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Geographic Facts

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  1. Smallest Ocean

    The Arctic Ocean, which is about 10 times smaller than the Pacific Ocean.

  2. Largest Freshwater Lake

    Lake Superior, U.S.-Canada, 31,820 square miles

  3. Southern most tip of Africa

    Cape Aguilhas

  4. Shortest River

    Roe River near Great Falls, Montana

  5. Canadian name for the Niagara

    Horse-shoe falls

  6. Highest Lake

    Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level

  7. Largest Lagoon

    Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles

  8. Largest Gulf

    Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles

  9. Deepest Underwater Trench

    Mariana Trench, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface

  10. Lowest Lake

    The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level

  11. Deepest Gorge

    Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep

  12. Only land-locked South American countries

    Bolivia and Paraguay

  13. Largest Bay

    The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles

  14. Longest Estuary

    Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide

  15. Largest Lake

    Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles

  16. Deepest Lake

    Lake Baikal

  17. Largest Peninsula

    Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles

  18. Largest Gorge

    Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, U.S., 217 miles long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep

  19. Largest Archipelago

    Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands

  20. Lowest Point on Land

    The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level

  21. Longest Mountain Range

    The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles