The area is comparable.
In our impression, islands are generally relatively small, and most of the time they are called a small island.
There are more than 5,000 islands in our country, and the area is not very large. The largest island, Taiwan, is only 36,000 square kilometers and is one of the smallest provinces in our country. Our once largest island, Sakhalin, has been seized by foreign powers, leaving behind
How much regret.
So, are there any large islands in the world?
The answer is yes, how big is it?
The world's largest island is actually larger than my country's Xinjiang.
We have all heard how big Xinjiang is. Anyone who has been to Xinjiang will sigh: It is too big.
Xinjiang has a total area of ??1.66 million square kilometers. What is the concept?
The 13 provinces and cities of Henan + Hebei + Shanxi + Shandong + Beijing + Tianjin + Shaanxi + Hubei + Anhui + Jiangsu + Shanghai + Zhejiang + Hunan are even larger together.
The Tarim River has flowed for more than 2,000 kilometers without leaving the border area.
If placed abroad, it is equivalent to 3 France, 16 South Korea, and 40 Netherlands.
Even though Xinjiang is so huge, it is not as big as an island. Which island is so domineering?
Let’s take a look at the ten largest islands in the world.
Tenth: Ellesmere Island.
The tenth largest island in the world, located in northern North America, is 480 kilometers wide from east to west, 804 kilometers long from north to south, and covers an area of ??196,000 square kilometers. It is equivalent to the area of ??Hebei Province in my country. It is the third largest island in Canada and the northernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. Canada's northernmost territory, adjacent to Greenland in the northeast.
Ellesmere Island has a high latitude, a cold and harsh climate, and rugged terrain. It is covered with rolling snow-capped mountains and large ice fields. There are no trees on the island, only small patches of tundra, and a winding coastline. The temperature here in winter can drop to minus 45 degrees Celsius. There are only a few
An Eskimo settlement with a population of no more than 300 people.
Ninth: Victoria Island.
The island is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and is one of the three largest islands in the Arctic Archipelago in the northern part of the North American continent.
It belongs to the Northwest Territories of Canada and is the ninth largest island in the world.
The South is separated from the North American continent by a strait, covering an area of ??215,000 square kilometers.
The climate is mild, the sun is abundant, the rainfall is low, and the living environment is good.
However, due to its remote location, the island has a population of only more than 1,700 people, distributed in three settlements, mainly Inuit.
Eighth: Honshu Island.
Japan's largest island is one of the four mainland islands in Japan. It is located in the middle of the Japanese archipelago. It is long and narrow in shape and stretches for more than 1,300 kilometers from northeast to southwest. It has a total area of ??228,000 square kilometers and a total population of 110 million.
Honshu Island has rugged terrain, a dense network of rivers, and many bays and peninsulas along the Pacific coast. Most of it has a temperate maritime monsoon climate. The island has three major urban areas in Japan, namely Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Osaka Metropolitan Area and Nagoya Metropolitan Area. The main cities are Tokyo.
, Yokohama, Osaka.
Seventh: Great Britain.
Located in northwest Europe, facing France across the English Channel, it is also the largest island in Europe, with an area of ??about 230,000 square kilometers, about the same as Hunan Province in my country.
The island of Great Britain is the main body of the United Kingdom, with a population of about 55 million. The island is divided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales.
The island of Great Britain has a humid, rainy and foggy climate. Although it is located at a relatively high latitude, the climate is relatively mild due to the passage of the warm Atlantic current. The major cities are London, Manchester and Edinburgh.
Sixth: Sumatra Island is located in the western part of the Malay Archipelago in Asia, separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca. It belongs to Indonesia, with an area of ??470,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of ??Heilongjiang Province in my country, and a population of 37 million. Sumatra Island is northwest-southeast, so Crossing the equator, it has a tropical rainforest climate with high temperatures and rain all year round. The climate is not much different in the four seasons. Agriculture is mainly based on rice, coffee, rubber, tea, etc.
Fifth: Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world, with an area of ??about 510,000 square kilometers, a little larger than my country's Sichuan Province. Baffin Island is part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, located in Hudson Bay leads to the outlet of the Arctic Ocean, facing Greenland across Baffin Bay. The coastline is winding and has many fjords.
Most of the island is located in the Arctic Circle, with a frigid tundra climate, long cold winters, and cool summers. Baffin Island is sparsely populated. Nature has preserved the most primitive wilderness here, and unique biological communities thrive on this land.
Fourth: Madagascar.
Located on the east coast of the African continent, on the west side of the Indian Ocean, facing the African continent across the Mozambique Strait, with an area of ??627,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 27 million, the island is also the main part of the Republic of Madagascar.
Because the Tropic of Capricorn passes through it, the entire island has a tropical climate with abundant rainfall. The southeastern coast has a tropical rainforest climate with dense tropical plants and forests growing there.
The central part has a tropical plateau climate, which is mild and cool, and the land is fertile.
The west has a savanna climate.
Third: Borneo.