What is the deepest known point in the ocean?
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Challenger Deep
Challenger Deep, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, is the deepest known spot in the ocean.
Nature Records
The tallest, deepest, fastest, biggest and oldest on Earth
Nature Records is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 70 cards: the tallest, deepest, fastest, biggest and oldest on Earth. It covers oceans and seas; mountains, caves and volcanoes; hot, cold and wild; animal record holders; record-breaking trees; lakes, rivers and deserts.
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Which mountain's peak is highest above sea level?
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Mount Everest
Everest's summit is 8,848 m above sea level, the highest on Earth.
Where was the hottest air temperature officially recognised by the World Meteorological Organization recorded?
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Death Valley, California
Furnace Creek in Death Valley hit 134°F (57°C) on 10 July 1913. The WMO accepts it as the world record, though some weather historians doubt the reading.
What is the largest animal on Earth?
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Blue whale
Blue whales can be about 110 feet (around 33 m) long, among the largest animals ever to live.
Which trees are the tallest in the world?
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Coast redwoods
Coast redwoods are the tallest trees. Giant sequoias are bigger by volume, but redwoods are taller.
Which is the deepest lake in the world?
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Lake Baikal, Russia
Lake Baikal in Siberia plunges to about 1,700 m (about 1 mile) deep. It is also among the oldest lakes on Earth, about 25 million years old.
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- Where is the highest tide?, NOAA National Ocean Service
- The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth, NOAA National Ocean Service
- What is a kelp forest?, NOAA National Ocean Service
- What is the highest point on Earth as measured from Earth's center?, NOAA National Ocean Service
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- Mammoth Cave National Park, U.S. National Park Service
- Hydrothermal Features: Yellowstone National Park, U.S. National Park Service
- Weather and Climate: Death Valley National Park, U.S. National Park Service
- Nature: Death Valley National Park, U.S. National Park Service
- NASA-USGS Landsat 8 Satellite Pinpoints Coldest Spots on Earth, NASA
- Blue Whale, NOAA Fisheries
- Sperm Whale, NOAA Fisheries
- Gray Whale, NOAA Fisheries
- Humpback Whale, NOAA Fisheries
- Leatherback Turtle, NOAA Fisheries
- Fun Facts About Fascinating Fish, NOAA Fisheries
- Peregrine Falcon: Zion National Park, U.S. National Park Service
- Frequently Asked Questions: Redwood National and State Parks, U.S. National Park Service
- The General Sherman Tree: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, U.S. National Park Service
- Bristlecone Pines: Great Basin National Park, U.S. National Park Service
- Cheetah, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
- Giraffe, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Animals and Plants
- Elephant, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Animals and Plants
- Ostrich, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Animals and Plants
- Hummingbird, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Animals and Plants
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- This Is Not a Forest (Untold Earth: Pando), PBS Nature
- Lake Baikal at Night, NASA Earth Observatory
- Lake Superior Overlook Wayside, U.S. National Park Service
- Physical Features of the Great Lakes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Amazon River (MODIS image gallery, 2018-10-26), NASA MODIS
- Not All Deserts Are Sandy, National Geographic Education
- Godzilla Dust Plume, NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
- Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Bryce Canyon National Park, U.S. National Park Service
- NASA, Earth Day Connections: NASA Study Predicts Less Saharan Dust in Future Winds, NASA
