Mountain Facts and Records

Study Notes

The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas, standing at 8,484 meters tall.
Climbing Mount Everest takes the most experienced climbers weeks to reach the top.
Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, stands at 4,807 meters tall.
Volcanoes are the most dangerous mountains, with Popocatépetl in Mexico posing a threat to millions of people.
The longest mountain range in the world is the Mid-Ocean Ridge system, stretching 56,000 km long, but it is underwater.

A desert is defined as any place where it hardly ever rains.
The world's largest desert is Antarctica, covering 14 million km², twice the size of Australia.
Antarctica is also the world's coldest, driest, and windiest continent.
The largest hot desert in the world is the Sahara in North Africa, covering over 9 million km², almost as big as the USA.
The hottest temperature on Earth was recorded in the Sahara at 580°C at El Aziya in Libya.
The driest place in the world is the Atacama Desert in South America.

The largest ocean is the Pacific, covering nearly a third of the globe and holding about half its water.
The Pacific Ocean is home to the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, at 10,918 meters deep, the height of 29 Empire State Buildings.
Some places on land are lower than sea level, with the lowest point being the Dead Sea, at 400 meters below sea level.
The Dead Sea is so salty that you can float on your back and do a crossword.

The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas, standing at 8,484 meters tall.
Climbing Mount Everest takes the most experienced climbers weeks to reach the top.
Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, stands at 4,807 meters tall.
Volcanoes are the most dangerous mountains, with Popocatépetl in Mexico posing a threat to millions of people.
The longest mountain range in the world is the Mid-Ocean Ridge system, stretching 56,000 km long, but it is underwater.

A desert is defined as any place where it hardly ever rains.
The world's largest desert is Antarctica, covering 14 million km², twice the size of Australia.
Antarctica is also the world's coldest, driest, and windiest continent.
The largest hot desert in the world is the Sahara in North Africa, covering over 9 million km², almost as big as the USA.
The hottest temperature on Earth was recorded in the Sahara at 580°C at El Aziya in Libya.
The driest place in the world is the Atacama Desert in South America.

The largest ocean is the Pacific, covering nearly a third of the globe and holding about half its water.
The Pacific Ocean is home to the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, at 10,918 meters deep, the height of 29 Empire State Buildings.
Some places on land are lower than sea level, with the lowest point being the Dead Sea, at 400 meters below sea level.
The Dead Sea is so salty that you can float on your back and do a crossword.