Global geography

Statistics report about global geography rankings

Global geography

This report presents graphs and tables about various important physical geographical environments. It focuses on rankings of select environment types including forests, mountains, freshwater, and oceans, as well as figures providing information on the extremes of our natural world.

Table of contents

Terrestrial & Forest

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  • Basic Statistic Largest countries in the world by area
  • Basic Statistic World's largest deserts
  • Premium Statistic Total global forest area projection
  • Premium Statistic Global change in forest area 1990-2015, by region
  • Premium Statistic Forest area worldwide 2005-2020, by continent
  • Basic Statistic Ten countries with most forest area 2020
  • Basic Statistic Deforested area in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil 2000-2022

Mountain

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  • Premium Statistic Mountains with the highest peaks in the world 2023
  • Premium Statistic World's longest mountain ranges
  • Basic Statistic Height of biggest volcanoes in the world
  • Basic Statistic The highest mountains in Asia
  • Basic Statistic The highest mountains in North America

Freshwater

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  • Premium Statistic The ten largest lakes in the world
  • Premium Statistic Deepest lakes in the world
  • Basic Statistic Great Lakes' retention/replacement time
  • Basic Statistic Great Lakes's water surface area
  • Premium Statistic African Great Lakes - area 2016
  • Premium Statistic World's largest rivers based on drainage area
  • Premium Statistic Rivers of the earth
  • Premium Statistic Canada's longest rivers based on length

Marine

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  • Basic Statistic Global ocean temperature anomalies 1880-2023
  • Premium Statistic Area of oceans globally
  • Premium Statistic Volume of global oceans
  • Premium Statistic World's longest coastlines
  • Premium Statistic Length of longest beaches globally
  • Premium Statistic Countries with the largest percentage of coral reef area 2011

Extremes

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  • Premium Statistic Global elevation spans by select country
  • Premium Statistic Cities with the highest altitudes in the world
  • Premium Statistic Lowest human-made and natural points in the world
  • Basic Statistic Lowest global temperatures recorded
  • Basic Statistic Highest global temperatures recorded
  • Premium Statistic Perceived number of hottest years on record, by country 2018

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