Nature's Earth continued
Mountain
name....................................elevation(ft).......name..................................elevation(ft)
Africa
- Kilimanjaro.............................19,340............Kenya....................................17,058
- Stanley...................................16,763............Ras
Dashan............................15,158
Antartica
- Vinson Massif.........................16,763............Tyree......................................16,290
Asia
- Everest...................................29,028............K2
(Mount Godwin Austen)...28,250
- Kanchenjunga.........................28,208............Lhotse....................................27,890
- Makalu...................................27,824
Australia
- Kosciusko................................7,310
Europe
- Elbrus.....................................18,510............Kazbek...................................16,558
- Blanc......................................15,771............Rosa.......................................15,203
North America
- McKinley...............................20,320............Logan.....................................19,850
- Orizaba..................................18,700............St
Elias...................................18,008
South America
- Aconcagua.............................22,834............Ojos....................................22,572
- Bonete...................................22,546............Tupungato............................22,310
Did you know: Mountains were formed by vast uplifts in the earth's crust accompanied by folding and faulting (fracturing). On a mountain, a summit is the highest point, or peak, and the foothills are at the base. About 30% (58,000,000 sq mi)of the earth's surface is land.
Ocean
- Pacific................................64,186,300.............................35,810
ft
- Atlantic...............................33,420,000.............................28,374
ft
- Indian.................................28,350,500.............................25,344
ft
- Artic.....................................5,105,700.............................17,880
ft
- Total Ocean............339,450,300
Note: The Mediterranean and the Black seas are included in the Atlantic Ocean; the Bearing and China seas are included in the Pacific Ocean; and the Arabian Sea is included in the Indian Ocean.
Did you know: Seawater is ordinary water containing dissolved mineral salts in an average concentration
of 3.5% by weight. About 68% of the salt in seawater is sodium chloride, or ordinary table salt. The freezing point of seawater is 28.6 F. Water covers about 70% (139,000,000 sq mi) of the earth's surface.
River
name................................length(miles).....name................................length(miles)
Africa
Congo-Lualaba...........................2,900..........Niger..........................................2,600
Nile-Kagera................................4,100..........Orange.......................................1,300
Zambezi......................................1,650
Asia
Amur-Shilka-Onon.....................2,700..........Brahmaputra-Tsangpo.................1,800
Euphrates...................................1,585..........Ganges........................................1,550
Hwang Ho..................................2,900..........Indus..........................................1,900
Irrawaddy...................................1,300..........Lena...........................................2,650
Mekong......................................2,600..........Ob-Irtysh....................................3,460
Salween......................................1,750..........Si................................................1,250
Tigris..........................................1,150..........Yangtze.......................................3,400
Yenisey.......................................2,100
Australia
Murray-Darling............................2,310
Europe
Danube........................................1,750..........Dnieper........................................1,420
Don.............................................1,220..........Elbe...............................................725
Loire..............................................625..........Po..................................................418
Rhine..............................................820..........Rhone.............................................505
Seine..............................................482..........Thames...........................................210
Ural.............................................1,575..........Vistula............................................680
Volga...........................................2,290
North America
Colorado......................................1,450...........Columbia......................................1,243
Mackenzie-Peace-Finlay-Slave.....2,653...........Mississippi.....................................2,348
Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock.....3,741...........Missouri........................................2,315
Ohio.................................................981..........Rio
Grande...................................1,885
St Lawrence..................................1,900..........Yukon...........................................1,875
South America
Amazon-Ucayali-Apurimac.............4,000..........Orinoco...........................................1,600
Rio de la Plata-Parana.....................2,100..........Sao
Francisco.................................1,800
Did you know:
Rivers are sizable streams of fresh water flowing through natural channels in the land. Streams too small to be termed rivers are called by such names as brook, branch, or creek. A baby is 75 - 85% water and an adult man is 65 - 75% water.
Swamp
Marshes are open, nearly treeless areas with low-growing plants such as rushes and grasses. Swamps are quite wooded with vegetation usually consisting of trees such as cypress, water tupelo, or mangrove. Bogs are wet, spongy ground extremely rich in slowly decaying
vegetation.
Did you know: Antartica is the only continent in the world that has no marshes, swamps, or bogs.
Waterfall
A stream of water that falls in one or more steep descents. Waterfalls are caused in many ways , but most are formed by a bed of hard rock that remains in a riverbed after softer rock around it has been worn away.
- name..................................location........................height
- Angel..................................Venezuela......................3,212
- Tugela.................................South
Africa.....................3,110
- Tyssestrengene....................Norway.........................2,795
- Mongefossen.......................Norway.........................2,539
- Yosemite.............................United
States....................2,425
- Cuquenan............................Venezuela......................2,000
- Sutherland...........................New
Zealand....................1,904
- Rjoandefoss........................Norway..........................1,847
- Kile.....................................Norway.........................1,840
- Tyssefoss.............................Norway.........................1,749
- Eastern Mardalsfoss.............Norway.........................1,696
- Takakkaw...........................Canada..........................1,650
- Ribbon................................United
States..................1,612
- King George VI...................Guyana..........................1,600
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