Smallest / Biggest in World

Smallest / Biggest in World
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Largest Continent Asia, = 17,212,2000 square miles

Smallest Continent = Australia,312,2000 square miles

Highest Mountain = Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-
Tibet, 29,035 feet above sea level

Lowest Point on land = The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water
surface 1,349 feet below sea level

Deepest Underwater Trench = Marina Trench, 200 miles
southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below the
ocean surface

Largest Sea = The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles

Highest Lake = The Highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca in Peru,
12,500 feet above sea level

Lowest Lake = The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet
below sea level

Largest Lake = Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles

Largest Freshwater Lake = Lake Superior, US-Canada, 31,820
square miles

Deepest Ocean = Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet

Largest Ocean = Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles

Smallest Ocean = Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles

Largest Gulf = Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles

Bay = The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles

Largest Island = Greenland, 839,999 square miles

Largest Peninsula = Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles

Largest Archipelago = Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000
islands

Largest Gorge = Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, US,
217 miles long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep

Deepest Gorge = Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet
deep

Longest Mountain Range = The Andes of South America, 5,000
miles

Longesr River = The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles

Shortest River = The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long

Largest River = The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000
square miles

Longesr Estuary = Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles
wide

Larget Lagoon = Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500
square miles

Largest Waterfall = Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high

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