Highest mountains

Peak	Height above sea level
Everest	8,848
Goodwin Austen	8,611
Kanchenjunga	8,586

Biggest continents

Continent	Area (in square kilometers)
Asia	44,426,000
Africa	30,233,000
North America	24,955,000

Largest islands

Island	Area (in square kilometers)
Greenland	2,175,592
New Guinea	821,324
Borneo	746,543

Largest lakes

Lake	Continent	Area (in square km)
Caspian Sea	Europe/Asia	423,400
Lake Superior	North America	82,300
Lake Victoria	Africa	74,664

Longest rivers

River	Continent	Length (in km)
Nile	Africa	6,700
Amazon	South America	6,300
Yangise	Asia	5,000
Zaire	Africa	4,400
Missouri	North America	4,370

Weather

The hottest place on earth is Azizia, a town in a hilly farming area of Libya. The world’s record temperature was recorded there in 1922 – 57.7 ⁰C (135.83 ⁰F). But several other places have a higher average temperature, including Death Valley in California, and of Western Australia. The coldest place in Antarctica, where a temperature of –88.3 ⁰C (-126.94 ⁰F) has been recorded. The wettest place is on Kauai Island, Hawaii, which has more than 330 rainy days a year. Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean had the heaviest downpour ever recorded – 1.870 mm in 24 hours. The driest place is part of the Atacama Desert in Chile where little rain falls.

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