Deserts of the world __ static gk by Dr gaurav Garg
Longest River in South America – Amazon 6,400km, falls into the Atlantic Ocean
● 2 nd Longest River in South America – River Plate
● Tallest River Dam in South America - Alberto Lleras Dam of Colombia at a height of 243 meters, Also remember
The Itaipu Dam of Brazil
● Highest waterfall in the world - Angel Falls , Venezuela 979 metres
● Largest Lake in South America – Lake Titicaca in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, often called the
"highest navigable lake" in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South
America.
● Highest Peak in South America – Mount Aconcagua South America's highest mountain, Aconcagua (22,831 feet
[6,959 metres]), lies in the Northwest, together (6,959 metres) above sea level, Mount Aconcagua, in Argentina, near
the border with Chile,
● Highest Volcano in South America – Ojos del Salado is an active stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile
border and the highest active volcano in the world at 6,893 m.
● largest desert in South America – Argentina and Chile's Patagonian Desert is the largest desert in South America
● largest Island in South America – Tierra del Fuego in Argentina
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.
● It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost
entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
● It is the fifth-largest continent and nearly twice the size of Australia.
● It is by far the least populated continent, with around 5,000 people in the summer and around 1,000 in the winter.
● About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice.
● Most of Antarctica is a polar desert, with annual precipitation of 200 mm along the coast and far less inland; yet 80%
of the world freshwater reserves are stored there
● There are a number of rivers and lakes in Antarctica, the longest river being the Onyx .
● The largest lake, Vostok , is one of the largest sub-glacial lakes in the world.
● Antarctica is divided in two by the Transantarctic Mountains close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the
Weddell Sea. The portion west of the Weddell Sea and east of the Ross Sea is called West Antarctica and the
remainder East Antarctica .
● Vinson Massif , the highest peak in Antarctica at 4,892 m (16,050 ft), is located in the Ellsworth Mountains.
● Mount Erebus on Ross Island is the world's southernmost active volcano
● India has set up three research stations in Antartica, the first being 'Dakshin Gangotri' in 1984
● The second station 'Maitri ', established in 1988
● 3 rd is 'Bharati ’
● Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the
Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
● It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Its population is heavily
concentrated on the eastern seaboard.
● A megadiverse country, its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical
rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east, south-west and east, and desert in the centre.
The world's smallest continent is Australia
● 6 th largest country by total area
● Mainland Australia lies in the desert or semi-arid land commonly known as the outback makes up by far the largest
portion of land.
● Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland
● The Torres Strait is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.
● The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef lies a short distance off the north-east coast and extends for
over 2,000 km
● Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland, 2,228 m.
● Among well-known Australian animals are the monotremes (the platypus and echidna); a host of marsupials,
including the kangaroo, koala, and wombat, and birds such as the emu and the kookaburra.
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