 million square kilometres. Although this is just five per cent of the world’s land mass (149.45 million square kilometres), Australia is the planet’s sixth largest country. Australia is 32 times greater than the United Kingdom. Nearly 20 per cent of Australia’s land mass is classified as desert.

The economy of Australia is a highly developed market economy. The Australian economy is dominated by its service sector, comprising 62.7% of the GDP and employing 78.8% of the labour force. The population of Australia is estimated to be 25,657,600 . The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution. Australia has become an internationally competitive, advanced market economy due in large part to economic reforms and its location in one of the fastest growing regions of the world economy. Australia is the oldest flattest and driest inhabited continent with the least fertile soils. Australia is a highly developed country, with the world’s fourteenth-largest economy. It has economy with the world’s tenth-highest per capita income. This country ranks highly in quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties, and political rights. Australia is the world’s sixth largest country, after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. In addition to the mainland, Australia is surrounded by many thousands of small fringing islands and numerous larger ones, which, overall, amount to an area half the size of Tasmania.

7.India

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The total geo-graphical area of the country is 3,287,240 sq.km. The largest state in India in terms of geographical area is Rajasthan with an area of 342,239 sq.km. India is the second most populated country in the world with nearly a fifth of the world’s population. The current population of India stood at 1,382,384,125 . India population is equivalent to 17.7% of the total world population. The population density in India is 464 per Km2 (1,202 people per mi2). The total land area is 2,973,190 Km2 (1,147,955 sq. miles). 35% of the population is urban (483,098,640 people in 2020). The median age in India is 28.4 years. Mortality, fertility, and migration each play a role in this population history. It is the world’s fifth-largest economy . India was the world’s fastest growing major economy, surpassing China. Historically, India was the largest economy in the world for most of the two millennia from the 1st until 19th century.
Indian economy remains positive due to its young population and corresponding low dependency ratio, healthy savings and investment rates, and is increasing integration into the global economy. India was the world’s tenth-largest importer and the nineteenth-largest exporter. The Indian IT industry is a major exporter of IT services with $180 billion in revenue and employs over four million people. India’s telecommunication industry is the world’s second largest. The Indian textiles industry is estimated at $150 billion and contributes 7% of industrial output and 2% of India’s GDP while employs over 45 million people directly. India ranks second globally in food and agricultural production, while agricultural exports were $38.5 billion. The construction and real estate sector is the second largest employer after agriculture, and a vital sector to gauge economic activity. The Indian textiles industry is estimated at $150 billion and contributes 7% of industrial output and 2% of India’s GDP while employs over 45 million people directly. The diversity of resources, especially of minerals, exceeds that of all but a few countries and gives India a distinct advantage in its industrial development.

8.Argentina

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Argentina is highly urbanized, with the ten largest metropolitan areas accounting for half of the population. Argentina officially the Argentine Republic is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Nine out of 10 Argentines live in cities and towns, making Argentina one of the most urbanized countries in the world. It’s mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 . Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas and the largest Spanish-speaking nation by area. Argentina is highly urbanized, with the ten largest metropolitan areas accounting for half of the population, and fewer than one in ten living in rural areas. Most of these European immigrants settled in the cities which offered jobs, education and other opportunities enabling them to enter the middle class. Coal deposits are found in southern Patagonia. A wide range of nonmetallic minerals is found throughout the country. Salt deposits are located on the western and southwestern edges of the Pampas, and materials such as clay, limestone, granite, and marble supply the construction industries.
A recent study by the World Bank found that Argentine cities are not benefiting sufficiently from the advantages associated with urbanization, such as economies of scale, more efficient labor markets, and knowledge spillovers. Sprawling urbanization, insufficient municipal resources and limited coordination and planning, amongst others, have hindered the cities’ potential to promote economic and social prosperity. One major concern is affordability, especially in the largest cities, where wages have not risen in line with increasing housing prices. It extends for 2,791,810 square km. The Pampas are the traditional source of beef cattle, the country’s most valuable export commodity. Argentina is one of the world’s major exporters of soybeans and wheat, as well as meat.
It is also one of the largest producers of wool and wine, but most of its wine is consumed domestically. Although agriculture is an important source of export earnings. More than nine-tenths of the country’s grapes are planted in the Northwest provinces of Mendoza and San Juan and most of the crop is used for wine making. Wheat is Argentina’s largest crop in harvested land area, and it is the main crop in the cattle-raising southern Pampas of Buenos Aires and La Pampa provinces. Wheat and corn (maize) dominate in the north. The warmer northern provinces of Tucumán, Salta, and Jujuy make up the sugarcane-growing region of Argentina. The sugarcane, citrus orchards, Tobacco is also grown in Salta and Jujuy. The best area for cotton growing lies mainly west of the Parana River, between the Bermejo and Dulce rivers. Other exploitable metallic minerals include copper, bauxite , zinc, lead, gold, and silver. Among important nonmetallic and nonfuel minerals are limestone, dolomite, rock phosphate, building stones, ceramic clays, mica, gypsum, fluorspar, magnesite, graphite, and diamonds.

9.Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world. Between its most distant points, Kazakhstan measures about 1,820 miles (2,930 kilometres) east to west and 960 miles north to south. Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country mainly located in Central Asia with a smaller portion west of the Ural in Eastern Europe. It shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. Its population density is among the lowest, at less than 6 people per square kilometer. It does have physical and cultural geographic characteristics similar to those of the other Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan’s great mineral resources and arable lands have long aroused the envy of outsiders, and the resulting exploitation has generated environmental and political problems. Kazakhstan’s east and southeast possess extensive watercourses. Most of the country’s 7,000 streams form part of the inland drainage systems of the Aral and Caspian seas and Lakes Balkhash and Tengiz.
Kazakhstan’s climate is sharply continental, and hot summers alternate with equally extreme winters, especially in the plains and valleys. Very fertile soils characterize the lands from far northern Kazakhstan down to the more infertile, alkaline soils of the middle and southern areas. Kazakhstan has very little wooded area, amounting to only about 3 percent of the territory.

10.Algeria

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The capital city of Algeria and most populous city is Algiers. People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast with an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world. Algeria ranks number 33 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The median age in Algeria is 28.5 years and 72.9 % of the population is urban . The current population of Algeria is 43,986,735 . Algeria population is equivalent to 0.56% of the total world population. The population density in Algeria is 18 per Km2 (48 people per mi2). It is predominantly Muslim country of North Africa. Algeria extends southward deep into the heart of the Sahara, a forbidding desert where the Earth’s hottest surface temperatures have been recorded and which constitutes more than four-fifths of the country’s area.

The country has a semi-arid geography, with most of the population living in the fertile north and the Sahara dominating the geography of the south. Algeria is a regional and middle power. It has the highest human development index of all non-island African countries and one of the largest economies on the continent, based largely on energy exports. It makes Algeria an integral part of the Maghreb and the larger Arab world, but the country also has a sizable Amazigh (Berber) population, with links to that cultural tradition. Algeria’s economy is dominated by its export trade in petroleum and natural gas, commodities that, despite fluctuations in world prices, annually contribute roughly one-third of the country’s gross domestic product . The extraction and production of hydrocarbons have been the most important activity and have facilitated rapid industrialization. Winter grains—wheat, barley, and oats—are grown on the largest area of arable land in the drier High Plateau, notably around Constantine, and in the Sersou Plateau to the west. Tobacco, olives, and dates are important crops, as are sorghum, millet, corn (maize), rye, and rice.

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GREAT 10 LARGEST ZOOS IN THE WORLD

by Sree DivyaAugust 29, 2020August 29, 2020UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Zoos are not only preserve various species but also educate us about the animals’ habitat, their way of living, food etc. Many zoos across the world attract a large number of tourists and at the same time are a fun place for kids to learn too. Zoos are giving you a chance to observe and understand nature and wildlife from close proximity. Just when you think of connecting with nature and getting the very best out of it, zoos should first ring in your mind. There are two distinct criteria that could be used to determine the largest zoos. The first being the size of the land that hosts the zoo while the second is the number of animals hosted within the confines of the zoo. They give you a chance to witness and admire the greatness of nature.

1.Berlin Zoological Garden

Berlin Zoological Garden is the largest and oldest and best-known zoo in Germany.
It covers 40 hectares (99 acres) and is located in Berlin’s Tiergarten with about 1,380 different species and over 48,662 animals. It is established in 1744. It is the most-visited zoo in Europe and one of the most popular worldwide. The zoo and its aquarium had more than 3.5 million visitors annually to attract with excellent collections of birds of prey, cranes, and antelopes. Many rare species, including pygmy hippopotamuses, Indian elephants, and orangutans, have been bred here.
It maintains and promotes European breeding programmes, helps safeguard several endangered species, and participates in several species reintroduction programs. Globally known animals like Knut, the polar bear, and Bao Bao, the giant panda have contributed to the zoo’s public image. The zoo collaborates with many universities, research institutes, and other zoos around the world. The zoo also maintains the international studbooks for gaur and both black and white rhinoceroses. Regular animal feedings are among its most famous attractions. Berlin Zoological Garden and Aquarium, German Zoologischer Garten und Aquarium Berlin, zoo and aquarium in Berlin, containing one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive animal collections. the outbreak of World War II in 1939, 4,000 birds and mammals and 8,300 aquarium specimens were housed in the zoo.

2.Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is located in Ohio, United States. Columbus zoo sits on 2,340,000 square meters of land.It is the second largest in the world in terms of space. It is a non-profit facility that hosts about 9000 animals of 800 species. The seasonal light displays at the Columbus Zoo are really spectacular. The purpose of our visit was to see the lights, not to see any animal exhibits. We were able to spot a couple of polar bears and the reindeer were up and walking around. But the lights were dramatic, to say the least. The lights around the pond and in the trees provided a great music show. The music was timed with the lights. Every twenty minutes or so the show started.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a world of adventure to visit. Watch a polar bear swim above your head, meet the world famous gorilla family, say “G-Day” to the koalas, ponder the giant pachyderms and be amazed by the manatees. The Zoo provides more than $1 million annually to support over 70 conservation projects worldwide. A recreation and education destination that includes the 22-acre Zoombezi Bay water park and 18-hole Safari Golf Club, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was named the number one zoo in America by USA Travel Guide.

3.Toronto Zoo

Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This second largest zoo seated on 2,870,000 square meters(710 acres). It receives approximately 1.3 million visitors annually. If you happen to be in Canada, make a stop at Toronto zoo for an amazing experience. It hosts approximately 5,000 animals of 500 different species.
It is divided into seven zoogeographic regions: Indo-Malaya, Africa, Americas, Tundra Trek, Australasia, Eurasia, and the Canadian Domain. Some animals are displayed indoors in pavilions and outdoors in what would be their naturalistic environments, with viewing at many levels. It also has areas such as the Kids Zoo, Waterside Theatre, and Splash Island. It has one of the most taxonomically diverse collection of animals on display of any zoo.
Toronto zoo is awesome and provides wide range of animals to view and pandas are so cute and also they have a splash pad so kids can have fun.
This zoo is big and awesome. There is lots of walking in some sections. In the Canadian Domain area, each exhibit is spread out a lot. It takes a full day to see the whole zoo. They have a big variety of different animals in the zoo. They got to have giant pandas for 5 years but they recently left the zoo. Visitors will be able to walk along a series of one-way routes throughout the zoo and visit the African Rainforest Pavilion. There black handed spider monkeys were really tall and they were hanging on the ceiling bars of the cage. They also have a area for kids witch includes a slide, box turtles and a wood chuck. I would really suggest going to the Toronto Zoo . The zoo is a corporation owned by the municipal government of Toronto.[8] Founded by Hugh A. Crothers, an industrialist

San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, housing more than 3,500 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies. With over 4 million visitors,[10] San Diego Zoo is the most visited zoo in the United States. It is privately moderated by the nonprofit San Diego Zoo Global on 100 acres (40 ha) of Balboa Park leased from the City of San Diego. The Zoo is home of species that are part of the Species Survival Plan, program created by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums member zoos to systematically develop breeding management strategies to help protect some of the planet’s rarest animals. It is famous For Conservation efforts, Endangered species breeding programs; koalas, hippopotamuses, tigers, giraffes, gorillas. This zoo is one of the rare zoos to accommodate and breed giant panda, it is believed that San Diego is one of the best and largest zoos in the world. With a total land area of approximately 100 acres. This zoo is not only active in preserving and conservational efforts with respect to the wildlife here, but also ensures an open-air exhibit for each animal with an aim to eventually release the animals into the wild in future.
Best time to visit is When the weather is pleasant especially in the morning. Both the Zoo and the Safari Park have introduced new measures designed to ensure a safe and healthy guest experience. The San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are outdoor destinations to visit. What an experience! We love learning about the Safari Park’s conservation efforts and that our visit contributes to their efforts in saving these species for future generations. Allegedly, this zoological garden has a membership count of close to half a million.

London Zoo or Regent’s Zoo

London Zoo is situated at the northern edge of Regent’s Park, on the boundary line between the City of Westminster and the borough of Camden . The zoo is sometimes called Regent’s Zoo. It is the world’s oldest scientific zoo and opened in London on 27 April 1828. It hosts a collection of 673 species of animals, with 19,289 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London. The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first reptile house. Asiatic lions, Squirrel, Colobus and spider monkeys, Camels, Giraffes, Okapis, Western lowland gorillas, Sumatran tigers, Crocodiles, lizards, frogs and snakes, Humbolt, penguins, African lions, Elephants, Rhinos, Chimpanzees, Amur tigers, Brown bears, Rockhopper and African black-footed penguins, Californian sea lions etc can be see here.

Our amazing Meet the Animals experiences make a day out at ZSL London Zoo even more memorable. Get the chance to get up close to our animals whilst in the company of one of our experienced and knowledgeable zoo keepers. Your experience is certain to be a fantastic one and will also be contributing to our vital conservation work around the world. That’s why Heart are taking you behind the scenes at London Zoo and its sister site, Whipsnade Animal Park, to meet the dedicated team of experts and keepers looking after the wonderful animals.

The Bronx Zoo

Bronx is a zoological garden consisting of four zoos and an aquarium. It is one of the largest zoos in the United States. The Bronx Zoo in New York City is the biggest metropolitan zoo in the United States, comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands. This zoo hosts more than 4,000 animals of 650 species. The wildlife conservation society (WCS) is responsible for handling the operations within the zoo . Some of the exhibits at the Bronx Zoo, such as World of Birds and World of Reptiles, are arranged by taxonomy, while others, such as African Plains and Wild Asia, are arranged geographically. It is also rated as the world’s largest metropolitan zoo. the Bronx zoo receives well over 2.25 million tourists annually.

The National Zoological Gardens

There are numerous Picnic Spots were you can enjoy a rest in the shade of giant trees. Braai facilities are available at the Picnic Spot next to the Apies River. The Zoo Choo-Choo Tractor Train takes you on rides through parts of the Zoo. A cable-car ride provides you with a Panoramic View of the Zoo and surrounding City. It is situated at 323 Boom Street in South Africa and treated as one of the top zoos in the world. There are 3117 animals at the zoo and it has the largest inland marine aquarium in the country. The zoo also has a reptile park and the third largest collection of exotic trees. They have an “adopt an animal scheme”. The zoo plays an important role in protecting and conserving threatened species.
South Africa is known for its rich wildlife located in a natural habitat, with a land area of about 210 acres in Pretoria, South Africa. Its uniqueness lie in the planning involved in the structure of the zoo. One part comprises mainly of flat lands while the other is a slightly hilly one and these parts are separated by the Apies river flowing through the zoo. It gets more interesting with the wide range of species housed by the zoo and a total number of animals to be around 9,000. This is one of the most loved largest zoos in the world.

Moscow Zoo

The Moscow Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in Europe. Today, the Moscow Zoo has over 6000 animals representing 1000 species and covers an area of about 53 acres (21.5 ha) making it Russia’s largest zoo. It has opened for visitors since 1864. Prior to construction of the footbridge, the zoo operated as two ‘separate zoos’ because the Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street divides the properties. In addition, the zoo was expanded once more. New exhibits were opened including a sea aquarium, an aviary, a creatures of the night exhibit, a sea lion exhibit and a section aimed at children. Waterfalls and streams were added throughout to give the zoo a more natural feeling. The Moscow zoo has over 7,500 animals. The zoo studies animal’s behavior, feeding and reproduction, and breeds rare endangered species.
It is a Russian zoo, so don’t be surprised to find that many of the animals are hiding indoors because they are cold in the winter. As it is a city centre zoo, there’s not a huge amount of space for some of the bigger animals, but despite its location Moscow Zoo feels large, green and peaceful. Meerkats, monkeys and dolphins seem happy in their enclosures and often show off for the audiences, while the pond has much exotic bird life to look out for. Kids will love it, especially the reptile house. As well as polar bears, wolves and a Siberian tiger, they also have other big game such as elephants, lions, giraffes and zebras. It also goes down the book of records as one among the oldest zoos in the world. The Moscow Zoo remained open during World War II, though much of the park was destroyed.

Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is claimed to be number 1 in the US and probably among the best in the world. Omaha’s Zoo offers a variety of travel-worthy experiences. Walk through the world’s largest indoor desert and the largest indoor rainforest in North America. Explore exotic locations and underground caves to see thousands of animals from across the globe in their natural habitat. With more than 7 acres of indoor exhibits. The Omaha zoo redefines the term “zoo” by dedicating resources to saving and protecting species around the world. The Zoo is a tobacco-free facility and parking is free to guests.
Outside of a world-renowned conservation program, There are so many things to see and do! Some of our favorites included the bats in the jungle, the giraffes (can only feed the giraffes if they come to you), skyfari, feed the stingrays, the aquarium, and the butterfly house! Consistently rated the top zoo in the U.S. A must see in Omaha. Can’t all be seen in a day. The aquarium, rain forest, desert dome (the largest geodesic dome in the world), butterfly exhibit, and the brand new African grasslands, with roaming elephants and more, are a great first visit. Arrive early. The zoo is Nebraska’s top paid attendance attraction and has welcomed more than 25 million visitors over the past 40 years. Huge domes are the must to go places are the Lied Jungle is one of the world’s largest indoor rainforests, and the “Desert Dome” is one of the world’s largest indoor deserts, as well as the largest glazed geodesic dome in the world.

Beijing Zoo

During the late Qing Dynasty, the Beijing Zoo has one of the largest animal collections in China in 1906. The zoo is home to 14,500 animals representing over 450 species of land animals and over 500 species of marine animals. The zoo occupies an area of 219 acres (89 ha). The Beijing Zoo is probably best known for its collection of rare animals endemic to China including the Giant Pandas, which are the park’s most popular attraction. Like many of Beijing’s parks, the zoo’s grounds resemble classical Chinese gardens, with flower beds amidst natural scenery, including dense groves of trees, stretches of meadows, small streams and rivers, lotus pools, and hills dotted with pavilions and historical buildings. More than five million people visit the zoo each year.
The zoo also has a broad collection of megafauna such as addax, Asian black bears, Asian and African elephants, bats, beluga whales, chimpanzees, clouded leopards, flamingos, gorillas, hippopotamuses, jaguars, kangaroos, lemurs, lions, muntjac, otters, penguins, polar bears, rhinoceroses, sea turtles, tapirs, giraffes and zebras, as well as 13 of the world’s 15 species of cranes. The Beijing Zoo is including the giant pandas, the red panda , the golden snub-nosed monkey, South China tiger, white-lipped deer, Pere David’s deer, crested ibis, Chinese alligator, and Chinese giant salamander. Other endangered or threatened species like Siberian tiger, yak, Przewalski’s horse, snow leopard, Tibetan gazelle, and kiang. Facilities introduced for the gorillas include a medical room, a mating room and a specialist feeding room. Beijing Aquarium is highly recommended for anyone visiting Beijing Zoo. It is widely-recognized by tourist bodies as being one of the country’s top attractions, and is actually the largest inland aquarium in the world. The aquarium features thousands of different aquatic species – man-eating fishes, precious Chinese sturgeons, huge sea elephants and fierce sharks are some of the highlights.

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