world records- power point presentation

DID YOU KNOW?

World Records

THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

RUSSIA IS THE BIGGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

IT IS 6,592,848 SQUARE MILES.

That is 12,5% of the earth’s surface!

Russia is between Europe and Asia.

THE SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COUNTRY IS VATICAN CITY.

IT IS 0.44 SQUARE KILOMETRES (44 HA).

It fits within the Italian capital city of Rome.

Wow! It is really small but beautiful, isn’t it?

THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD.

MOUNT EVEREST IS THE HIGHEST.

IT IS 8,848 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

It is located in the Himalaya, Mahalangur

mountain range in Nepal.

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary are

the first two climbers reached the top on

May 29 1953.

THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD.

THE LONGEST BRIDGES OVER WATER IN

THE WORLD.

CAUSEWAY ARE THE LONGEST BRIDGES

OVER WATER .

THEY ARE 24 MILES LONG.

The two bridges are over Lake Pontchartrain

in the U.S.A.

You can’t see land from the middle of the

bridges!

Designed by Loan Tran

Hoang Van Thu Primary

School

October 2015