MAJOR DOMAINS OF THE EARTH

The solid portion of earth is called lithosphere.

The level of seawater remains the same everywhere. Elevation of land is measured from the level of the sea, which is taken as zero.

The highest mountain peak mt. Everest 8848 meter above the sea level the greatest depth is 11022 meters is recorded at Mariana trench in the pacific ocean.

Seven continent of world

Asia- largest continent

         Cover 1/3 of land of earth

         On eastern hemisphere

Europe- lie in west of Asia

               Bounded by water on three side

Africa- second largest

             It is a only continent where equator, tropic of cancer, tropic of Capricorn lie

             World largest hot desert Sahara desert lie is South Africa

             Bounded all side by sea and ocean

             World longest river Nile River lies in South Africa

North America- it is third largest

                           North America linked to South America by a very narrow strip of land is called                                     Isthmus of Panama  

South America – lie mostly in the southern Hemisphere

                              The Andes, world longest range runs through its length north to south

                              South America has world’s largest river, the Amazon.

  Australia-  it is the smallest continent that lies entirely in the southern hemisphere it is surrounded                        by all side by ocean

It is called island continent

Antarctica -   covered with ice

                      Indian research Matri and dakshin gangotri   

The three chief moment of ocean water are the waves, the tides and ocean currents.

Five major oceans according to size

1.       Pacific ocean

2.       Atlantic ocean

3.       Indian ocean

4.       Southern ocean

5.       Arctic  ocean

The pacific ocean is largest ocean .