Mountain Height in Meter Range Mount Everest 8848 Himalayas K-2
(Godwin Austin) 8611 Karakoram Kanchenjunga 8598 Himalayas Lhotse 8511 Himalayas Makalu-I 8481 Himalayas Dhaulagiri-I 8172 Himalayas Manaslu-I 8156 Himalayas Cho Uyo 8153 Himalayas Nanga Parbat 8126 Himalayas Annapurna I 8078 Himalayas Gasherbrum I 8068 Karakoram Broad Peak I 8047 Karakoram Gasherbrum II 8034 Karakoram Shisha Pangma (Gosainath) 8013 Himalayas Gasherbrum III 7952 Karakoram Annapurna II 7937 Himalayas Gasherbrum IV 7924 Karakoram Gyachung Kang 7921 Himalayas Kangbachen 7902 Himalayas Disteghil Sar I 7884 Karakoram Himal Chuli 7841 Himalayas Khinyang Chhish 7852 Karakoram Nuptse 7821 Himalayas Manaslu II (Peak 29) 7835 Himalayas Masherbrum East 7821 Karakoram Nanda Devi 7817 Himalayas Chomo Lonzo 7815 Himalayas Ngojumba Ri I 7805 Himalayas Rakaposhi 7788 Karakoram Batura Muztagh I 7785 Karakoram Zemu Gap Peak 7780 Himalayas Kanjut Sar 7761 Karakoram
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Volcanoes
Name Height (Met.)
Range or Location Country Last Notified Eruption
Ojos del Salado 6885 Andes Argentina-Chile 1981-Steams Guallatiri 6060 Andes Chile 1960 Cotopaxi 5897 Andes Ecuador 1975 Lascar 5641 Andes Chile 1968 Tupungatito 5640 Andes Chile 1964 Popocatepeti 5451 Altiplano de Mexico Mexico 1920- Steams Nevado del Ruiz 5400 Andes Colombia 1985 Sangay 5230 Andes Ecuador 1976 Klyuchevskaya 4850 Sredinnyy Khrebet (Karnchatka Peninsula) CIS 1974 Soplea Purace 4590 Andes Colombia 1977 Tajumuco 4220 Guatemala Rumbles Mauna Loa 4170 Hawai USA 1978 Tacana 4078 Sierra Madre Guatemala Rumbles Cameroon Mt. 4070 Monarch Cameroon 1959 Erebus 3795 Ross I Antarctica 1975 Rindjani 3726 Lombok Indonesia 1966 Pico de Teide 3718 Tenerife, canary Is Spain 1909 Semeru 3676 Java Indonesia 1976 Nyiragongo 3470 Virunga Zaire 1977 Koryakskaya 3456 Karnchatka Peninsula CIS 1957 Irazu 3452 Cordillera Costa Central 1967 Slamat 3428 Java Indonesia 1967 Mt. Spurr 3474 Alaska Range USA 1953 Mt. Etna 3308 Sicily Italy 1979
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World's Principal Deserts
Name Approx. Area in Sq. Km.
Territories The Sahara 9,065,000 Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco. Australian Desert 1,550,000 Australia, Embraces Great Victoria, Simpson, Gibson and Stuart Desert. Arabian Desert 1,300,000 Southern Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, includes the Ar Rab'al Khali, Syrian and An Nafus desert. The Gobi 1,295,000 Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia) Libyan 1,165,500 Libya, SW Egypt and Sudan Rubal Khali (Empty Quarter) 647,500 Southern Saudi Arabia Kalahari 582,000 Botswana Chihuahuan 363,600 Texas, New Mexico Takla Makan 362,600 Sin kiang, China Great sandy 338,500 North West Australia Great Victoria 338,500 South West Australia Gibson 310,800 Western Australia Namib Desert 310,000 In South West Africa (Namibia) Kara Kum 310,000 Turkmenistan, CIS Somali Desert 260,000 Somalia Nubian 259,000 North East Sudan Syrian 259,000 North Saudi Arabia, Eastern Jordan, Southern Syria, Western Iraq Thar 259,000 North Western India and Pakistan Kazyl Kum 259,000 Uzbekistan- Kazakhstan, CIS Sonoran 181,300 Arizona and California, USA and Mexico Atakama 181,300 Northern Chile An Nafud 103,600 North South Arabia Simpson 103,600 Central Australia Dasht-e-Kavir 77,600 Central Iran Dasht-e- Lut 51,800 Eastern Iran Mojave 38,900 Southern California, USA Desierto de Sechura 26,000 North West Peru Negev 12,200 Southern Israel Death Vally 7,800 Eastern California, South West Nevada Black Rock 2,600 North West Nevada Painted Desert 320 North Arizona
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Important Lines on the Map
Line Description Isopleths A line drawn on the map along which the value of a particular phenomenon or product is uniform Isonomal Any line representing continuous value on maps Isobars Lines of equal pressure Isobaths Lines of equal depths in the sea. Isobronts Lines joining places experiencing a thunderstorm at the same time. Isochrones Lines joining places located at equal travel time from the common centre. Isogonals Lines joining places with the same magnetic declination. Isohalines Isopleths of salinity. Isohyet Isopleths of rainfall. Isohypse (or contour lines) Isopleths of elevation above sea level. Isonif Isopleth of amount of snow. Isophene Isopleth of seasonal phenomena e.g. the flowering dates of plants. Isorymes Lines of equal frost. Isoseismals Lines of equal seismic activity.
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