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Earth Science Records
Learn about the highest, lowest, deepest, saltiest, largest, most powerful and more!
Tallest Mountain
World's Tallest Mountain:
Everest is not the clear winner for "tallest" and "highest".
Deepest Trench
Deepest Point in the Ocean:
The deepest point in the ocean is in the Mariana Trench.
Continent High Points
Highest Mountain on Each Continent:
A map of continental high points.
Lowest Land Points
Land Below Sea Level:
Several places on earth are over 100 meters below sea level!
Largest Desert
World's Largest Desert:
The Sahara is huge but two polar deserts are larger.
Largest Oil Spills
Largest Oil Spills Map:
Eleven oil spills from war, tanker wrecks and out-of-control wells.
Deepest Lake
World's Deepest Lake:
Lake Baikal in southern Russia is the world's deepest lake.
Largest Landslide
World's Largest Landslide:
Saidmareh slide in Iran - five cubic miles of debris!
Largest Earthquake
World's Largest Earthquake:
The world's largest recorded quake: Chile, 1960 at M 9.5.
Largest Meteorite
World's Largest Meteorite:
Hoba, in Namibia, is the record - 66 tons of iron!
Deepest Canyon
World's Deepest Canyon:
Lots of debate over this one - the deepest canyon.
Largest Lake
World's Largest Lake:
How to measure? Volume? Surface area? Does salt water count?
Largest Tsunami
World's Largest Tsunami:
The wave with the highest run-up was in Lituya Bay, Alaska.
Largest Land Mammals
Largest Land Mammals:
The extinction of dinosaurs allowed mammals to grow much larger.
Earth's Saltiest Water
Earth's Saltiest Body of Water:
Don Juan Pond in Antarctica is 18 times saltier than the ocean.
Tallest Waterfall
Tallest Waterfall:
Angel Falls in Venezuela. Image © Birget Prentner / iStockphoto.
Deepest Dive
Bathyscaphe Trieste:
Diving to the deepest part of the ocean in 1960.
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