Geography
- Largest forest area, 8,087,900 km²
- Largest land area, 17,075,200 km²
- Largest total area, 17,098,242 km²
- Largest EEZ continental shelf area, 3,817,843 km2
- Largest unfrozen freshwater reserves, approximately one-quarter of the world's
- Most countries bordered, 14 (16 if Abkhazia and South Ossetia are counted), the same number as with China
- Most time zones (contiguous territory), 9
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Famous quotes containing the word geography:
“At present cats have more purchasing power and influence than the poor of this planet. Accidents of geography and colonial history should no longer determine who gets the fish.”
—Derek Wall (b. 1965)
“Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Ktaadn, near which we were to pass the next day, is said to mean “Highest Land.” So much geography is there in their names.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)