Three of the largest countries. The most interesting facts

On our entire planet, there are about 200 countries and territories, which are located on 148,940,000 square meters. km of land. Some of the states occupy a small area (Monaco 2 square kilometers), while others spread over several million square kilometers. It is noteworthy that the largest states occupied about 50% of the land.

2,382,740 sq. Km.

(ANDR) ranks tenth among the largest countries in the world and is the largest state on the African continent. The capital of the state bears the name of the country - Algeria. The area of ​​the state is 2,381,740 sq. Km. It is washed by the Mediterranean Sea, and most of the territory is occupied by the largest desert in the world, the Sahara.

2 724 902 sq. Km.

It occupies the ninth line in the ranking of countries with the largest territory. Its area is 2 724 902 sq. Km. This is the largest state that does not have access to the world's oceans. The country owns part of the Caspian Sea and the inland Aral Sea. Kazakhstan has land borders with four Asian countries and Russia. The border area with Russia is one of the longest in the world. Most of the territory is occupied by deserts and steppes. The population of the country as of 2016 is 17,651,852 people. The capital is the city of Astana - one of the most populated in Kazakhstan.

2 780 400 sq. Km.

(2,780,400 sq. Km.) Is the eighth largest country in the world and the second largest in South America. The capital of the state, Buenos Aires is the largest city in Argentina. The country's territory stretches from north to south. This determines the variety of natural and climatic zones. The Andes mountain system stretches along the western border, the eastern part is washed by the Atlantic Ocean. The north of the country is located in a subtropical climate, in the south there are cold deserts with harsh weather conditions. The name Argentina was given in the 16th century by the Spaniards, who assumed that its bowels contain a large amount of silver (Argentum means silver). The colonists were wrong, there was very little silver.

3 287 590 sq. km.

It is located on an area of ​​3,287,590 sq. Km. She comes second by population(1 283 455 000 people), yielding primacy to China and the seventh largest country in the world. Its shores are washed by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. The country got its name from the Indus River, on the banks of which the first settlements appeared. Before British colonization, India was the richest country. It was there, in search of wealth, that Columbus sought to get, but ended up in America. The official capital of the country is New Delhi.

7 686 859 sq. Km.

(Australian Union) is located on the continent of the same name and occupies its entire territory. The state also occupies the island of Tasmania and other islands of the Pacific and Indian oceans. The total area of ​​Australia is 7,686,850 sq. Km. The capital of the state is the city of Canberra - the largest in Australia. Most of the country's water bodies are salty. The largest salt lake is Eyre. The mainland is washed by the Indian Ocean and the seas of the Pacific Ocean.

8 514 877 sq. Km.

- the largest state on the continent of South America, occupies the fifth place in terms of the size of the occupied territory in the world. On an area of ​​8,514,877 sq. Km. 203,262,267 citizens live. The capital is called the country - Brazil (Brasilia) and is one of the largest cities in the state. Brazil borders all states of South America and is washed by the Atlantic Ocean on the east side.

9 519 431 sq. Km.

USA(USA) is one of the largest states located on the mainland of North America. Its total area is 9,519,431 sq. Km. The United States ranks fourth in land area and third in population in the world. The number of living citizens is 321,267,000. The capital of the state is Washington. The country is divided into 50 states, and Columbia is a federal district. The United States is bordered by Canada, Mexico and Russia. The territory is washed by three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic.

9 598 962 sq. Km.

(People's Republic of China) leads the top three with the largest territory. It is not only a country with one of the largest areas, but also with a huge population, the number of which ranks first in the world. On the territory of 9 598 962 sq. Km. 1,374,642,000 people live. China is located on the mainland of Eurasia and shares borders with 14 countries. The part of the mainland where the PRC is located is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the seas. The capital of the state is Beijing. The state includes 31 territorial entities: 22 provinces, 4 cities of central subordination ("mainland China") and 5 autonomous regions.

9 984 670 sq. Km.

With an area of ​​9 984 670 sq. Km. ranks second in the ranking the largest states in the world across the territory. It is located on the mainland of North America, and is washed by three oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic. Canada shares borders with the USA, Denmark and France. The state includes 13 territorial entities, of which 10 are called provinces, and 3 - territories. The population of the country is 34,737,000 people. The capital of Canada is Ottawa, one of the largest cities in the country. Conventionally, the state is divided into four parts: the Canadian Cordillera, the high plain of the Canadian Shield, the Appalachians and the Great Plains. Canada is called the land of lakes, the most popular of which is the Upper, which measures 83,270 square meters (the largest freshwater lake in the world), as well as Medvezhye, which is in the TOP-10 of the largest lakes in the world.

17 125 407 sq. Km.

(Russian Federation) occupies a leading position among the largest countries in terms of area. The Russian Federation is located on an area of ​​17,125,407 square kilometers on the largest continent of the land of Eurasia and occupies a third of it. Despite its vast territory, Russia occupies only the ninth place in terms of population density, with a number of 146,267,288. The capital of the state is the city of Moscow - this is the most populated part of the country. The Russian Federation includes 46 regions, 22 republics and 17 subjects called territories, cities of federal significance and autonomous districts. The country borders 17 states by land and 2 by sea (USA and Japan). In Russia, there are more than a hundred rivers, the length of which exceeds 10 kilometers - these are the Amur, Don, Volga and others. In addition to rivers, more than 2 million fresh and salt water bodies are located in the country. One of the most famous, about. Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. The highest point of the state is Mount Elbrus, which is about 5.5 km high.

The territory of our planet is divided into countries. Each state has its own history, language, traditions, territory ... The borders of the countries are clearly defined. Borders are both land and sea. There are also neutral territories. If you look into history, you can see how modern countries were created, alliances were formed, now non-existing states, cities, peoples disappeared into oblivion. There are currently 251 countries on our planet.

The territory occupied by the country is of great importance for its development, cultural features and economic opportunities. Location, climate, availability of natural resources, and much more, including the size of the territory occupied by one country, are of great importance.

As you know, the largest country in the world is Russia... The territory of Russia is about 17,098,242 km2. The capital of Russia is Moscow. In second place is Canada. Canada is already much smaller in size, 9,976,139 km2. Capital of Canada: Ottawa. The third place is taken by the USA, the third place is not so far from the second. The United States covers an area of ​​9,826,675 km2. The capital of the USA is Washington.

Hello my dear researchers! Not so long ago, we learned on earth. Continuing the topic, we are making the top ten, which will include the largest countries. We will focus on the territory, but do not forget about the population.

Let's start from the end.

Lesson plan:

Algeria

The honorable tenth place in the world among the giant countries in terms of area is occupied by the Algerian People's Democratic Republic, or simply - Algeria. The largest country in North Africa covers 2,381,740 square kilometers. This is approximately 1.59% of the total land area of ​​the earth's surface, with about 80 percent of the state covered by the Sahara Desert.

In translation, the name of Algeria means "islands". It became famous for its gas and oil production, ranking 8th and 15th in the world in terms of the reserves of these natural resources, respectively. There are also ferrous and non-ferrous metals and ore here.

In Algeria, there is an ink lake, which got its name from the special water composition. Nature arranged it so that two rivers flow into the lake, one of which is rich in iron salts, and the other collects the organic matter of peat bogs on its way. As a result of their combination, a chemical reaction occurs and ink is formed.

Kazakhstan

In ninth place in terms of square kilometers of area, one of the youngest states on the planet - Kazakhstan, approaching the figure 2 724 902, or 1.82% of the land. Most of it is located in Asia, and a smaller part belongs to Europe. The Russian-Kazakh border of 7,512.8 kilometers is considered the longest continuous border crossing.

More than half of the country (58%) is covered with deserts and semi-deserts. The second largest salt lake in the world, Balkhash, is located here, which has half fresh water and half salt water, and why, scientists cannot explain in any way.

Kazakhstan became famous all over the planet for the Baikonur cosmodrome, from where and for the first time in the world.

Argentina

2,766,890 square kilometers, or 1.85% of the land, is occupied by the Argentine Republic. The second largest country in the South American continent and the eighth in the world.

Translated Argentina means "land of silver". There is a lot of uranium and copper, lead and iron ore. The Argentine capital has the longest street in the world, Prospect 9 July, with 20,000 houses.

Argentina is also the birthplace of tango dance.

India

The South Asian state - the Republic of India ranks seventh due to its area of ​​3,287,263 square kilometers, which is 2.2% of the earth's land. Homeland of such ancient civilizations as Buddhism and Hinduism, India is also the second largest country in the world in terms of population, second only to China. As of 2016, 1.3 billion people live here.

It is here, where long ago between the Indus and Ganges rivers, the most ancient earthly civilization was born, the first chess appeared and the first cotton fabric was made.

Australia

In sixth place is the state from the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, which occupies the whole continent and several more islands. Its area is 7,686,850 sq. Km, or 5.16% of the earth's land surface. Its name is borne by both the country and the continent at the same time, starting in 1824.

The former territory of Aboriginal people who settled here about 70,000 years ago, today Australia is an economically developed country, occupying 13th position in the world standard of living, actively mining uranium, coal and zirconium.

It is also home to koala bears, kangaroos and marsupial wolves, which cannot be found in other parts of the world.

Brazil

The five leaders include the largest state in South America, the Federal Republic of Brazil, with an area of ​​8,511,965 square meters, which is 5.71% of all land land. Brazil has several archipelagos in its territory.

Previously, it was called Terra da Vera Cruz, which translated as “the land of the true cross,” then began to be called “the land of the holy cross” from Terra da Sana Cruz. Later, according to one of the versions, the country received its modern name from the name of the mahogany species PauBrasil.

Every Brazilian is a football player and a participant in carnivals. The largest river on the planet, the Amazon River, flows through Brazil, on the coast of which significant gold reserves have been found.

The jungle of Brazil is called "the lungs of the Earth", and this country is also considered the largest apple producer.

In addition, Brazil is the fifth largest country in terms of population, which has already exceeded 207 million.

America

America ranks fourth in the list of the largest with an area of ​​9 518 900 square meters, occupying 6.39% of the earth's land area, slightly inferior to the Chinese, and also the third in terms of population with a population of 322 762 000 people.

The United States is desperate for a unique legal system: the basic law adopted back in 1787 - the Constitution is in effect to this day, with only a few amendments added. Despite this, America has a palm in terms of the number of crimes.

There are 6 time zones in one country, and its 50 states are so different that the smallest Roy Island is located on 4,000 square kilometers, the area of ​​the largest Alaska is 1,717,854 square kilometers.

China

Bronze in area goes to China with a territory of 6.44% of the total land area of ​​9 598 077 sq. Km. But in terms of the number of inhabitants, no one has caught up with the People's Republic of China.

The population of China is 1,410,550,000! That is, every fifth inhabitant of the planet is a Chinese citizen!

Together with Indian, Chinese civilization is one of the most ancient. The Chinese have one of the most complex languages, containing 50,000 characters in the form of hieroglyphs. There are more than 7 completely different language dialects in the country, so it is not at all surprising that the northern Chinese do not understand the inhabitants of southern China.

Canada

Silver is taken by Canada. It is located in most of North America on an area of ​​6.7% of the land, or 9,976,140 sq. Km, and 75% of its territory is the northern zone, 31% of the total area is forests, so most of the country is not inhabited by climatic conditions ...

The Indian word "kanata" meant "settlement", "village". Heard by the researcher - the founder from France Cartier in 1536 from the local inhabitants of the Iroquois, it stuck and began to denote the name of the country.

Canada has the longest coastline with 202,080 kilometers. And there are also the largest number of lakes here than in all countries combined - more than 3 million. They provide 1/5 of the entire world supply of fresh water.

On Canadian territory, there is the northernmost point on earth - Alert station, where the armed forces of Canada are located.

Russia

Guess the first time who is on the top step of the pedestal with gold?

We can be proud of our country also because it is the largest in area! Russia has 17,125,191 square kilometers, located on 11.5% of the earth's land surface simultaneously in Europe and Asia, having common borders with 18 other states at once. The Russian territory can be compared with the Pluto area, and the silver champion of Canada is 1.7 times larger.

In addition, with a population of 146,544,700 Russians, our country is one of the ten largest countries in terms of numbers, ranking 9th.

The largest plain in the world, the West Siberian plain, is located on the territory of our country.

The longest railway on the planet, the Trans-Siberian Railway, runs here, connecting the distance of 9,298 km between Moscow and Vladivostok, overcoming 87 settlements and crossing 16 rivers, passing through 8 time zones.

Russia is the only country washed by 12 seas! And also the most multinational state on earth - the largest supplier of natural gas and one of the three oil leaders.

This is how the top ten giant countries turned out.

By the way, did you know that the area of ​​the Earth is 510,072,000 sq. Km, of which 148,939,063 sq. Km falls on land. In the history of states, the largest in territory was the British Empire, which by 1921, together with all its colonies, totaled 36.6 million square kilometers.

That's it for today. With wishes of a successful school finish, your "ShkolaLa".

There are more than two hundred countries and separate territories on the planet, which are located on 148,940,000 square kilometers of land. The aggregate of the largest countries occupies more than fifty percent of the land area, and some occupy a rather small part.

Scientists periodically compile lists of territories of the world, distributing them according to their area or population. When determining the largest and smallest world states, they use a certain classification.

Classification by the size of the occupied area

The dwarf ones include twenty-four countries, which are mainly located in the territory of Oceania. There are also eight small, fifty-six medium and small states. There are twenty-one large and significant countries, and there are only seven giant states on the planet.

The largest states in Europe

Although Europe is one of the smallest parts of the world, the European population is ten percent of the world. There are quite a few large states on the territory of Europe, some of them are also included in the list of the largest areas on the world map. The list of the three largest European states in terms of area includes, such as Russia, Ukraine, France.

Russia occupies the largest area in Europe. It is a huge area stretching from Eastern Europe to North Asia. The borders of the Russian Federation are in contact with eighteen more countries. The division into the European and Asian parts takes place with the help of the Ural mountains and the Kumo-Manych depression. The area of ​​Russia is 17,125,191 square kilometers.

Ukraine is the second largest in Europe. Its borders are entirely in the eastern part of Europe. Ukraine borders on seven states and is washed by two seas. The area of ​​Ukraine, excluding the territory of Crimea, is 576,604 square kilometers. It occupies five and a half percent of the entire territory of Europe.

France is the third largest European state in terms of area. The territory of France includes overseas regions and the main part of Western Europe. The territory borders on many European countries and is washed by significant maritime areas. France occupies one fifth of the territory of the European Union and has an exclusive maritime economic zone, stretching over an area of ​​eleven million square kilometers. The area of ​​France is 547,030, and including overseas possessions - 674,685 square kilometers.

Ranking of the five largest countries in the world

The largest part of the land on the planet is occupied by the giant states. The list of the five largest countries in the world by area includes:

• Brazil;
• China;
• Canada;
• Russia.

Brazil is the largest country in South America and ranks fifth in the ranking of the largest countries in the world by area. The borders of the state are in contact with the borders of all countries of the continent of South America. On the east side, Brazil is washed by the Atlantic Ocean. The largest city in the state is the capital of Brasilia. Brazil's area is 8,514,877 square kilometers. About two hundred million citizens are registered in the country.

The next place in the ranking is occupied by the United States of America. This large state is located on the North American mainland. The country is the fourth in the world in terms of its territory and the third in terms of population. The United States borders on three states - Russia, Canada and Mexico, and is washed by the waters of the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The United States is divided into fifty states and one federal district. The area of ​​the United States is 9,519,431 square kilometers.

China is third on the list. The People's Republic of China not only occupies a large scale of territory, but also has the largest population of any country in the world. China occupies the territory of Eurasia, shares borders with fourteen countries. The shores of the state are washed by the seas and the Pacific Ocean. China covers an area of ​​9,598,962 square kilometers.... The population of the state is over one billion people. The state includes thirty-one territorial entities, four cities under central control, five autonomous regions and twenty-two provinces.

Canada is the second largest state in the world. It is located in North America and is washed by the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans. Canada's borders are in contact with France, Denmark and the United States. Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories. Canada is conventionally divided into four parts: the Appalachians, the Great Plains, the Canadian Shield, and the Cordillera. On the territory of the state there are the largest lakes - Verkhnee (the largest freshwater in the world) and Bear Lake (one of the ten largest on the planet). Canada covers 9,984,670 square kilometers and is home to over thirty-four million people.

What is the largest country in the world? The largest is the Russian Federation... It occupies a third of the continent of Eurasia, bordered by nineteen states - seventeen by land and two by sea. The highest point of Russia is Mount Elbrus; more than two million reservoirs with fresh and salt water are scattered throughout the country. Hundreds of rivers with a length of more than ten kilometers flow through the Russian Federation. Russia is divided into forty-six regions, twenty-two republics and seventeen subjects - territories, cities of federal significance and autonomous districts. The vast area of ​​Russia, which is 17,125,407 square kilometers, is home to more than one hundred and forty-six million inhabitants.

The largest countries in the world are distinguished by a developed economy, interesting culture, traditions and customs. All of them have an ancient interesting history, they cooperate with many countries of the world.