What are some statistics on the Earth's geologic features?

What are some statistics on the Earth's geologic features?

The Earth's geologic statistics include many interesting figures regarding the planet's

longest, highest, deepest, and largest features:

Longest river -The Nile River is the longest river in the world, measuring 4,100 miles (6,598 kilometers).

Largest freshwater lake -Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world, measuring 31,700 square miles (82,103 square kilometers).

Highest point on land -Mount Everest is the highest point on the Earth's land surface, measuring 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) in height above sea level.

Highest waterfall -Angel Falls, Venezuela, is the highest waterfall in the world, measuring 3,212 feet (979 meters) in height; also, it has the world's greatest uninterrupted drop at 2,648 feet (807 meters).

Deepest depression known in the ocean -The deepest depression known in the ocean is the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean, measuring 36,201 feet (11,033 meters) in depth. (This is also sometimes seen as Marianas Trench, but the plural form is usually indicative of the Marianas Archipelago along the subduction zone that created the trench.)

Deepest depression on land -The deepest depression on land is the Dead Sea shoreline, measuring about 1,312 feet (400 meters) below sea level.

Largest island -Greenland is the largest island in the world, measuring about 840,000 square miles (2,175,590 square kilometers).

Largest desert -The largest desert is the Sahara in Africa, measuring about 3,500,000 square miles (9,065,000 square kilometers).