Geography & Places Facts

The deepest oceans, tallest mountains, and the wildest places on Earth.

Extreme Environments

Deepest Oceans

The Mariana Trench is so deep that if you dropped Mount Everest into it, the peak would still be underwater.

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Tallest Mountains

Everest isn't actually the tallest mountain. It depends on how you measure.

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Amazing Places

Wonders of the World

Only one of the original Seven Wonders still exists. Can you guess which?

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Mount Everest

29,031.69 ft (8,848.86 m) above sea level on the Nepal-China border, first summited in 1953, growing about 4 mm taller each year, and burial place of more than 340 climbers.

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Countries Around the World

Japan

An archipelago of more than 14,000 islands where bullet trains, ancient temples, and over 100 active volcanoes share a country about the size of California.

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Continents & World Geography

Antarctica

Earth's coldest, windiest, and driest continent, a frozen desert holding about 90 percent of the world's ice and 70 percent of its fresh water.

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The Seven Continents

Earth's seven great landmasses, from sprawling Asia to frozen Antarctica, each with its own record-setting extremes.

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Deserts, Rainforests & Biomes

The Amazon Rainforest

The largest tropical rainforest on Earth, spanning more than 2 million square miles (5.5 million sq km) across nine countries and home to roughly one in ten known species.

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US States

California

The most populous US state, home to the tallest trees on Earth, the highest and lowest points in the contiguous US, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley.

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