CONTENTS Our Planet Climate Biodiversity Forests Deserts Adapting for Survival Animal Migration Endangered Species 4 Oceans 6 Plates and Quakes 8 Volcanoes 10 Natural Disasters 12 Climate Change 14 Mapping the World 16 Glossary and Websites 18 Index 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32 Our natural Planet Earth is an ever changing planet Deep bencath its crust churning molten rock pushes and pulls on the surface creating volcanoes and earthquakes and shaping the land The planet is also home to a vast range of different ecosystems from the dark ocean depths to the lush rain forests and freezing polar ice caps 71 OF EARTH IS COVERED WITH WATER OF WHICH 29 OF EARTH IS COVERED WITH LAND OF WHICH 31 is desert including the poles o O1 5 is coral reef 3 5 is freshwater 95 is ocean 33 is grassland 36 Is forests
Our PLANET EUROPE NORT ASIA MERICA As I The world is divided into large landmasses called continents and together these cover 57 5 million sq miles 148 9 million sq km which is nearly 30 percent of Earth's total surface area The continents feature towering peaks that stretch high into the sky rivers that wind for thousands of miles and large islands AFRICA souTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA OCEANIA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA Highest mountains Highest mountains pa sa se els se eit 90 m Acaa9 o 20 N 9 N Longest rivers Longest rivers Missouri 2 340 miles 3 766 km Amazon 4 000 miles 6 437 km Mississippi 2 320 miles 3 734 km Paraná 3 032 miles 4 880 km Yukon 1 980 miles 3 187 km Madeira 2 019 miles 3 250 km Largest islands Largest islands
EUROPE ASIA Highest mountains Highest mountains al ne AP ES 28 mi y Longest rivers Volga 2 294 miles 3 692 km Longest rivers Danube 1 777 miles 2 860 km Yangtze 3 915 miles 6 300 km Ural 1 509 miles 2 428 km Yellow 3 395 miles 5 464 km Lena 2 734 miles 4 400 km Largest islands V a FA Largest D ON o AO islands AFRICA OCEANIA Highest mountains Na 03 A9 WU Ke 60 Highest mountains 20 Longest rivers Longest rivers Nile 4 258 miles 6 853 km Murray 1 476 miles 2 375 km Congo 2 920 miles 4 700 km Murrumbidgee 923 miles 1 485 km Niger 2 597 miles 4 180 km Darling 915 miles 1 472 km Largest islands Largest islands 6 ELSE FY SEF
