Mount Everest (in Nepal/Tibet): the highest mountain peak in the world, 8850 meters or 29035 feet high and often referred to as the crown of the world
Dead Sea (between Israel and Jordan): the lowest elevation in the world, 1349 ft. or 411 meters below sea level; it is 76 km. long, 18 km. wide and 4oo meters deep at its deepest point
Victoria Falls (in the Zimbabwe – Zambia border): the largest curtain of water in the world, spanning more than 1700 meters long and 108 meters high
Greenland(Denmark): the largest island with an area of 822700 square miles or 2130800 square kilometers; although it is physiographically associated with North America, it is a self-governing province of Denmark
Nile River(in Egypt): the world’s longest river, 4145 miles or 6673 kilometers long and flows into the Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea(lies between southwest Europe and western Asia): largest inland enclosed body of water on earth with no outflow and classified sea or lake with an area of 143 244 square miles or 371000 square kilometers and has a volume of 78200 cubic kilometers
