Top 10 Largest Countries in the World | Biggest Country in the World | Worlds Biggest Countries

Here is the list of Top 10 Largest and Biggest Countries in the World by area of land.

Russia

Russia is the biggest and largest country in the world. Russia has 11.5% of the land in the world, and 6,601,668 square miles. Russia ranks ninth in the world in population, with around 144 million people, and covering nine time zones. You will find just about everything in Russia, including rivers, lakes, mountains, plains, tundra, and many more types of land.

Canada

Canada is the biggest country in the Americas, and second biggest in the world with 3,854,082 square miles. Canada is full of lakes and rivers, and if you actually only measured land area Canada would rank 4th in total area in the world.

United States

The United States is the third largest country in the world, with a square miles total of 3,717,727. The only reason the United States ranks so high on the list is because of Alaska, which is 586,412 square mile, twice the size of Texas, and roughly 15% of the total United States land area.

China

China is the fourth largest country in the world with 3,704,426 square miles area. China has long been considered to be home to one of the oldest civilizations in the world, and also home to more people than anywhere else in the world, with 19% of the world's population. So, China is the country with the largest population in the world.

Brazil

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world. Besides being known for its beautiful beaches and wild parties, Brazil has 3,285,618 square miles of land that includes mountains, highlands, lowlands, coastline, plains, and scrublands. Brazil also has one of the most complex systems of rivers in the world.

Australia

Australia is the sixth largest and biggest country in the world with 2,967,124 square miles. Australia is home to the outback, which is one of the harshest climates in the world, and leaves much of Australia's land sparsely populated. Australia is also surrounded by beautiful coastline, and the Great Barrier Reef, making it one of the best places in the world for water activities.

India

India ranks seventh in the biggest countries with an area of 1,269,009 square miles. India might be a large country, but it does often run into problems supporting the second largest population in the world of over a billion people, and roughly 17% of the world's population.

Argentina

Argentina is on eight rank on top 10 list, with a square mileage total of 1,068,019. Argentina actually ranks as the largest Spanish speaking country in the world, with an area bigger than Mexico, Colombia, and Spain. Argentina has many different geography types, including rugged mountain ranges, very fertile soil regions, and tropical flats.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world with an area of 1,048,877 square miles. This land area makes Kazakhstan the largest land locked country in the world, since it has no ocean front property. Kazakhstan as a wealth of different geographic features, including deserts, mountains, plains, hills, and much more. This country also ranks 62nd in population, meaning everyone have plenty of room to live in.

Sudan

Sudan rounds out the top 10 countries with an area of 967,243 square miles, just short of that million mark. Sudan is the largest country in Africa, and borders the Red Sea. Sudan is mostly a flat plain like terrain, with the occasional rivers and mountains to break up the monotony.

Three Gorges Dam in China | Biggest Dam in the World

The Three Gorges Dam is the world's biggest Dam. It's located in the Yiling District of Yichang, in Hubei province, China. It's a world largest hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping in Yichang. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (21,000 MW) but is second to Itaipu Dam with regard to the generation of electricity annually.

The Three Gorges Dam was approved by the Chinese government in 1992. But construction didn’t begin until 1994. The dam body was completed in 2006. The $25 billion project is being internationally funded by companies, export credit agencies, and banks from Canada, Switzerland, Germany, France, Sweden, and Brazil.

Worlds Biggest Dams | Longest Dam In The Worls

Here is the Biggest Dams from embankment dams to arch dams to gravity dams. Here’s a lowdown on the tallest dams in the world.

The Karun-4 Dam is an arch dam on the Karun River in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. The dam is a concrete double curvature arch-type and 230 metres (750 ft) high from the foundation] The arch dam design is an ideal one for a dam built in a narrow, rocky gorge to hold back water in a reservoir.

Worlds Biggest Holes In The Earth | Amazing Holes | Largest Hole

Here are the photos of the world's biggest and Amazing holes on the Earth. Looking at photos like these are scares and fascinates me in equal doses. The sheer scale of these holes reminds you of just how tiny you are.

Glory Hole - Monticello Dam

A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the resevoir. This is the glory hole belonging to monticello dam in california and it is the largest in the world. This hole can be seen at the top left of the photo above. If you were to jump in for some reason your slightly damp body would shoot out near the bottom of the dam.

Kimberley Big Hole - South Africa

Apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world. This 1097 metre deep mine yielded over 3 tonnes of diamonds before being closed in 1914. The amount of earth removed by workers is estimated to total 22.5 million tonnes.

Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

This is supposedly the largest man-made excavation on earth. Extraction began in 1863 and still continues today, the pit increasing in size constantly. In its current state the hole is 3/4 mile deep and 2.5 miles wide.

Great Blue Hole, Belize

Situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize is this incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole. There are numerous blue holes around the world but none as stunning as this one. At surface level the near perfectly circular hole is 1/4 mile wide, the depth in the middle reaching 145 metres. obviously the hole is a huge hit with divers.

Baby Boy Saved By Worlds Smallest Artificial Heart

Italian doctor Antonio Amodeo saved the life of a 16 month old baby boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant.

 

Italian heart surgeon Antonio Amodeo holds a tiny titanium pump, the world's smallest artificial heart, which was implanted in a baby, at the Bambino Gesu' Hospital in Rome May 24, 2012. Doctors from Rome's Bambino Gesu' Hospital saved the life of the 16 month old baby in March with the artificial heart, which weighs only 11 grams, before the infant received an organ donation. The baby, whose identity has not been disclosed, was kept alive for 13 days before the transplant and is now doing well.The baby was suffering from dilated myocardiopathy, a heart muscle disease which normally causes stretched or enlarged fibers of the heart.

Source: Reuters.com