II. ACTUAL FACTS

• The total area of the land and water of the planet Earth is 196,940,000 square miles.
• The circumference of the planet Earth is 24,896 miles.
• The diameter of the Earth is 7,926 miles.
• The area of the Land is 57,255,000 square miles.
• The area of the Water is 139,685,000 square miles.
• The Pacific Ocean covers 68,634,000 square miles,
• The Atlantic Ocean covers 41,321,000 square miles.
• The Indian Ocean covers 29,430,000 square miles.
• The Lakes and Rivers cover 1,000,000 square miles.
• The Hills and Mountains cover 14,000,000 square miles.
• The Islands are 1,910,000 square miles.
• The Deserts are 4,861,000 square miles.
• Mount Everest is 29,141 feet high.
• The Producing Land is 29,000,000 square miles.
• The Earth weighs six sextillion tons - (a unit followed by 21 ciphers).
• The Earth is 93,000,000 miles from the Sun.
• The Earth travels at the rate of 1,037 1/3 miles per hour.
• Light travels at the rate of 186,000 miles per second.
• Sound ravels at the rate of 1,120 feet per second.
• The diameter of the Sun is 853,000 miles.

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