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
