Green Planet Earth

Continent Forest cover (in million hectares)

1 Europe 1,015
2 South Americas 842
3 North And Central America 751
4 Africa 624
5 Asia 593
6 Oceania 174

Total 4.06 billion hectares

The Seven Rivers

1 Nile River (Africa) – 6650 km (4132 miles)
2 Yangtze River (Asia) – 6300 km (3916 miles)
3 Mississippi-Missouri River (North America) – 6275 km (3912 miles)
4 Volga River (Europe) – 3645 km (2266 miles)
5 Murray-Darling River (Australia) – 3370 km (2904 miles)
6 Onyx River (Antarctica) – 40 km (25 miles)

Total Number of lakes

1 Europe 500 000 +
2 Africa 677 lakes
3 Antarctica 379 lakes
4 North America 63 Lakes
5 Asia 29 Lakes
6 south America 8 lakes
7 Oceania 7 lakes

Total 117 million lakes