LONGEST RIVERS

1. Nile River, Africa 7. Dhaulagiri LARGEST LAKES

4,160 miles; 6,695 km Himalayas Nepal 26,795
2. Amazon River, South America 8. Manaslu 1. CASPIAN SEA
4,049 miles; 6,516 km Himalayas Nepal 26,781 2. LAKE SUPERIOR
3. Yangtze River, Asia 9. Nanga Parbat 3. LAKE VICTORIA
3,964 miles; 6,380 km Himalayas Pakistan 26,660 4. LAKE HURON
4. Mississippi-Missouri River System, North 10. Annapurna 5. LAKE MICHIGAN
America Himalayas Nepal 26,545 6. LAKE TAGANYIKA
3,709 miles; 5,969 km 7. LAKE BAIKAL
5. Ob-Irtysh Rivers, Asia MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES 8. GREAT BEAR LAKE
3,459 miles; 5,568 km 9. LAKE MALAWI
6. Yenisey-Angara-Selenga Rivers, Asia 1. Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland 10. GREAT SLAVE LAKE
3,448 miles; 5550 km 2. Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
7. Huang He (Yellow River), Asia 3. Sakurajima, Japan LARGEST SEAS
3,395 miles; 5,464 km 4. Mt. Merapi, Indonesia 1. Mediterranean Sea
8. Congo River, Africa 5. Mount Nyiragongo, D.R of Congo 2. Carribean Sea
2,900 miles; 4,667 km 6. Ulawun, Papua New Guinea 3. West Philippine Sea
9. Rio de la Plata-Parana, South America 7. Taal Volcano, Philippines 4. Bering Sea
2,796 miles; 4,500 km 8. Mauna Loa, Hawaii 5. Gulf of Mexico
10. Mekong River, Asia 9. Galeras, Colombia 6. Sea of Okhotsk
2,749 miles; 4,425 km 10. Santa Maria, Guatemala 7. East China Sea
8. Hudson Bay
HIGHEST MOUNTAINS LARGEST ISLANDS 9. Sea of Japan
10. Andaman Sea
1. Everest 1. Greenland, Denmark
Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 29,035 2. New Guinea, Indonesia, Papua New LONGEST CAVES
2. K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) Guinea 1. MAMMOTH CAVE, KENTUCKY
Karakoram Pakistan/China 28,250 3. Borneo 2. SISTEMA SAC ACTUN- DOS OJOS,
3. Kangchenjunga 4. Madagascar MEXICO
Himalayas India/Nepal 28,169 5. Baffin Island, Canada 3. JEWEL CAVE, S. DAKOTA
4. Lhotse 6. Sumatra 4. SISTEMA OX BEL HA, MEXICO
Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,940 7. Honshu 5. OPTYMISTYCHNA CAVE, UKRAINE
5. Makalu 8. Victoria Island, Canada 6. SHUANGHEDONG, CHINA
Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,766 9. Great Britain, United Kingdom 7. WIND CAVE, S. DAKOTA
6. Cho Oyu 10. Ellesmere Island, Canada 8. LECHUGUILLA, NEW MEXICO
Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 26,906
 9. GUA AIR JERNIH/CLEARWATER, 9. PHILADELPHIA, USA 9. SYRIAN DESERT
SARAWAK 10. HOUSTON, USA 10. GREAT BASIN DESERT
10. HOLLOCH, SWITZERLAND
11. FISHER RIDGE, KENTUCKY TALLEST WATERFALLS CRADLES OF CIVILIZATION
1. ANGEL FALLS, VENEZUELA 1. MESOPOTAMIA (IRAQ)
DEEPEST CAVES 2. TUGELA FALLS, S. AFRICA 2. INDUS VALLEY (PAKISTAN)
1. KRUBERA-VORONJA, GEORGIA 3. TRES HERMANAS, PERU 3. MEXICO
2. RESEAU JEAN BERNARD, FRANCE 4. OLU’OPENA, HAWAII 4. PERU AND ECUADOR
3. GOUFFRE MIROLDA, FRANCE 5. YUMBILLA FALLS, PERU 5. EGYPT
4. Vogelshacht and the Lamprechtsofen, 6. VINNUFOSSEN, NORWAY 6. YELLOW RIVER/YANGTZE VALLEY
AUSTRIA 7. BALAIFOSSEN, NORWAY
5. ILLUZIA-SNEZHNAJA MEZHONNOGO, 8. PU’UKA’OKU, HAWAII
GEORGIA 9. JAMES BRUCE FALLS, CANADA
6. TORCA DEL CERRO DEL CUEVON, SPAIN 10. BROWNE FALLS, NEW ZEALAND
7. SARMA, GEORGIA
8. Shakta Vjacheslav Pantjukhina, GEORGIA LARGEST WATERFALLS BASED ON FLOW RATE
9. SIMA DE LA CORNISA, SPAIN 1. BOYOMA FALLS, CONGO
10. CEHI, SLOVENIA 2. GUAIRA FALLS, PARAGUAY/BRAZIL
3. KHONE PHAPHENG, LAOS
LARGEST CITIES BASED ON POPULATION 4. CELILO FALLS, USA
1. TOKYO, JAPAN 5. NIAGRA FALLS, USA/CANADA
2. DELHI, INDIA 6. IGUAZU FALLS, ARGENTINA/BRAZIL
3. SHANGHAI, CHINA 7. VICTORIA, ZIMBABWE/ZAMBIA
4. SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
5. MEXICO CITY, MEXICO WORLD’S TOP 5 DESERTS
6. CAIRO, EGYPT 1. SAHARA (hottest, third largest)
7. MUMBAI, INDIA 2. NAMIB (oldest)
8. BEIJING, CHINA 3. GOBI (fifth largest, largest in asia)
9. DHAKA, BANGLADESH 4. ATACAMA (driest)
10. OSAKA, JAPAN 5. THAR

LARGEST CITIES BASED ON LAND AREA DESERTS BY LAND AREA

1. NEW YORK CITY, USA 1. ANTARCTICA
2. BOSTON-PROVIDENCE, USA 2. ARCTIC
3. TOKYO-YOKOHAMA, JAPAN 3. SAHARA
4. ATLANTA, USA 4. AUSTRALIAN DESERT
5. CHICAGO, USA 5. ARABIAN DESERT
6. LOS ANGELES-RIVERSIDE, USA 6. GOBI
7. MOSCOW, RUSSIA 7. KALAHARI
8. DALLAS-FORT WORTH, USA 8. PATAGONIAN