HIGHEST & LONGEST ( Mountains and Rivers )

HIGHEST & LONGEST ( Mountains and Rivers )

ASIA

Asia the largest continent in both size and population.

Population                     : 3,879,000,000 Area                             : 44,131, 000km2 Number of countries     : 50 Elevation                      : Highest: Mount Everest, 29,035ft (8,850m)                                          Lowest: shore of the Dead Sea, about                                                    1,373ft (419m) below sea level

Highest mountains in Asia
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	Mt. Everest (8,848 m) Mt. K2 (8,611 m) Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) Lhotse (8,516 m) Makalu (8,462 m ) Cho Oyu (8,201 m) Dhaulagiri (8,167 m ) Manaslu (8,156 m ) Nanga Parbat ( 8,125 m ) Annapurna (8,091 m	Nepal – Tibet India Nepal – Sikkim, India Nepal – Tibet, china Nepal- Tibet, China Nepal – Tibet, China Nepal Nepal Pakistan Nepal

 

Longest Rivers in Asia

1. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Yangtze ( in China ) – 6,300 km – 3,915 miles Yellow River (Huang He) – 5,464 km – 3,395 miles Mekong River – 4,909 km – 3,050 miles Lena River – 4,400 km – 2734 miles Irtysh River – 4,248 km – 2,640 miles Yenisei River – 4,090 km – 2,540 miles Ob River – 3,650 km – 2,268 miles Nizhnyaya Tungushka River – 2,989 km – 1857 miles Brahmaputra River – 2900 km – 1800 miles Indus River – 2,900 km – 1800 miles Ganga River – 2, 525 km -1,569 miles

AFRICA

Africa is the second large continent.

Population : 1,022,234,000 Area : 30,221,532 km2 Countries : 54

Highest Mountains in Africa
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	Kilimanjaro               – 5895 m Mount Keniya          – 5,199m Mawenzi                   – 5,149m Mount Stanley         – 5,109 m Mount Speke           – 4,890 m Mount Baker                  – 4,844m Mount Emin                    – 4,798m Mount Gessi                  – 4,715 m Mount Luigi di Savoi     – 4,627 m Mount Meru                  – 4,565 m	Tanzania Kenya Tanzania Uganda Uganda Uganda Congo Congo Uganda Tanzania

Longest Rivers in Africa
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9..	Nile – 4,160mile (6,695 km) - Congo – 2,922 mile (4,700 km) Niger – 2,611 mile (4,200 km) Zambezi – 1,673 mile (2693 km) Ubangi – 1,429 mile (2,300 km) Kasai – 1,338 mile (2,153 km) Orange – 1,300 mile (2,092 km) Limpopo – 1,118 mile (1,800 km) Senegal – 1,020 mile (1,641 km)

AUSTRALIA

Australia is the 6^th largest country in the world.

Population : 21,766,711 Area : 7,741,220 km2 Countries : 14 Elevation : Highest Mt. Kosciuszko, Lowest – Lake Eyre

Highest mountains in Australia

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Mount McClintock – 3,490 m (11,450 ft) Bimberi Peak  - 1,912 m (6,273 ft) Mawson Peak – 2,745 m Murray Hill – 361 m (1,184 ft) - Christmas Island Mawson Peak   2,745 metres (9,006 ft) - Heard Island and McDonald Islands Mount Kosciuszko           2,228 metres (7,310 ft) - New South Wales Mount Meharry - 1,253 metres (4,111 ft)- Western Australia Mount Bogong - 1,986 metres (6,516 ft)                - Victoria Mount Bartle Frere - 1,622 metres (5,322 ft)        - Queensland Mount Zeil - 1,531 metres (5,023 ft)         - Northern Territory

Longest Rivers in Australia
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.	River Murray – 2375 km Murrumbidgee – 1485 km Darling River – 1472 km Lachlan River – 1339 km Cooper Creek - 1113 km Flinders River – 1004 km Diamantine River – 941 km

EUROPE

Europe is the fifth largest continent .

Population : 731,000,000 Area : 10,445,000 km2 Countries : 50 Elevation : Highest Mount Elbrus – Lowest shore of the Caspian Sea

Highest Mountains in Europe
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	Elbrus  - 5,642 m Rustavell – 5,201 m Dykh – Tau – 5,198 m Kazkek – 5,047 m Monte Bianco/ Mont Blanc  – 4,807 m Klyuchevskaya      - 4,750 m Ushba – 4,710 m Monte Rosa – 4,634 m Dom – 4,545 m The Matterhorn / Cervino – 4,479 m	- Russia – Georgia - Georgia - Georgia - Italy / France - Russia - Georgia - Italy / Switzerland - Switzerland - Switzerland / Italy

Longest Rivers in Europe
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	Volga – 3692 km Danube – 2860 km Ural – 2428 km Dnieper – 2290 Don – 1950 km Pechora – 1809 km Northern Dvina – Vychegda – 1774 km Dniester – 1362 Rhine – 1236 km

NORTH AMERICA

North America is the third largest continent.

Population : 528,720,588 Area : 24,212,000km2 Countries : 23 Elevation : Highest: Mount McKinley in Alaska. Lowest: Death Valley in California.

Highest mountains in North America
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	Mount McKinley – 6194 m - Alaska Mount Logan – 5247 m  - canada Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltépetl  – 4922 m - Mexico Mount saint Elias – 5489 m – Canada, USA Volcan Popocatépetl – 5410 m - Mexico Mount Foraker – 5304 - Alaska Mount Luciana – 5260 m - Canada Volcan Iztaccihuatl – 5230 m - Mexico King Peak – 5173 m - USA Mount Bona – 5044 - Alaska

Longest Rivers in North America
1. 2. 3. 4.	Mackenzie – 4240 km            Canada Missouri – 4088 km                USA Mississippi – 3765 km            USA St. Lawrence – 3058 km        USA, Canada

SOUTH AMERICA

South America is the fourth largest continent .

Population : 385,742,554 Area : 17,853,000km2 Countries : 12 Elevations : Highest : Aconcagua in Argentina, Lowest : Valdes Peninsula in Argentina.

Tallest Mountains in South America
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	Aconcagua – 2,834 m Ojos del Salado – 2,572m Bonete – 2,546 m Tupungato – 2,310 m Pissis – 2,211 m Mercedario – 2,211 m Huascarán – 2,205 m Llullaillaco – 2,109 m El Libertador – 2,047 Cachi – 2,047 m	- Argentina – Argentina,  Chile -  Argentina – Argentina, Chile - Argentina - Argentina - Peru – Argentina, Chile - Argentina - Argentina

Longest rivers in South America
1. 2. 3.	Amazon – 6400 km Parana River – 4880 km Congo River – 4670 km

ANTARCTICA

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent.

Area : 13,829,430km2 Largest Ice shelves – Ross ice shelf: ( about the size of France) 510,680 km2 (197,974 miles2), Ronne-Filchner ice shelf: (about the size of Spain) 439,920 km2 (169,850 miles2)
Highest Mountain chain in Antarctica
Transantarctic Mountain chain: 3,300 km (2,050 miles)
Highest 3 Mountains in Antarctica
1. 2. 3.	Mt. Vinson Massif – 4,892 m (16,050 ft) Mt. Tyree – 4,852 m (15,918 ft) Mt. Shinn – 4,661 m (15,292 ft)