Not surprisingly, the largest country in the world is Russia, which spans a vast 17,098,250 km² across Eastern Europe and Asia. This is followed by Canada (9,879,750 km²) and its aforementioned two million lakes. The country ranked third changes depending upon the source of the comparison.

There are nearly 200 countries in the world, but when it comes to which is the largest, there is no competition. With a total area of 6,592,846 square miles (17,075,400 square km), Russia is the world’s largest country. A distant second is Canada, with 3,848,758 square miles (9,968,242 square km).

A new report by an industry watchdog adds to growing scientific consensus that as forests are felled to make way for coffee farms, rainfall decreases and crops are more likely to fail. By Ephrat Livni ...

The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria.

Reuters: Fifth of arabica coffee growing area to be unsuitable by 2050, report says

SAO PAULO, March 30 (Reuters) - Climate change could result in 20% of current arabica coffee growing areas being classified as unsuitable by 2050, Rabobank forecast in a report on Monday. Currently, 8 ...

Fifth of arabica coffee growing area to be unsuitable by 2050, report says