Answers to Geography Extremes

1. Mt. Everest, Nepal - China border; 29,035 feet
2. Dead Sea, Israel –Jordan Border; 1,348 feet below sea level
3. Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean; 35,838 feet (6.8 miles) below the ocean’s surface
4. Greenland; 840,000 square miles (Continents not included)
5. Nile River, Africa; 4,160 miles
6. Caspian Sea, Asia; 143,244 square miles
7. Lake Superior, United States-Canada; 31,700 square miles
8. Lake Baikal, Russia; 5,315 feet deep
9. Angel Falls, Venezuela; 3,212 feet
10. Great Barrier Reef, Australia; 1,250 miles
11. Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada; 43.5 feet difference between high and low tides
12. Sahara Desert, Africa; 3.5 million square miles
13. Russia; 6,592,850 square miles
14. Vatican City, Europe; less than 1 square mile (108.7 acres)
15. Lake Titicaca, Peru –Bolivia; 12,507 feet
16. Al’Aziziyah, Libya, Africa; 139 degrees F
17. Vostok Station, Antarctica; - 128 degrees F
18. Verkhoyansk, Russia; 183 degrees difference. Highest: 93.5 degrees; Lowest: -89.7 degrees
19. Atacama Desert, Chile; Trace precipitation .03 inches
20.Waialeale, Hawaii; 460 inches per year
21. Cherrapunji, India; 1,042 inches (1861)
22. Andes Mountains, South America; 1,500 miles
23. Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic Ocean floor; 22,000 miles
24. Taipei 101–Taipei, Taiwan (2004); 1,670 feet
25. Akashi Kaiko - Japan; 6,570 feet
26. Asia - Mount Everest 29,035 ft.
S. America - Aconcagua 22,841 ft.
N. America - Mount McKinley 20,320 ft.
Africa - Mt. Kilimanjaro 19,563 ft.
Europe - Mount Elbrus 18,481 ft.
Australia/Oceania - Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid); 16,502 ft.
Antarctica - Vinson Massif; 16,066 ft.
27. Asia - Dead Sea; -1,348 ft.
Africa - Lake Assal; -512 ft.
N. America - Death Valley; -282 ft.
Antarctica - Deep Lake; -184 ft.
S. America - Valdes Peninsula; -131 ft.
Europe - Caspian Sea; -92 ft.
Australia - Lake Eyre; -52 ft.

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Going to extremes

Name ______________________________
Going to Extremes
Directions: In this activity you will research the highest, lowest, tallest, longest, deepest, largest, smallest, hottest, coldest, wettest, driest places on Earth. Use a world atlas, world almanac, encyclopedia, or Internet sites to help you find the answers. Write your answers on your class notebook.
1. What is the highest mountain on Earth and its elevation in feet?
2. What is the deepest point on the Earth’s surface and its depth in feet?
3. What is the deepest point in the ocean and its depth in feet?
4. What is the world’s largest island and its area in square miles?
5. What is the longest river in the world and its length in miles?
6. What is the world’s largest lake and its area in square miles?
7. What is the largest freshwater lake in the world and its area in square miles?
8. What is the deepest lake in the world and its depth in miles?
9. What is the highest waterfall in the world and its height in feet?
10. What is the longest coral reef in the world and its length in miles?
11. Where are the greatest tide changes (high to low tides) in the world?
12. What is the largest desert in the world and its area in square miles?
13. What country is the world’s largest and its area in square miles?
14. What country is the world’s smallest and its area in square miles?
15. What is the highest navigable lake in the world and its elevation in feet?
16. What is the highest temperature in the world and where was it recorded?
17. What is the lowest temperature in the world and where was it recorded?
18. What is the greatest difference between the highest and lowest recorded temperatures and where was it recorded?
19. Where is the driest desert on Earth based on annual precipitation?
20. Where is the wettest place on Earth based on annual precipitation?
21. Where was the greatest one-year precipitation recorded and the inches of rainfall?
22. What is the longest continental mountain range and its length in miles?
23. What is the longest mountain chain anywhere on the Earth?
24. What is the tallest building in the world and where is it located?
25. What is the longest suspension bridge in the world and where is it located?
26. What are the highest mountains on each continent and their elevations in feet?
Asia
South America
North America
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Australia/ Oceania
27. What are the lowest points on each continent and their depths in feet?
Asia
South America
North America
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Australia/ Oceania

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