Sentences with phrase «sq km larger»

This is the second lowest minimum extent in the satellite record, 70,000 sq km larger than the record set in 2017.

This is the second lowest winter peak in the 39 - year satellite record — just 60,000 sq km larger than the 2017 record — and 1.16 m sq km smaller than the 1981 - 2010 average.

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Spanning nine South American countries and 2.7 million square miles (4.35 sq km), the Amazon is the world's largest forest and is home to more than 120 indigenous groups and one in 10 known species.

The zone, which at about 5,000 square miles (13,000 sq km) is the second largest in the world but still smaller than in previous years, is so named because it contains no oxygen, or too little, at the Gulf floor to support bottom - dwelling fish and shrimp.

The Quelccaya ice - cap, covering 17 square miles (44 sq km) in the Cordillera Oriental region of the Peruvian Andes, is the world's largest tropical ice mass.

Bordered by Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Belarus, Poland and Russia, Ukraine is the largest country in Europe (excluding the European area of Russia), having an area of 603,700 sq km.

Covering an area larger than the United Kingdom, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system, made up of more than 2,900 coral reefs and 900 islands scattered over 344,400 sq km off the coast of Queensland in north - east Australia.

Its massive 761,606 sq miles (1,972,550 sq km) makes it the fifth largest country by area in both North and South America combined and the 14th largest in the world!

The sheer diversity and density of game in one of the largest game parks (19 485 sq km) in Africa is difficult to beat.

The Leizhou Peninsula is the third largest peninsula in China with an area of c. 8,500 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi) located on the southwestern end of Guangdong, with the Gulf of Tonkin to the west and the 30 km wide Qiongzhou Strait to the south, separating the peninsula from Hainan Island.

Facilities: - Five air - conditioned bedrooms - 100 sq m swimming pool - Children «s paddling pool - Jacuzzi large enough for 6 adults - Palm - fringed tropical gardens - iPod connection in every room - 37 «LCD TV «s in each bedroom - DVD player on all bedrooms - Mini bar in each room - HD projector and screen - Bose speaker systems in all rooms and the gardens - WIFI internet - Fitness equipment - Tennis court with night lighting - Butler service - Phone in villa and fax in the office - Private parking - 24 hours security Location On Bali west coast 6 Km North of Seminyak, that is 25 mn drive 3.5 Km South of Tanah Lot and its Nirwana golf course 16 Km, i.e. 45 mn drive from the airport At the end of a 2.5 Km, 4m wide, asphalted road surrounded by rice paddies, that leads to a secluded beach.

For the first time, the new edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, published on 15 September, has had to erase 15 % of Greenland's once permanent ice cover — turning an area the size of the United Kingdom and Ireland «green» and ice free... Cartographers of the atlas have sourced the latest evidence and referred to detailed maps and records to confirm that in the last 12 years, 15 % of the permanent ice cover (around 300,000 sq km) of Greenland, the world's largest island, has melted away.

Manhattan is 59 sq km which is 107 times as large.