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Earth’s Surface Trivia D Mayhew. Earth’s Surface is approximately 1/4 Land & ¾ Water.

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Page 1: Earth’s Surface Trivia D Mayhew. Earth’s Surface is approximately 1/4 Land & ¾ Water.

Earth’sSurfaceTrivia

D Mayhew

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Earth’s Surface is approximately1/4 Land & ¾ Water

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The Oceans on Earth contain 97% of Earth’s water

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Northernmost Point on Earth: Oodaq, Greenland – tiny island

There is no land at North Pole, only ice, on top of sea.

Some claim the northernmost

point is …

Cape Morris K. Jesup –

located on northeastern tip of Greenland.

What do

you think?

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Southernmost Point and Coldest Place on Earth: South Polar Station, AmundsenScott, Antarctica

The South Pole is a high-altitude site and there are 3 south poles.

The population at the South Pole peaks in summer sun, reaching 125.

The number of people at the South Pole during winter of 1993 was 28.

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Largest Island

on Earth Greenland,

North America

Unknown ?

Perhaps only

a few islands

covered by

sheet of ice

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Mount Everest in India  The "Highest Altitude"

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Highest “altitude” Mountain in USA: Mt McKinleyLocated in Alaska – 2 pictures

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"Tallest Mountain" on Earth: Mauna Kea, Hawaii

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Deepest Place: Marianna Trench (Philippine Sea), Pacific Ocean

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  At Mariana Trench …Land is Destroyed Sinks beneath Earth’s Crust

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Largest

Lake

on

Earth

By Size and

Volume

CASPIAN

SEA in

Russia

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World’s Largest Lake by Surface Volume: Lake Superior in USA

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Largest Peninsula on Earth

Arabia

Peninsula

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Alaska Peninsula – USA (3rd on Earth)

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World's Highest Waterfall

Angel Falls Venezuela

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Tallest Waterfall in USA

Yosemite Falls at Yosemite

National Park in California

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Oldest Mountains on Earth: Highlands in Scotland – over 400 million years old

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Oldest Mountains in USA Appalachian

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The birth

of the Appalachian mountains occurred

approximately 480 million years

ago.

That’s old!

Appalachian mountains are located on the Eastern side of United States.

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Andes Mountains

are in many countries including Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

Longest Mountain Range: Andes in South America

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Where is the lowest dry point on Earth?

Shores

of the Dead

Sea

Located

in

Israel

                   

                                

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Longest River on Earth• The River Nile • is said to be the

longest river… • But the

Amazon River in South America is the longest river according to other sources.

• Picture is of Nile River

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Largest Canyon

Grand

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What three countries have the greatest number of historically active volcanoes?

Canyon

In

Arizona

In descending order of activity:

#1 Indonesia

#2 Japan

#3 United States.

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The Hottest Place on Earth

Dalol, Ethiopia

In Africa

near the

Red Sea

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Wow! Did you know there is an active volcano under the Antarctic ice? Surprised?

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                    Above: Mt Erebus, which was previously the only active volcano in Antarcticapicture by Sean Brocklesby