Nature and Earth

• 01 / Mountains 29,032 ft Highest mountain Mount Everest · Nepal and China border See record ↗
• 02 / Weather 302 mph Highest tornado wind speed measured 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado · Bridge Creek, Oklahoma, United States See record ↗
• 03 / Mountains 18,510 ft Highest mountain in Europe Mount Elbrus · Caucasus Mountains, southwestern Russia See record ↗
• 04 / Mountains 33,481 ft Tallest mountain from base to peak Mauna Kea · Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States See record ↗
• 05 / Mountains 16,050 ft Highest mountain in Antarctica Vinson Massif (Mount Vinson) · Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, western Antarctica See record ↗
• 06 / Mountains 22,837 ft Highest mountain in South America Aconcagua · Mendoza Province, Argentina, near the Chilean border See record ↗
• 07 / Mountains 16,024 ft Highest mountain in Oceania Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid) · New Guinea, Papua Province, Indonesia See record ↗
• 08 / Mountains 20,308 ft Highest mountain in North America Denali (Mount McKinley) · Alaska Range, Alaska, United States See record ↗
• 09 / Mountains 19,341 ft Highest mountain in Africa Mount Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak · Tanzania, East Africa See record ↗
• 10 / Weather 214.4 mph Highest sustained wind in a tropical cyclone Hurricane Patricia and Typhoon Nancy (tied) · Eastern Pacific Ocean, off Mexico See record ↗
• 11 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 12,507 ft Highest large navigable lake Lake Titicaca · Peru and Bolivia See record ↗
• 12 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 4,350 miles Longest continental mountain range Andes · South America See record ↗
• 13 / Weather 4,015 hours of sun a year Sunniest place on Earth Yuma, Arizona · Arizona, United States See record ↗
• 14 / Weather 1,379 miles Largest tropical cyclone by diameter Typhoon Tip · Western Pacific Ocean See record ↗
• 15 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 2,341 miles Longest river in the United States Missouri River · United States See record ↗
• 16 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 52 ft Highest tidal range Bay of Fundy · New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada See record ↗
• 17 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 31,700 sq mi Largest freshwater lake by area Lake Superior · United States and Canada See record ↗
• 18 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 2.2 million sq mi Largest sea Philippine Sea · Western Pacific Ocean See record ↗
• 19 / Weather 94.3 °F Hottest inhabited place by average temperature Dallol, Ethiopia · Afar Region, Ethiopia See record ↗
• 20 / Weather −89.9 °F Coldest permanently inhabited place Oymyakon · Sakha Republic, Russia See record ↗
• 21 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 404 ft Tallest active geyser Steamboat Geyser · Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States See record ↗
• 22 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 22,615 ft Highest volcano Ojos del Salado · Chile and Argentina See record ↗
• 23 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 722 ft Deepest river Congo River · Democratic Republic of the Congo See record ↗
• 24 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 2,194 miles Longest river in Europe Volga · Russia See record ↗
• 25 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 132,974 sq mi Largest coral reef system Great Barrier Reef · Queensland, Australia See record ↗
• 26 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 9.2 magnitude Largest earthquake in the United States Great Alaska earthquake · Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States See record ↗
• 27 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 2.12 million sq mi Largest tropical rainforest Amazon rainforest · South America (mostly Brazil) See record ↗
• 28 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 7,257 ft Deepest cave Veryovkina Cave · Arabika Massif, Abkhazia, Georgia See record ↗
• 29 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers -17,314.2 in Lowest point on land Dead Sea shore · Israel, Jordan and West Bank See record ↗
• 30 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 1,359,614,668 cu ft Largest cave by volume Hang Son Doong · Quang Binh, Vietnam See record ↗
• 31 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 5.48 million sq mi Largest desert overall Antarctic Desert · Antarctica See record ↗
• 32 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 4,086 sq mi Largest salt flat Salar de Uyuni · Potosi, Bolivia See record ↗
• 33 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 5.41 million sq mi Largest ice sheet Antarctic ice sheet · Antarctica See record ↗
• 34 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 270 miles Longest glacier Lambert Glacier · East Antarctica See record ↗
• 35 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 19,715 ft Deepest canyon on land Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon · Tibet, China See record ↗
• 36 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 420 miles Longest cave system Mammoth Cave System · Kentucky, United States See record ↗
• 37 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 14,764 ft Highest and largest plateau Tibetan Plateau · Tibet, China See record ↗
• 38 / Weather 2.25 lb Heaviest hailstone Gopalganj district, Bangladesh · Gopalganj, Bangladesh See record ↗
• 39 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 830,000 deaths Deadliest earthquake 1556 Shaanxi earthquake · Shaanxi, China See record ↗
• 40 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 9.5 magnitude Largest earthquake recorded 1960 Valdivia earthquake · Valdivia, Chile See record ↗
• 41 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 1,720 ft Tallest tsunami wave 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami · Lituya Bay, Alaska, United States See record ↗
• 42 / Volcanoes and Earthquakes 7 on the VEI scale Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history Mount Tambora · Sumbawa, Indonesia See record ↗
• 43 / Weather 1,300 deaths Deadliest tornado Daulatpur-Saturia tornado · Manikganj, Bangladesh See record ↗
• 44 / Weather 32 inHg Highest sea-level air pressure Agata, Russia · Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia See record ↗
• 45 / Weather 1,042 in Most rainfall in 12 months Cherrapunji, India · Meghalaya, India See record ↗
• 46 / Weather 219 miles Longest tornado path 1925 Tri-State tornado · Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, United States See record ↗
• 47 / Weather 95 ft Most snowfall in one season (US) Mount Baker Ski Area, Washington · Mount Baker, Washington, United States See record ↗
• 48 / Weather 300,000 deaths Deadliest tropical cyclone 1970 Bhola cyclone · Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) See record ↗
• 49 / Weather 17.102 s Longest-lasting lightning flash Megaflash over Uruguay and northern Argentina · Uruguay and Argentina See record ↗
• 50 / Weather 515 miles Longest lightning flash Megaflash over the US Great Plains · Eastern Texas to near Kansas City, United States See record ↗
• 51 / Weather 62 ft Highest wave height measured by a buoy UK Met Office buoy K5, North Atlantic · North Atlantic, between Iceland and the UK See record ↗
• 52 / Weather 71.9 in Most rainfall in 24 hours Foc-Foc, La Réunion (Tropical Cyclone Denise) · La Réunion, Indian Ocean See record ↗
• 53 / Weather 25.69 inHg Lowest sea-level air pressure Typhoon Tip · Western North Pacific See record ↗
• 54 / Weather 253.2 mph Highest recorded wind gust Tropical Cyclone Olivia, Barrow Island · Barrow Island, Western Australia See record ↗
• 55 / Weather 12 in Most rainfall in one hour Holt, Missouri · Holt, Missouri, United States See record ↗
• 56 / Weather 2.6 miles Widest tornado 2013 El Reno tornado · El Reno, Oklahoma, United States See record ↗
• 57 / Weather 36 days Longest-lasting tropical cyclone Tropical Cyclone Freddy · South Indian Ocean See record ↗
• 58 / Weather 172 months Longest period without rain Arica, Chile · Atacama Desert, Chile See record ↗
• 59 / Weather 8 in Largest hailstone in the US (diameter) Vivian, South Dakota · Vivian, South Dakota, United States See record ↗
• 60 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 3.32 million sq mi Largest hot desert Sahara · North Africa See record ↗
• 61 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 836,330 sq mi Largest island Greenland · North Atlantic and Arctic See record ↗
• 62 / Caves, Canyons and Glaciers 6.6 million sq mi Largest country Russia · Eastern Europe and Northern Asia See record ↗
• 63 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 5,387 ft Deepest lake Lake Baikal · Siberia, Russia See record ↗
• 64 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 143,244 sq mi Largest lake Caspian Sea · Central Asia and Eastern Europe See record ↗
• 65 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 3,212 ft Highest waterfall Angel Falls · Canaima National Park, Venezuela See record ↗
• 66 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 63.8 million sq mi Largest ocean Pacific Ocean · Between Asia, Australia and the Americas See record ↗
• 67 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 35,876 ft Deepest point in the ocean Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench · Western Pacific Ocean See record ↗
• 68 / Weather 134.1 °F Highest recorded air temperature Furnace Creek, Death Valley · California, United States See record ↗
• 69 / Weather −128.6 °F Lowest recorded air temperature Vostok Station · Antarctica See record ↗
• 70 / Oceans, Lakes and Rivers 4,132 miles Longest river Nile · Northeastern Africa See record ↗

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