EARTH'S EXTREMES.

[Md.Azmathullah]

Hi,

These 15 are Earth's Extremes. Just read them for fun and GK.

1. Highest Point : Mount Everest, Nepal, 8,848 meters.

2. Lowest Exposed Point : Dead Sea, Jordan, -400 meters.

3. Deepest Surface Depression : Bentley Subglacial Trench, West Antarctica, -2,538 meters.

4. Deepest Submarine Point : Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean, 11,034 meters.

5. Largest Sea : South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, 2,974,600 sq.km.

6. Longest River : Nile, Africa, 6,695 km.

7. Greatest Tides : Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada, 16 meters.

8. Largest Desert : Sahara, N.Africa, 9,065,000 sq.km.

9. Hottest Place : Dalol, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, average annual temperature 34.4 degree C.

10. Coldest Place : Plateau Station, Antarctica, average annual temperature -56.7 degree C.

11. Wettest Place : Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India, average annual rainfall 11,873 mm.

12. Driest Place : Atacama Desert, Chile, rainfall barely measurable.

13. Highest Waterfall : Angel Falls, Venezuela, 979 meters.

14. Largest Canyon : Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, USA, 1.6 km deep, 0.5 to 28.9 km wide
and 445.7 km long.

15. Longest Reef : Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 2,011 km.


Source: The Orient Longman Atlas.