World Largest

By: Unknown on 10:13

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
Longest 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
Longest Estuary	Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide
Largest Lagoon	Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles
Largest Waterfall	Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high