Understanding the WORLD

Introduction to Earth

• The Earth has 70% of Water and 30% of land.

• The land is further divided into seven continents.

Ocean

Surface AreaOf all

oceansmi2 km2

Pacific 60,060,000 155,557,000 46.3%

Atlantic 29,637,000 76,762,000 22.8%

Indian 26,469,000 68,556,000 20.4%

Southern 7,848,000 20,327,000 6.1%

Arctic 5,427,000 14,056,000 4.2%