1 : Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. 2  Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. 3  Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. 4  At this time the world average was 14.42.
A ground fault is an inadvertent contact between an energized conductor and ground or equipment frame. The return path of the fault current is through the grounding system and any personnel or equipment that becomes part of that system.
A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other. This movement may occur rapidly, in the form of an earthquake-or may occur slowly, in the form of creep.eft-lateral strike-slip fault-a fault on which the displacement of the far block is to the left when viewed from either side. right-lateral strike-slip fault-a fault on which the displacement of the far block is to the right when viewed from either side.