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Old March 6th 06, 08:03 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology
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On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:33:33 GMT,
John Schutkeker , in
02 wrote:

+ That's right, the average surface temp of the US is a negligible
+ contributor to the surface of the whole planet. :-P


http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html

Area - total: 9,631,418 sq km

Area - comparative:
about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa;
about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil);
slightly larger than China; almost two and a half times the size of
the European Union

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/xx.html

Area - total: 510.072 million sq km
note: 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land

Area - comparative:
land area about 16 times the size of the US

Ergo: the USofA is about 6.25% of the earth's area.

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