Geography world records - do you know them all?

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, with its peak at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level.

Lake Baikal is a rift lake in Russia. It’s 1,642 meters (5,387 ft) deep.

Until recently, the Nile has been considered the longest river in the world. However, the Amazon River turned out to be 100 km (62 miles) longer.

The Sahara Desert is located on the territory belonging to 11 African countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egipt, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan.

The population of China is currently 1.38 billion people while India has 1.34 billion people.

Greenland is located on the North American continent. It has about 56,000 inhabitants.

Russia’s total area is 17,075,400 km² (6,592,844 square miles).

The Pacific covers 30% of Earth’s surface.

Located in Venezuela, the waterfall is approximately 979 meters (3,212 ft) high.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest known ocean trench on Earth. It is located in the western part of the Pacific and it’s approximately 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) deep.

The Caspian Sea is an enclosed salt-water lake located between Asia and the northern part of Europe. It is the largest lake in the world with the surface area of approximately 370,000 km² (142,858 square miles).