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Smallest Biggest in World
Geographical Facts:-
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Largest Continent |
Asia, 17,212,2000 square miles |
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Smallest Continent |
Australia,312,2000 square miles |
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Highest Mountain |
Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035 feet above sea level |
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Lowest Point on land |
The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level |
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Deepest Underwater Trench |
Marina Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface |
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Largest Sea |
The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles |
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Highest Lake |
The Highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level |
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Lowest Lake |
The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea level |
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Largest Lake |
Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles |
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Largest Freshwater Lake |
Lake Superior, US-Canada, 31,820 square miles |
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Deepest Ocean |
Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet |
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Largest Ocean |
Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles |
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Smallest Ocean |
Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles |
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Largest Gulf |
Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles |
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Bay |
The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles |
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Largest Island |
Greenland, 839,999 square miles |
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Largest Peninsula |
Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles |
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Largest Archipelago |
Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands |
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Largest Gorge |
Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, US, 217 miles long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep |
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Deepest Gorge |
Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep |
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Longest Mountain Range |
The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles |
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Longesr River |
The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles |
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Shortest River |
The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long |
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Largest River |
The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles |
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Longesr Estuary |
Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide |
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Larget Lagoon |
Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles |
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Largest Waterfall |
Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high |
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