Friday, April 10, 2009

The World's Extreme Places


The World's Extremes


eg:

The World's Largest Rock Formation




Uluru also known as Ayers Rock is the world's largest rock formation. This sandstone monolith, located in Australia, has a height of 348 m (1,142 ft). and around 9.4 km (6 mi) in basal circumference. Ayers Rock appears to change its color as light strikes it at different hours of the day.

The World's Most Active Volcano:Kilauea-Hawaii
The World's Lowest Lake: The Dead Sea-between Israel and Jordan
The World's Largest Coral Reef:The Great Barrier Reef-Coral Sea, Australia
The World's Largest Cave Passage: Deer Cave-Borneo,
The World's Longest River : The Nile- starts from Lake Victoria, Uganda and flows through Sudan and Egypt.
The World's Highest Peak: Mount Everest-on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, Tibet and China.
The World's Highest Water Falls : Angel Falls-Venezuela
The World's Hottest Place : Sahara
The World's Coldest Place : Antarctica

The World's Extremes

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