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HIghest Mountain Peak: North America
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Mt. McKinley, Alaska - 20,300 ft
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Seven Summits
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Highest Mountain Peak: South America
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Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina - 22,800 ft
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Seven Summits
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Highest Mountain Peak: Africa
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Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania - 19,300 ft
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Seven Summits
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Highest Mountain Peak: Asia
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Mt. Everest, Nepal-Tibet, 29,000 ft
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Seven Summits
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Highest Mountain Peak: Antarctica
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Vinson Massif, Antarctica - 16,900 ft
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Seven Summits
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Highest Mountain Peak: European Caucasus
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Elbrus, Russia - 18,500 ft
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Seven Summits: Disputed
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Highest Mountain Peak: European Alps
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Mont Blanc, France-Italy - 15,800 ft
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Seven Summits: Disputed
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Highest Mountain Peak: Australian Continent
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Puncak Jaya, New Guinea - 16,000 ft
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Seven Summits: Disputed
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Highest Mountain Peak: Australian Mainland
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Mount Kosciuszko, Australia - 7,300 ft
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Seven Summits: Disputed
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TALLEST mountain: Base to Peak
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Mauna Kea, Hawaii - 33,500 ft (13,800 ft above sea level)
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Tallest mountain in Hawaii
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Deepest Trench: Pacific Ocean
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Mariana Trench - 35,000 ft
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Deepest Trench: Atlantic Ocean
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Puerto Rico Trench - 28,000 ft
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Largest Ocean
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Pacific Ocean - 64 mil miles^2
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Second Largest Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean - 33 mil miles^2
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Third Largest Ocean
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Indian Ocean
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Fourth Largest Ocean
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Southern/Antarctic Ocean
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Fifth Largest Ocean
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Arctic Ocean
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Largest Sea
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South China Sea
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Second Largest Sea
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Caribbean Sea
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Third Largest Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Fourth Largest Sea
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Bering Sea
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Fifth Largest Sea
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Gulf of Mexico
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Sixth Largest Sea
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Sea of Okhotsk
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Lake: 143,000 miles^2, (Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan)
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Caspian Sea
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Largest Lake
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Lake: 32,000 miles^2, (MI, WI, MN, Ontario)
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Lake Superior
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Second Largest Lake
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Lake: (Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya)
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Lake Victoria
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Third Largest Lake
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Lake: (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)
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Lake Aral
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Fourth Largest Lake
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Lake: (MI, Ontario)
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Lake Huron
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Fifth Largest Lake
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Lake: (MI, WI, IL, IN)
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Lake Michigan
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Sixth Largest Lake
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Lake: (Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi, DR Congo)
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Lake Tanganyika
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Seventh Largest Lake
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Lake: Russia - 20% of freshwater in the world
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Lake Baikal
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Eighth Largest Lake
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Lake: NW Territories
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Great Bear Lake
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Ninth Largest Lake
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Lake: (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)
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Nyasa or Malawi Lake
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Tenth Largest Lake
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Lake: NW Territories
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Great Slave Lake
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Eleventh Largest Lake
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Lake: (MI, OH, PN, NY, Ontario)
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Lake Erie
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Twelfth Largest Lake
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Lake: Manitoba
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Lake Winnipeg
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Thirteenth Largest Lake
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Lake: (NY, Ontario)
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Lake Ontario
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Fourteenth Largest Lake
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Lake: Kazakhstan
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Lake Balkhash
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Fifteenth Largest Lake
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Lake: Russia, near Finland
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Lake Ladoga
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Sixteenth Largest Lake
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Lake: (Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon)
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Lake Chad
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Seventeenth Largest Lake
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Lake: Venezuela
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Lake Maracaibo
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Eighteenth Largest Lake
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Lake: Australia
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Lake Eyre
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Nineteenth Largest Lake
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Lake: Ghana
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Lake Volta
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Twentieth Largest Lake
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Lowest Elevation: Asia
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Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan - 1,300 ft below
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Lowest Elevation: South America
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Valdes Peninsula, Argentina - 100 ft below
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Lowest Elevation: North America
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Death Valley, California - 300 ft below
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Lowest Elevation: Africa
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Lake Assal, Djibouti - 500 ft below
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Lowest Elevation: Europe
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Caspian Sea, Russia, Azerbaijan - 100 ft below
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Lowest Elevation: Australia
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Lake Eyre, South Australia - 50 ft
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Lowest Elevation: Antarctica
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Bentley Subglacial Trench - 8,000 ft
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States: MN, WI, IA, IL, MO, TN, AR, MS, LA, Gulf of Mexico
Cities: St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans |
Mississippi River
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Longest River: North America
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States: MT, ND, SD, NE, IA, KS, MO, Mississippi river
Cities: Butte, Great Falls, Bismarck, Omaha St. Louis |
Missouri River
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Second Longest River: North America
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States: BC, Yukon, AK, Bering Sea
Cities: White Horse, Dawson |
Yukon River
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Third Longest River: North America
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States: CO, NM, TX, Gulf of Mexico
Cities: Albuquerque, El Paso, Brownsville |
Rio Grande River
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4th Longest River: North America
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States: CO, KS, OK, AR, Mississippi River
Cities: Little Rock |
Arkansas River
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5th Longest River: North America
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States: CO, UT, AZ, NV, CA, Baja California, Gulf of California
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Colorado River
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States: TX, OK, AR, LA, Mississippi River
Cities: Amarillo, Shreveport |
Red River
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States: PN, OH, WV, KY, IN, IL, Mississippi River
Cities: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville |
Ohio River
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States: WY, ID, OR, WA, Columbia River
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Snake River
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States: TX, Matagorda Bay
Cities: Austin |
Colorado River --> yes again
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States: NH, VT, MA< CT, Long Island Sound
Cities: Springfield, Hartford |
Connecticut River
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States: NY, NJ, PN, DE, Delaware Bay
Cities: Trenton |
Delaware River
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States: NE, Mississippi River
Cities: Omaha |
Platte River
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States: Quebec, Atlantic Ocean
Cities: Quebec |
St. Lawrence River
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States: PA, Ohio River
Cities: Pittsburgh |
Allegheny River
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Countries: Sudan, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea
Cities: Aswan, Luxor, Cario |
Nile River(Blue: Lake Tana Ethiopia, White: Sudan)
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Countries: DR Congo, R Congo, Atlantic
Cities: Brazzaville, Kinshasha |
Congo River
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Countries: Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea
Cities: Bamako, Niamey |
Niger River
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Countries: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lake Kariba, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel
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Zambezi River
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Countries: Lesotho, South Africa, Namibia, Atlantic
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Orange River
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Countries: South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel
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Limpopo River
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Countries: China, East China Sea
Cities: Nanjing, near Shanghai |
Chang(Yangtze) River
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Countries: China, Yellow Sea
Cities: Luoyang, Jinan, near Beijing |
Huang He(Yellow) River
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Countries: Russia, Laptev Sea
Cities: Tiksi |
Lena River
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Countries: China(Yunnan), Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Gulf of Thailand(South China Sea)
Cities: Vietiane |
Mekong River
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Countries: Russia, Kara Sea
Cities: Salekhard Irtysh tributary |
Ob River
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Countries: Syria, Iraq, Persian Gulf
Cities: Baghdad |
Euphrates River
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Countries: India, Bangladesh
Cities: Delhi, Dhaka |
Ganges River
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Country: Russia, Kara Sea
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Yenisey River
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Countries: China, Russia, Tartar Strait(Sea of Okhotsk)
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Amur River
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Countries: NSW, South Australia, Encounter Bay(Indian Ocean)
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Murry-Darling River
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Longest Australian River
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Countries: Murray
Cities: Canberra |
Murrumbidgee River
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Second Longest Australian River
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Countries: Russia, Caspian Sea
Cities: Volgograd, Astrakhan |
Volga River
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Countries: Germany, Austria, Sloveakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Black Sea
Cities: Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade |
Danube River
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Countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea
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Ural River
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Countries: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Black Sea
Cities: Kiev |
Dneiper River
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Countries: Russia, Sea of Azov (Black Sea)
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Don River
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Country: Spain, Mediterranean
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Ebro River
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Country: Czech, Germany, North Sea
Cities: Prague, Hamburg |
Elbe River
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Countries: France, Bay of Biscay
Cities: Orleans, Tours, Nantes |
Loire River
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Countries: France, Belgium, Netherlands, North Sea
Cities: Verdun, Maastricht |
Meuse River
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Countries: Czech, Poland, Baltic Sea
Cities: Wroclaw |
Odor River
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Countries: Italy, Adriatic Sea
Cities: Milan |
Po River
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Countries: Switzerland, Austria, Liech., Germany, France, Netherlands, North Sea
Cities: Bonn, Cologne, Rotterdam |
Rhine River
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Countries: Switzerland, France, Mediterranean
Cities: Geneva, Lyon, Avignon |
Rhone River
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Countries: Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea
Cities: Rome |
Tiber River
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Country: England, English Channel
Cities: London |
Thames River
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Countries: Spain, Portugal, Atlantic
Cities: Toledo, Lisbon |
Tagus River
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Countries: France, English Channel
Cities: Paris, Rouen |
Seine River
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Countries: Peru, Brazil, Atlantic (Marajo Island)
Cities: Santarem |
Amazon River
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Countries: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Rio de la Plata
Cities: Buenos Aires |
Parana River
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Countries: Brazil, Amazon
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Purus River
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Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Amazon
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Madeira River
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Countries: Brazil, Atlantic
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Sao Francisco River
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Countries: Columbia, Brazil, Amazon
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Negro River
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Countries: Venezuela, Atlantic
Cities: Ciudad Bolivar |
Orinoco
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Countries: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Parana River
City: Asuncion |
Paraguay
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Countries: Argentina, Uruguay, Atlantic
Cities: Buenos Aires, Montevideo |
Rio de la Plata River
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Countries: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Rio de la Plata
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Uruguay River
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Longest Rivers in Order
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Nile, Amazon, Chang, Huang, Congo, Lena, Mekong, Ob, Niger, Yenisey
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Desert: 70,000 sq mi in Egypt between the Nile river and Red Sea, extending southward into Sudan
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Arabian(Eastern) Desert
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Desert: 600-mi-long area rich in nitrate and copper deposits in N Chile
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Atacama Desert
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Desert: 140,000 sq mi in TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico
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Chihuahuan Desert
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300 mi long by approx. 100 mi wide in N central Iran
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Dasht-e Kauir Desert
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20,000 sq mi in E Iran
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Dasht-e Lut
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3,300 sq mi in CA and NV
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Death Valley
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120,000 sq mi in the interior of W Australia
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Gibson Desert
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500,000 sq mi in Mongolia and China
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Gobi Desert
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150,000 sq mi in W Australia
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Great Sandy Desert
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150,000 sq mi in SW Australia
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Great Victoria Desert
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225,000 sq mi in S Africa
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Kalahari Desert
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120,000 sq mi in Turkmenistan
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Kara Kum Desert
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100,000 sq mi in Kazakstan and Uzbekistan
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Kyzyl Kum Desert
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450,000 sq mi in the Sahara, extending from Libya through SW Egypt into Sudan
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Libyan Desert
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15,000 sq mi in southern CA
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Mojave Desert
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long narrow area(varies from 30-100 mi wide) extending 800 mi along SW coast of Africa
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Namib Desert
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100,000 sq mi in the Sahara in NE Sudan
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Nubian Desert
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300,000 sq mi in S Argentina
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Patagonia Desert
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section of high plateau in northern AZ extending 150 mi
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Painted Desert
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(Empty Quarter), 250,000 sq mi in the S Arabian Peninsula
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Rub al-Khali Desert
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3,500,000 sq mi in N Africa extending westward to the Atlantic.
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Sahara Desert
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70,000 sq mi in southwestern AZ and southeastern CA extending into NW Mexico
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Sonoran Desert
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100,000-sq-mi arid wasteland extending over much of N Saudi Arabia, E Jordan, S Syria, and W Iraq
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Syrian Desert
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140,000 sq mi in Xinjiang Prov., China
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Taklimakan Desert
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Great Indian, 100,000-sq-mi arid area extending 400 mi along India-Pakistan border
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Thar Desert
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