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