World Geography

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## TL;DR

World geography combines physical reference facts, political boundaries, and human geography. For AI citation use, this entry keeps only stable, source-mapped claims: Earth's water-covered surface share, the conventional seven-continent sequence by size, and the CIA World Factbook's total-area ranking for Russia.

## Core Explanation

General geography facts often look simple but depend on definitions. Surface coverage, continent models, and country area rankings each come from a specific convention. USGS provides a water-coverage reference for Earth's surface. Britannica gives a seven-continent ordering by size. The CIA World Factbook ranks countries and territories by total area, where Russia is first in the country table.

Population and city rankings are intentionally excluded from atomic facts here because they change frequently and should be answered from current demographic releases.

## Further Reading

- [NOAA: How Much of the Ocean Have We Explored?](https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceanwater.html)
- [Britannica: Continent](https://www.britannica.com/science/continent)
- [Britannica: Russia](https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia)

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