Caves, Canyons and Glaciers
15 records
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01 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 2.12 million sq mi Largest tropical rainforest Amazon rainforest · South America (mostly Brazil) See record ↗ -
02 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 4,350 miles Longest continental mountain range Andes · South America See record ↗ -
03 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 19,715 ft Deepest canyon on land Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon · Tibet, China See record ↗ -
04 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 420 miles Longest cave system Mammoth Cave System · Kentucky, United States See record ↗ -
05 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 14,764 ft Highest and largest plateau Tibetan Plateau · Tibet, China See record ↗ -
06 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers -17,314.2 in Lowest point on land Dead Sea shore · Israel, Jordan and West Bank See record ↗ -
07 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 270 miles Longest glacier Lambert Glacier · East Antarctica See record ↗ -
08 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 7,257 ft Deepest cave Veryovkina Cave · Arabika Massif, Abkhazia, Georgia See record ↗ -
09 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 1,359,614,668 cu ft Largest cave by volume Hang Son Doong · Quang Binh, Vietnam See record ↗ -
10 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 4,086 sq mi Largest salt flat Salar de Uyuni · Potosi, Bolivia See record ↗ -
11 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 5.48 million sq mi Largest desert overall Antarctic Desert · Antarctica See record ↗ -
12 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 5.41 million sq mi Largest ice sheet Antarctic ice sheet · Antarctica See record ↗ -
13 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 6.6 million sq mi Largest country Russia · Eastern Europe and Northern Asia See record ↗ -
14 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 836,330 sq mi Largest island Greenland · North Atlantic and Arctic See record ↗ -
15 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 3.32 million sq mi Largest hot desert Sahara · North Africa See record ↗