North America: McKinley (AK, 20,320), Logan (Yukon), Orizaba (Mexico), St. Elias (AK-Yukon),
Popocatepetl (Mexico)
South America: Aconcagua (Argentina, 22,834), Ojos del Salado (Arg-Chile)
Africa: Kilimanjaro (Tanzania, 19,340), Kenya (Kenya), Margherita Peak (Uganda-Zaire), Jaya (New
Guinea)
European Alps: Mont Blanc (Fr-It, 15,771), Monte Rosa (Switz), Dom (Switz), Liskamm(It-Switz),
Weisshom (Switz), Taschhorn (Switz), Matterhorn (Switz)
European Caucasus: Elbrus (Russia, 18,510)
Asia: Everest (Nepal-Tibet, 29,028), K2 (Godwin Austen, Kashmir), Kanchenjunga (India-Nepal), Lhotse I
(Nepal-Tibet)
Antarctica: Vinson Massif (16,864)
1) Pacific (64 million square miles)
2) Atlantic (33 million square miles)
3) Indian
4) Arctic
5) South China
6) Caribbean
7) Mediterranean
8) Bering
9) Gulf of Mexico
10) Sea of Okhotsk
Deepest Pacific Ocean trench - Mariana Trench (35000 ft)
Deepest Atlantic Ocean trench - Puerto Rico Trench (28000 ft)
Largest Islands
1) Greenland, Denmark, Atlantic
2) New Guinea, Indonesia - Papau NG, East Indies
3) Borneo, Inonesia - Malaysia - Brunei, East Indies
4) Madagascar, Indian Ocean
5) Baffin, Canada, Arctic Ocean
6) Sumatra, Indonesia, East Indies
7) Honshu, Japan, Pacific
8) Great Britain, Atlantic
9) Victoria, Canada, Arctic
10) Ellesmere, Canada, Arctic
Highest and Lowest Elevations
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Asia |
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Mount
Everest, Nepal- Tibet |
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29,028 |
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Dead Sea,
Israel- Jordan |
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1,312 |
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South America |
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Mount
Aconcagua, Argentina |
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22,834 |
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Valdes
Peninsula, Argentina |
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131 |
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North America |
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Mount
McKinley, AK |
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20,320 |
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Death Valley,
California |
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282 |
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Africa |
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Kilimanjaro,
Tanzania |
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19,340 |
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Lake Assal,
Djibouti |
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512 |
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Europe |
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Mount Elbrus,
Russia |
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18,510 |
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Caspian Sea,
Russia, Azerbaijan |
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92 |
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Antarctica |
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Vinson Massif |
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16,864 |
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Bentley
Subglacial Trench |
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8,327 |
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Australia |
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Mount
Kosciusko, New South Wales |
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7,310 |
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Lake Eyre,
South Australia |
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52 |
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Largest Lakes
1) Caspian Sea (Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan) 143,244 sq. mi.
2) Superior (MI, WI, MN, Ontario) 31,700 sq. mi.
3) Victoria (Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya)
4) Aral (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)
5) Huron (MI, Ontario)
6) Michigan (MI, WI, IL, IN)
7) Tanganyika (Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi, DR Congo)
8) Baykal (Russia)
9) Great Bear (NW Territories)
10) Nyasa or Malawi (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)
11) Great Slave (NW Territories)
12) Erie (MI, OH, PN, NY, Ontario)
13) Winnipeg (Manitoba)
14) Ontario (NY, Ontario)
15) Balkhash (Kazakhstan)
16) Ladoga (Russia, near Finland)
17) Chad (Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon)
18) Maracaibo (Venezuela)
19) Onega (Russia)
20) Eyre (Australia)
21) Volta (Ghana)
North America:
Longest:
Mississippi - MN,WI, IA, IL, MO, TN, AR, MS, LA, Gulf of Mexico; St. Louis, Memphis, New
Orleans
Missouri - MT, ND, SD, NE, IA, KS, MO, Mississippi River; Butte, Great Falls, Bismarck,
Omaha, St. Louis
Yukon - BC, Yukon, AK, Bering Sea; Whitehorse, Dawson
Rio Grande - CO, NM, TX, Gulf of Mexico; Albuquerque, El Paso, Brownsville
Arkansas - CO, KS, OK, AR, Mississippi River; Little Rock
Colorado - CO, UT, AZ, NV, CA, Baja California, Gulf of California
Red - TX, OK, AR, LA, Mississippi River; Amarillo, Shreveport
Columbia - BC, WA, Pacific
Peace - BC, Alberta, Slave River
Mackenzie - NWT, Arctic
Snake - WY, ID, OR, WA, Columbia River
Churchill - Sas., Man., Hudson Bay
Ohio - PN, OH, WV, KY, IN, IL, Mississippi River; Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville
Brazos - TX, Gulf of Mexico
Pecos - NM, TX, Rio Grande River
Canadian - CO, Arkansas River
Tennessee - TN, AL, KY; Ohio River
Colorado - TX, Matagorda Bay; Austin
Fraser - Alb., BC; Vancouver
S. Saskatchewan - Alb., Sas.; Calgary, Saskatoon
Others (Not in order of
length)
Allegheny - PA, Ohio River; Pittsburgh
Connecticut - NH, VT, MA, CT, Long Island Sound; Springfield, Hartford
Delaware - NY, NJ, PN, DE, Delaware Bay; Trenton
N. Platte - CO, WY, NE; Platte River
S. Platte - CO, NE, Platte River
Platte - NE, Mississippi River; Omaha
St. Lawrence - Quebec, Atlantic; Quebec
N. Saskatchewan - Alb., Sas.; Edmonton
Africa
Longest:
Nile - (Blue: Lake Tana Ethiopia, White: Sudan) Sudan, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea; Aswan,
Luxor, Cario
Congo - DR Congo, R Congo, Atlantic; Brazzaville, Kinshasha
Niger - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea; Bamako, Niamey
Zambezi - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lake Kariba, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel
Orange - Lesotho, South Africa, Namibia, Atlantic
Limpopo - South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel
Asia
Longest:
Chang (Yangtze) - China, East China Sea; Nanjing, near Shanghai
Huang He (Yellow) - China, Yellow Sea; Luoyang, Jinan, near Beijing
Lena - Russia, Laptev Sea; Tiksi
Mekong - China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Gulf of Thailand (South China
Sea); Vietiane
Ob - Russia, Kara Sea; Salekhard; Irtysh tributary
Yenisey - Russia, Kara Sea
Brahmaputra - Tibet, India, Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal
Indus - Tibet, Pakistan, Arabian Sea; Islamabad, Karachi
Amur - China, Russia, Tartar Strait (Sea of Okhotsk)
Euphrates - Syria, Iraq, Persian Gulf; Baghdad
Ganges - India, Bangladesh; Delhi, Dhaka
Amu Darya - Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turjkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Aral Sea;
Salween - China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Gulf of Martaban (Bay of Bengal)
Syr Darya - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Aral Sea
Irrawaddy - Myanmar, Bay of Bengal; Yangoon
Australia
Longest:
Murry-Darling - NSW, South Australia, Encounter Bay (Indian Ocean)
Murrumbidgee - Murray; Canberra
Europe
Longest:
Volga - Russia, Caspian Sea; Volgograd, Astrakhan
Danube - Germany, Austria, Sloveakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Black Sea; Vienna,
Budpest, Belgrade
Ural - Russia, Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea
Dneiper - Russia, Belarus, Ukrain, Black Sea; Kiev
Don - Russia, Sea of Azov (Black Sea)
Others (Not in order of
length)
Ebro - Spain, Mediterranean
Elbe - Czech, Germany, North Sea; Prague, Hamburg
Loire - France, Bay of Biscay; Orleans, Tours, Nantes
Meuse - France, Belgium, Netherlands, North Sea; Verdun, Maastricht
Oder - Czech, Poland, Baltic Sea; Wroclaw
Po - Italy, Adriatic Sea; Milan
Rhine - Switzerland, Austria, Liech., Germany, France, Netherlands, North Sea; Bonn, Cologne,
Rotterdam
Rhone - Switzerland, France, Mediterranean; Geneva, Lyon, Avignon
Seine - France, English Channel; Paris, Rouen
Tagus - Spain, Portugal, Atlantic; Toledo, Lisbon
Thames - England, English Channel; London
Tiber - Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea; Rome
South America
Longest:
Amazon - Peru, Brazil, Atlantic (Marajo Island); Santarem
Parana - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Rio de la Plata; Buenos Aires
Purus - Brazil, Amazon
Madeira - Bolivia, Brazil, Amazon
Sao Francisco - Brazil, Atlantic
Others (Not in order of length)
Negro - Columbia, Brazil, Amazon
Orinoco - Venezuela, Atlantic; Ciudad Bolivar
Paraguay - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Parana River; Asuncion
Rio de la Plata - Argentina, Uruguay, Atlantic; Buenos Aires, Montevideo
Uruguay - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Rio de la Plata
World's Longest Rivers
Nile, Amazon, Chang, Huang, Congo, Lena, Mekong, Ob, Niger, Yenisey
Arabian
(Eastern), 70,000 sq mi in Egypt between the Nile river and Red Sea, extending
southward into Sudan
Atacama,
600-mi-long area rich in nitrate and copper deposits in N Chile
Chihuahuan,
140,000 sq mi in TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico
Dasht-e Kauir,
approx. 300 mi long by approx. 100 mi wide in N central Iran
Dasht-e Lut,
20,000 sq mi in E Iran
Death Valley,
3,300 sq mi in CA and NV
Gibson, 120,000
sq mi in the interior of W Australia
Gobi, 500,000
sq mi in Mongolia and China
Great Sandy,
150,000 sq mi in W Australia
Great Victoria,
150,000 sq mi in SW Australia
Kalahari,
225,000 sq mi in S Africa
Kara Kum,
120,000 sq mi in Turkmenistan
Kyzyl Kum,
100,000 sq mi in Kazakstan and Uzbekistan
Libyan, 450,000
sq mi in the Sahara, extending from Libya through SW Egypt into Sudan
Mojave, 15,000
sq mi in southern CA
Namib, long
narrow area (varies from 30-100 mi wide) extending 800 mi along SW coast of
Africa
Nubian, 100,000
sq mi in the Sahara in NE Sudan
Patagonia,
300,000 sq mi in S Argentina
Painted Desert,
section of high plateau in northern AZ extending 150 mi
Rub al-Khali
(Empty Quarter), 250,000 sq mi in the S Arabian Peninsula
Sahara,
3,500,000 sq mi in N Africa extending westward to the Atlantic. Largest desert
in the world
Sonoran, 70,000
sq mi in southwestern AZ and southeastern CA extending into NW Mexico
Syrian,
100,000-sq-mi arid wasteland extending over much of N Saudi Arabia, E Jordan,
S Syria, and W Iraq
Taklimakan,
140,000 sq mi in Xinjiang Prov., China
Thar (Great Indian), 100,000-sq-mi arid area extending 400 mi along India-Pakistan border