地理知识之世界之最（The world of geographical knowledge）.doc

地理知识之世界之最（The world of geographical knowledge） The longest country on the coastline Commonwealth of Australia is Australia for short. Located in the southwestern part of Oceania, northeast of the Pacific Ocean, West and south near the India ocean. Made up of islands such as Australia, mainland and Tasmania. Australia is surrounded by the sea, the coastline of 36735 km. Area of more than 768 kilometers. Population of about 17 million 890 thousand. Capital Canberra. Flat terrain of inland Australia, with an average altitude of 300 meters, mount Kosciusko is the highest peak, 2228 meters above sea level. 35% of the area is desert and semi desert. Many rivers with intermittent river. The great subordinate tropical and subtropical climate. The longest river in the world The river runs through the northeastern Africa, flows through Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sultan, Egypt, the worlds largest area of the Sahara desert, and finally into the mediterranean. Basin area of about 3 million 350 thousand square kilometers, accounting for 1/9 of the African continent area, a total length of 6650 kilometers, an average annual flow of 3100 cubic meters per second, is the worlds longest river. The Nile basin is divided into seven regions: the East African lakes plateau and mountain river area, the White Nile, Blue Nile region, north of Khartoum, Atbara River Nile and Nile Delta region. The source of the most distant is the birthplace of Burundi East Lake in the Kagera river. The Hebei stream flows through Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, from the West into the largest lake in Africa, Lake Vitoria. The Nile River is the source of the lake, known as the Nile River in Vitoria. The river flows through the lake Kyoga and lake Albert, Albert said after the outflow of the Nile, the river and the sobat River, known as the white nile. Another source of the central highlands of Ethiopia Blue Nile and the White Nile in Sultan Khartoum confluence, and then in the north of dammeyer a