25 first places in their categories
Formed more than 4.5 billion years ago, the Earth has seen its shape and its physiognomy change over the millennia to present to us today its most extreme places: mountains, lakes, oceans, islands, regions... each part of the globe has its share of mystery and unusualness that we have summarized here:
25. Lake Baikal: the deepest lake 
Flickr – Yuri Samoilov
This lake located in Siberia ( Russia ) is the deepest on Earth (1,637 metres deep), but it also contains the largest reserve of fresh water on our planet (20% of the freshwater surface). He's one of those. world's largest lakes .
24. Mount Everest: the highest mountain
Flickr – INDIVIDUELL MÄNNISKOHJÄLP
As you already suspected, Mount Everest is the highest point of the Earth from the top of its 8848 meters high, if measured from the sea level. See them 10 tallest mountains in the world .
23. Mauna Kea (volcano): the highest mountain from its base
Fotopedia – embodied in the home of Shawn Clover
This volcano is found on Hawaiian Island twice as much as Everest if its size is calculated from its base (in the sea) to its peak. From the sea level, the Mauna Kea is 4,207 metres above sea level, with its immersed part being more important.
22. Chimborazo (volcano): the farthest point in the center of the Earth
Flickr – M+M Photographers
The diameter at the equator is 43 kilometers longer than the polar diameter (the poles are aplatis because of the Earth’s rotation). Thus, the furthest point in the center of the Earth is not, as one could imagine the Everest, but rather the Chimborazo Mountain in Ecuador .
21. Challenger Deep: the deepest point on Earth
Source – www.oceanclassrooms.com
“Culminant” at 10,924 meters below the surface of the water, Challenger Deep is the deepest point in the globe, and is located in the already deep Fosse des Mariannes. It was at least, since 1875, the deepest oceanic pit that was discovered until today.
20. Salto Ángel : the highest waterfall
Flickr - A mamarracho con una Nikon D3100
With a height of 979 meters, this waterfall Venezuela is the highest in the world. It is so high that water evaporates sometimes before touching the ground.
19. Atacama Desert: the dryest place
Flickr – Benjamin Dumas
There is a point in the middle of the Atacama Desert, Chile where the rain was never recorded by scientists. The latter nicknames this region the "absolute desert". This is where NASA tests its robots before sending them to Mars.
18. La Rinconada: the highest city in the world
Wikimedia – Hildegard Willer
Located at Peru , this mining town is the highest inhabited city in the world, with 5100 meters above sea level. A European, for example, would not be able to adapt to the conditions. The city produces 2 to 10 tons of gold per year.
17. Death Valley: the warmest temperature
Flickr – Jean Luc HEBERT
With a temperature recorded at almost 57°C, the Death Valley California (or Death Valley) is the hottest place on Earth.
16. Tristan da Cunha: the most isolated inhabited place on the planet
Flickr – Chris towardsSteve
Thousands of kilometers both South Africa and South America, this small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean has a population of only 271 people. It takes 7 days of sea from South Africa to reach the island as quickly as possible. The mail arrives only a few times in the year.
15. Krubera-Voronja: the deepest natural cavity
Source – Avaxnews
Enjoy 2197 meters, this earthly flaw (or blow) called Krubera-Voronja is located in Georgia.
14. Mount Thor: the largest vertical rock walls
Flickr – Mike A Blennerhassett
Located in Canada, Mount Thor has a vertical drop of 1250 metres (105°) and despite its extremely remote location in the frozen tundra of northern provinces Canada , it is a very popular climbing destination.
13. Dallol: The hottest manned place
Flickr – stone c. 38
The warmest inhabited region in the world is in Ethiopia. The Afars live around the crater of this volcano to harvest salt. A heat of 45°C is raised in Dallol in the shade.
12. Kaffeklubben Island: the world’s most northern land
Source – blog.goo.ne.jp
Belonging to Greenland, this island is officially considered the northernmost point on Earth. There are, however, several gravel benches that are found further north still...
11. Vostok Antarctic Base: the place the lowest temperatures
Wikimedia – NSF/Josh Landis
The coldest point in the world is on the basis of Vostok, Antarctica. This is where the extreme temperature of -93.2°C was recorded in August 2010. This is one of the many weather records on our planet.
10. Bentley Subglacial Body: the thickest layer of ice
Flickr – benontherun.com
Also located in Antarctica, the ice is 2.5 km thick. In fact, the land on which the ice rests is well below the sea level and this is the lowest point on Earth not to be covered by the ocean.
9. Kola sg3 drilling: the deepest point from the ground level
Wikimedia – Andre Belozeroff
Although it was artificially created, this Russian scientific project was designed to penetrate the earth’s crust as deeply as possible. Drilling has reached more than 12 km.
8. Tau Tona Mine: The Deepest Mine
Source – vanilla-choc.blogspot.com
This gold mine in South Africa is the deepest point in which Man can go. There are still about 4 km of depth.
7. Oymiakon in Russia: the coldest inhabited place
Flickr – Isaias Malta
In Oimiakon, a small Russian village of 512 inhabitants, temperatures can reach -67°C in January. The average for this month is -46°C.
6. Aucanquilcha mine route: the highest road
Wikimedia – Barryalanwalker
To reach the mine of this Chilean volcano, it was necessary to take this route at 6,000 meters above sea level until the 1990s. Today, we can still borrow it on foot or by bike...
5. Marsimik India: the highest mountain pass
Source – www.list25.com
Unlike the previous road, the pass of Marsimik La en India which peaks at 5582 meters, is considered the road still according to the highest function of the world.
4. Lake Titicaca: the highest lake
Flickr – Yan-Di Chang
Sharing the border between Peru and Peru Bolivia In the Andean Cordillera, Lake Titicaca is 3812 metres above sea level. It is the highest navigable lake in the world.
3. Bouvet Island: the farthest island
Wikimedia - Carl Chun
This small, uninhabited Norwegian island of the South Atlantic Ocean is somewhere between Antarctica and Tristan da Cunha Island.
2. The Nile: the longest river
Flickr – Sebastià Giralt
Despite the difficulties to precisely calculate the source and the place where the river flows, the Nile is generally defined as the longest river in the world with 6700 km. A long time ago, when the water was still flowing from Lake Tanganyika, the Nile was about 1500 km more. The Amazon is about the same length there is a real debate to know which is really the longest.
1. Xinjiang region: the remotest place in the ocean
Flickr – llee_wu
This region of China is one of the most inaccessible places in the world, mainly because of its geographical location, the farthest from any ocean.
Have you been to one of these extreme destinations in the world?
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