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World Largest
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Largest Continent
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Asia , 17,212,2000 square miles.
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Highest Mountain
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Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal Tibet, 29,035 feet above sea level
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Largest Sea
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The Mediterranean Sea, 1,14l4,800 square miles.
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Highest Lake
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The Highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level.
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Largest Lake
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Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles.
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Largest Freshwater Lake
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Lake Superior, US Canada, 31,820 square miles.
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Largest Ocean
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Pacific Ocean,60,060,700 square miles.
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Largest Gulf
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Gulf of Maxico, 615000 square miles.
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Largest Bay
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The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles.
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Largest Island
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Greenland, 839,999 square miles.
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Largest Peninsula
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Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles.
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Largest Archipelago
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Indonesia, 3,500 miles stretch of 17,000 islands.
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Largest Gorge
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Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, US, 217 miles long, 418 miles wide, 1 mile deep.
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Longest Mountain Range
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The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles.
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Largest River
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The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles.
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Longest Estuary
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Ob River, /Russia, 550 ,miles long up to 50 mile wide.
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Largest Lagoon
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Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles
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Largest Waterfall
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Angel Falls, /venezuel, 3,212 feet high.
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Smallest
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Lowest Lake
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The Dead Sea, Israel Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea level.
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Smallest Continent
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Australia, 312,2000 square miles.
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Lowest Point on land
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The Dead Sea, Israrel Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level.
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Deepest Underwater Trench
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Marina Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface .
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Deepest Ocean
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Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet.
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Smallest Ocean
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Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles.
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Deepest Gorge
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Hell Canvon Snake River Idaho.7,900 feet deep.
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Shortest River
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The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long.
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