There are over 510 million square kilometers of area on the surface of Earth, but less than 30% of this is covered by land. The rest is water, in the form of vast oceans. This visualization by visualcapitalist.com uses data from UNSD [read more: buff.ly/3iFnxUO]
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"... underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.."
- Carl Sagan (The pale blue dot)
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Please share a coast photo with the globalshorelines.com project, if you hit a dramatic coast. Trying to do my little bit to support marine conservation, with this self-funded project.
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The Land Hemisphere, of which Nante, France is at its centre, contains about 85% of the land surface of the Earth, whereas the Water Hemisphere contains the remaining 15%. However, only 11% of the Water Hemisphere is land. A full 89% of the Water Hemisphere is covered with water.
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Unless Alaska is no longer part of the country, the United States has a greater area than China…
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