Earth's tallest mountain, Everest is growing at 4mm per year thanks to two tectonic plates that collided millions of years ago. The plates are still pressing against each other to form the Himalayas.
The highest waterfall on Earth, Angel Falls, in Venezuela, falls from a height of 979 meters. It was named after the pilot Angel James, who crashed while flying over a waterfall in 1935. This waterfall discharges over 300 cubic meters of water per second.
The hottest place on Earth is Aziza in Libya. The temperature here is up to 57.8 degrees Celsius.
The coldest place is Vostok in Antarctica. Here the temperature reaches minus 89 degrees Celsius.
The largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean - it occupies 32.6% of the Earth's area.
And the longest river, the Amazon, has become longer by about 100 m and has a length of 6,800 km, in contrast to the Nile, which has 6,695 km.
The deepest natural cave is Lamprechtsofen. Its depth is. 1,632 m.
The most dangerous Cyclone, which killed 300 thousand people, was in Bangladesh in 1979.
The highest atmospheric pressure on Earth was recorded at 1084 millibars in Russia in 1968.
And the lowest atmospheric pressure is 870 millibars, in the Pacific Ocean, 1979.
The strongest winds on earth are Community Bay, Antarctica - the wind here periodically reaches a speed of 322 km/h. And the fastest tornado is 512 km/h, recorded in Oklahoma, USA on May 3, 1999.
The largest amount of snow that fell in a year - 31,102 mm - Washington, 1972.
The heaviest hailstone is 1 kg. recorded in Bangladesh on April 14, 1986.
The largest lake on earth is the Caspian Sea. Its area is 372,000 km2 and its depth is 995 meters.
The largest island is Greenland. Area 2,131,600 km. sq.
The largest earthquake occurred in Colombia in 1906. It was 8.9 on the Richter scale.
The deepest point on Earth is the Mariinsky Trench in the Pacific Ocean - 11,033 m.
The largest desert is the Sahara, its area is 9,000,000 sq. km.
The longest glacier is the Lambert-Fisher Glacier in Antarctica. Its length is 515 km.
The most rainy days in a year are 350 days on Mount Waialeale in Hawaii, USA.
The highest waterfall on Earth, Angel Falls, in Venezuela, falls from a height of 979 meters. It was named after the pilot Angel James, who crashed while flying over a waterfall in 1935. This waterfall discharges over 300 cubic meters of water per second.
The hottest place on Earth is Aziza in Libya. The temperature here is up to 57.8 degrees Celsius.
The coldest place is Vostok in Antarctica. Here the temperature reaches minus 89 degrees Celsius.
The largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean - it occupies 32.6% of the Earth's area.
And the longest river, the Amazon, has become longer by about 100 m and has a length of 6,800 km, in contrast to the Nile, which has 6,695 km.
The deepest natural cave is Lamprechtsofen. Its depth is. 1,632 m.
The most dangerous Cyclone, which killed 300 thousand people, was in Bangladesh in 1979.
The highest atmospheric pressure on Earth was recorded at 1084 millibars in Russia in 1968.
And the lowest atmospheric pressure is 870 millibars, in the Pacific Ocean, 1979.
The strongest winds on earth are Community Bay, Antarctica - the wind here periodically reaches a speed of 322 km/h. And the fastest tornado is 512 km/h, recorded in Oklahoma, USA on May 3, 1999.
The largest amount of snow that fell in a year - 31,102 mm - Washington, 1972.
The heaviest hailstone is 1 kg. recorded in Bangladesh on April 14, 1986.
The largest lake on earth is the Caspian Sea. Its area is 372,000 km2 and its depth is 995 meters.
The largest island is Greenland. Area 2,131,600 km. sq.
The largest earthquake occurred in Colombia in 1906. It was 8.9 on the Richter scale.
The deepest point on Earth is the Mariinsky Trench in the Pacific Ocean - 11,033 m.
The largest desert is the Sahara, its area is 9,000,000 sq. km.
The longest glacier is the Lambert-Fisher Glacier in Antarctica. Its length is 515 km.
The most rainy days in a year are 350 days on Mount Waialeale in Hawaii, USA.