Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Records for Each Continent


One day I had an idea to make a list of records of each continent. Who discovered it, it's longest river, tallest mountain, first who reached the top of that mountain, largest city, and population on that continent.
Here's the list I've discovered from many resources. Have a good time reading all the records for each continent. Hope you'll like it.

Asia
  •  Discovered by: Bartolomeu Diaz in 1488
  •  Longest river: Yangtze River
  •  Tallest Mountain: Mt.Everest, height : 8848 m 
  •  First who reached the top of Mt.Everest: Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary
  •  Largest city: Mumbai (Bombay)
  •  Population on this continent: Approximately 60% of Earth's population (4,000,000,000 people).

Europe
  •  Discovered by: The Netherlands
  •  Longest river: Volga River
  •  Tallest Mountain: Mt.Elbrus, height: 5633 m
  •  First who reached the top of Mt.Elbrus: Khillari Khachirov
  •  Largest city: Moscow
  •  Population on this continent: Approximately 11,3% of Earth's population (731,000,000 people).

North America
  • Discovered by: Christopher Colombus
  • Longest river: Mississippi river
  • Tallest Mountain: Mt.Mckinley, height: 5895 m
  • First who reached the top of Mt.Mckinley: Walter Harper
  • Largest city: Yakutat, Alaska
  • Population on this continent: Approximately 8,07% of Earth's population ( 524,000,000 people).

South America
  •  Discovered by: Christopher Colombus
  •  Longest river: Amazon river
  •  Tallest Mountain: Mt.Aconcagua, height: 6959 m
  •  First who reached the top of Mt.Aconcagua: Scott Lewis
  •  Largest city: Sau Paulo
  •  Population on this continent: Approximately 5,88% of Earth's population ( 382,000,000 people).
Antarctica
  •  Discovered by: Captain James Cook
  •  Who first reach the South Pole: Amundsen party
  •  Tallest Mountain: Mt.Vinson, height : 5139 m
  •  First who first climbed Mt.Vinson: Martez MCelroy
  •  Largest city: McMurdo Station
  •  Population on this continent: Approximately 0,00001% of Earth's population (less than 1,000 people).

Australia
  •  Discovered by: William Jansz/Janszoon
  •  Longest river: Murray river
  •  Tallest Mountain: Mt.Kosciuszko, height: 2230 m
  •  First who reached the top of Mt.Kosciuszko: Wendy Booker
  •  Largest city: Sydney
  • Population on this continent: Approximately 0,32% of Earth's population ( 21,000,000 people).

Africa
  •  Discovered by: Bartolomeu Diaz
  •  Longest river: Nile river also world's longest river
  •  Tallest Mountain: Mt.Kilimanjaro
  •  First who reached the top of Mt.Kilimanjaro: Hans Meyer
  •  Largest city by population: Lagos, Nigeria
  •  Population on this continent: Approximately 14,2% of Earth's population ( 922,000,000 people).


Resources:
  •  Wikipedia
  •  Yahoo! Answers
  •  www.whodiscoveredit.com
  •  www.wendybookers.wordpress.com

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