Mr. Swanson Midterm: Geography Extremes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is the highest mountain on earth and what continent is it located in? | Mount Everest Asia |
| What is the highest mountain range on earth and what continent is it in? | Himalayas Asia |
| What is the longest mountain range on earth and what continent is it located in? | Andes South America |
| What is the longest river on earth and what continent is it located in? | Nile Africa |
| What is the second largest river on earth and what continent is it located in? | Amazon South America |
| What is the largest desert on earth and what continent is it located on? | Sahara Africa |
| What is the driest desert on earth and what continent is it located in? | Atacama South America |
| What is the largest lake on earth? | Caspian Sea |
| What is the second largest lake on earth and what continent is it located in? | Lake Superior North America |
| What is the deepest lake on earth? | Lake Baikal |
| What is the largest/ highest mountain on the African continent? | Mount Kilimanjaro |
| What is the largest lake on the African continent? | Lake Victoria |
| What is the largest mountain range in North America? | the Rocky Mountains |
| What is the highest mountain on the North American continent? | McKinley |
| What is the longest river on the North American continent? | Mississippi |
| What is the largest gulf on earth? | the Gulf of Mexico |
| What is the largest bay on earth? | Hudson Bay |
| What is the location of "lowest point of land" on earth? | Dead Sea |
| What is the highest waterfall on earth and what country and continent is it located in? | Angel Falls Venezuela South America |
| What is the river with the most "water-flow volume" on earth and what continent is it located in? | Amazon South America |
| What is the largest island on earth? | Greenland |
| What is the largest island country on earth? | Madagascar |
| What is the largest country on earth? | Russia |
| What is the second largest country on earth and what continent is it located in? | Canada North America |
| What is the most "populated" country on earth and what continent is it located in? | China Asia |
| What is the largest ocean on earth? | Pacific |
| What is the largest sea on earth? | South China Sea |
| What is the largest continent on earth? | Asia |
| What is the coldest continent on earth? | Antarctica |
| What is the "deepest spot" in the earth's oceans and what ocean is it located in? | Challenger Deep Pacific |
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