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  2. List of river systems by length - Wikipedia

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    2 List of river systems longer than 1,000 km. Toggle List of river systems longer than 1,000 km subsection. 2.1 Notes. ... Even when detailed maps are available, the ...

  3. List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area ...

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    7,000 to 10,000 square kilometers • 5,000 to 7,000 square kilometers • 3,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 3,000 square kilometers; 250 to 1,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 250 square kilometers; Other. List of countries and dependencies by area; List of largest empires; List of administrative divisions by country

  4. Tana River (Kenya) - Wikipedia

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    The Tana River is the longest river in Kenya, it is also called Sagana River in the Mt Kenya region and gives its name to the Tana River County. [1] It's ca. 1000 km long, its catchment covers ca. 100,000 km 2 and can be divided into the headwaters and the lower Tana consisting of the section downstream of Kora where the river flows for ca. 700 km through semi-arid plains. [2]

  5. List of islands by area - Wikipedia

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    This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...

  6. Synoptic scale meteorology - Wikipedia

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    In meteorology, the synoptic scale (also called the large scale or cyclonic scale) is a horizontal length scale of the order of 1,000 km (620 mi) or more. [1] This corresponds to a horizontal scale typical of mid-latitude depressions (e.g. extratropical cyclones).

  7. Kilometre - Wikipedia

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    The kilometre (SI symbol: km; / ˈ k ɪ l ə m iː t ər / or / k ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ə t ər /), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo-being the SI prefix for 1000).

  8. Scale (map) - Wikipedia

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    A graphical or bar scale. A map would also usually give its scale numerically ("1:50,000", for instance, means that one cm on the map represents 50,000cm of real space, which is 500 meters) A bar scale with the nominal scale expressed as "1:600 000", meaning 1 cm on the map corresponds to 600,000 cm=6 km on the ground.

  9. Square kilometre - Wikipedia

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    The map shows that the area of the island is about two square kilometres. Topographical map grids are worked out in metres, with the grid lines being 1,000 metres apart. 1:100,000 maps are divided into squares representing 1 km 2, each square on the map being one square centimetre in area and representing 1 km 2 on the surface of the Earth.