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Geographic Facts

	Distinction	Answer
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21.	Lowest Point on Land	The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level
20.	Lowest Lake	The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level
19.	Deepest Gorge	Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep
18.	Smallest Ocean	The Arctic Ocean, which is about 10 times smaller than the Pacific Ocean.
17.	Shortest River	Roe River near Great Falls, Montana
16.	Largest Gorge	Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, U.S., 217 miles long, 4–18 miles wide, 1 mile deep
15.	Longest Estuary	Ob River, Russia, 550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide
14.	Longest Mountain Range	The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles
13.	Southern most tip of Africa	Cape Aguilhas
12.	Largest Bay	The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles
11.	Highest Lake	Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level
10.	Only land-locked South American countries	Bolivia and Paraguay
9.	Largest Peninsula	Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles
8.	Deepest Lake	Lake Baikal
7.	Deepest Underwater Trench	Mariana Trench, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface
6.	Canadian name for the Niagara	Horse-shoe falls
5.	Largest Archipelago	Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands
4.	Largest Gulf	Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles
3.	Largest Freshwater Lake	Lake Superior, U.S.-Canada, 31,820 square miles
2.	Largest Lake	Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles
1.	Largest Lagoon	Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles
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