What is the area of the Earth?
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The question is asking for the total surface area of the Earth, which involves understanding concepts of geometry and the measurements of the planet.
Answer
510 million square kilometers (197 million square miles)
The Earth's surface area is about 510 million square kilometers (197 million square miles).
Answer for screen readers
The Earth's surface area is about 510 million square kilometers (197 million square miles).
More Information
The Earth’s surface is composed of approximately 29% land and 71% water.
Sources
- How big is Earth? - Space.com - space.com
- Earth Facts - Nations Online Project - nationsonline.org
- Earth - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org