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Name any one of Melbourne's twin (sister) cities.
Norwich :p :
HahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Drew
No.
Norwich is far better and is twinned with Rouen :p
Shanghai?
What do twin cities do between eachother?
Milan
I used to think that my town's twin city was exactly the same as my town, but in France :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by jso1985
I think they have to be a similar size (population) and then they visit each other and name streets after each other :\
Trondheim.
Milan is one. The others are Osaka, Tianjin (CH), Thessaloniki (GR), Boston (US) and Saint Petersburg.
It's hard for me to see the relation/similarities between Tianjin and Melbourne (or Boston, for that matter) :sQuote:
Originally Posted by AndySpeed
Name the 10 countries with the highest Gross Domestic Product in order highest to lowest.
Sigh....whatever happened to the GEOGRAPHY questions?...
What is geography?Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
World economy is a major segment of the Geography syllabus in schools over here.
USA
Japan
China
UK
Germany
France
Italy
Russia
Australia
Canada
Some right, others are in the list but in incorrect rank ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
1)USA
2)Japan
3)
4)
5)
6)France
7)Italy
8)
9)
10)
1)USA
2)Japan
3)UK
4)China
5)Taiwan
6)France
7)Italy
8)Australia
9)Canada
10)Indonesia
No
Highest to Lowest of the top 10?
1 - USA
2 - China
3 - Japan
4 - India
5 - Germany
6 - UK
7 - France
8 - Italy
9 - Russia
10 - Brazil
South Korea, Canada, Mexico and Spain also have economies worth $1 Trillion+.
I think India is #8 on GDP but #3 on PPP
1: USA
2: Japan
3: Germany
4: China
5: UK
6: France
7: Italy
8: Spain
9: Canada
10: Australia
1) USA
2) Japan
3) China
4) Germany
5) UK
6) France
7) Italy
8) India
9) Russia
10) Canada?
WE have the top 7 according to my source ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Schultz
1: USA
2: Japan
3: Germany
4: China
5: UK
6: France
7: Italy
8:
9:
10:
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Originally Posted by BrentJackson
1: USA
2: Japan
3: Germany
4: China
5: UK
6: France
7: Italy
8:
9:
10: Brazil
Looks like I almost killed the thread :s
But according to wikipedia the 10 countries with the highest GDP
1: USA
2: Japan
3: Germany
4: China
5: UK
6: France
7: Italy
8: Spain
9: Canada
10: Brazil
Right, but who gets the next question?
1st come 1st serve
Here is one. Name two countries that have coasts on THREE Oceans
Canada - Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic
Australia - Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans
Canada and the U.S.? Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans.
And what would be the exact list of the oceans? :)
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Originally Posted by tinchote
There are 4 "official" Oceans. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic; and only 2 nations are bordering three. There are many seas but if you look at your globe, there are just the 4 Oceans and a lot of seas, which are areas that are separated slightly through island chains or seamounts from the basins of the greater ocean.
The US and Canada have coasts on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic (Alaska giving the US that Claim).
Schmenke got it....
If you look at a North-American globe... ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
That's interesting, and typical cause of discussion in an international forum. If you check wikipedia, it mentions the three oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, India) with the possible addition of Artic and Southern. The Spanish version of wikipedia doesn't discuss that and consider simply five oceans.
As there is no natural or obvious division in the continuous of salted water that we have in our World, there divisions are arbitrary and subject to opinion.
I guess it's something similar with the continents: how many are there? We'll all probably answer according to what we were tought at school, which will be different depending on which country we attended school :)
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Originally Posted by tinchote
Good points, but I believe we have 7 continents by any stretch of imagination. North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, Asia, and Europe. My definition of the oceans are commonly accepted in most of the countries you guys are from, but I am curious to to understand where the southern ocean would come from? Antarctica is dominating the cap of the south pole, and all the oceans save the Arctic lap its shores. Since it isn't a country, it means the 3 ocean criteria in theory, but isn't the answer to my admittely simple question. I was just trying to keep the thread moving.
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Oh, come on Mark, the thread is so slow anyway ;) :D
Regarding the continents, in the Spanish speaking world America is regarded as a single continent, with its parts being North, Central, and South America. And Australia is not seen as a continent in itself but rather a part of Oceania, which includes Australia, NZ, and most of the islands nearby.
As for the Antartic ocean, I'm taking the information from this site, which is in Spanish, so I'll summarize the information:
The Antartic ocean is defined to be all the water south of the 60th parallel south. The article claims this was defined by the International Hydrographic Organization in 2000, and it agrees with the area covered by the Antartic Treaty.
Strange as it may seem, in English speaking England, we use the same definitions, or at least we did when I was at school.Quote:
Originally Posted by tinchote
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Originally Posted by tinchote
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...hern_Ocean.png
The southern ocean is south of 60degrees latitude although some people only see it as the most southern parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ocean.
Well there you go, schools here are maybe teaching about the Southern Ocean now, I don't know, but we were always told Australia was a continent, and North and South America were separate mainly because if you are going to consider Europe and Asia separate for this purpose, even though they have an extensive land connection, then the America's connected by the narrow isthmus at Panama would be two continents. It is a cultural thing on how things are defined, and I am surprised that the international organizations that define that stuff wouldn't have been more forceful on getting down to the definitions.
Anyhow, lets move on with another question then, and one of you guys can offer it up.
Whoops, apologies... I retrieved this thread to give 'er a good bump only to realize that it's my go...
So.... perhaps an easy one...
Lusaka is the capital city of what country?
Well, not easy enough for me! :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Zambia.
Easy enough for Carl :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by tinchote
Have a go Mr. Metro! :)