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Most of Earth's land hosts vegetation, [109] but considerable amounts of land are ice sheets (10%, [110] not including the equally large area of land under permafrost) [111] or deserts (33%) [112] The pedosphere is the outermost layer of Earth's land surface and is composed of soil and subject to soil formation processes. Soil is crucial for ...
Land is often defined as the solid, dry surface of Earth. [1] The word land may also collectively refer the collective natural resources of Earth, [2] including its land cover, rivers, shallow lakes, its biosphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere (troposphere), groundwater reserves, and the physical results of human activity on land, such as architecture and agriculture. [3]
Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook [1] as well as total land area figures [2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the ...
This is a list of places on land below mean sea level. Places artificially created such as tunnels, mines, basements, and dug holes, or places under water, or existing temporarily as a result of ebbing of sea tide etc., are not included.
Cambodia. 126 m (413 ft) Cameroon. 667 m (2,188 ft) Canada. 487 m (1,598 ft) Central African Republic. 635 m (2,083 ft) Chad.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands [9] The upper alpine zone and nival zone of the Himalaya (and most other high mountains). Howland Island [10] Ilha da Queimada Grande. Inishark. Jaco Island. Jarvis Island [11] Jong Batu. Kahoolawe Island.
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are ...
Landmass. A landmass, or land mass, is a large region or area of land that is in one piece and not broken up by oceans. [1][2] The term is often used to refer to lands surrounded by an ocean or sea, such as a continent or a large island. [3][4] In the field of geology, a landmass is a defined section of continental crust extending above sea ...