Mountain and river facts
High peaks, long rivers and big lakes around the world. 695 facts.
Ras Dashen in Ethiopia rises to about 4,533 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Ras Dashen (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q275435 (CC0)
Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador rises to about 5,016 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Tungurahua (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q207421 (CC0)
Pico Bolívar in Venezuela rises to about 4,978 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Pico Bolívar (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q213704 (CC0)
The Tana River is about 800 km long and flows into the Indian Ocean.
Source: Wikipedia: Tana River (Kenya) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q331162 (CC0)
The Zeravshan is about 877 km long and flows into the Amu Darya.
Source: Wikipedia: Zarafshon (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q501027 (CC0)
The Atbarah River is about 1,120 km long and flows into the Nile.
Source: Wikipedia: Atbarah River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q753897 (CC0)
The Cuando River is about 731 km long and flows into the Zambezi River.
Source: Wikipedia: Cuando River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q182942 (CC0)
The Kafue River is about 1,577 km long and flows into the Zambezi River.
Source: Wikipedia: Kafue River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q846063 (CC0)
The Shebelle River is about 1,130 km long and flows into the Jubba River.
Source: Wikipedia: Shebelle River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q141915 (CC0)
The Chambal River is about 960 km long and flows into the Yamuna.
Source: Wikipedia: Chambal River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1060631 (CC0)
The Kwango River is about 1,770 km long and flows into the Kasai River.
Source: Wikipedia: Kwango River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q732790 (CC0)
The Damodar River is about 592 km long and flows into the Hooghly River.
Source: Wikipedia: Damodar River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1971511 (CC0)
Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania rises to about 2,960 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Ol Doinyo Lengai (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q746787 (CC0)
Lake Champlain, shared by Canada and United States, covers about 1,269 km².
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Champlain (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q68467 (CC0)
Taymyr in Russia covers about 4,560 km².
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Taymyr (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q845868 (CC0)
Lake Zaysan in Kazakhstan covers about 1,860 km².
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Zaysan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q216621 (CC0)
Lenin Peak on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Soviet Union and Tajikistan rises to about 7,134 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Lenin Peak (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q838587 (CC0)
Galeras in Colombia rises to about 4,276 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Galeras (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q235062 (CC0)
The Tugela River is about 520 km long and flows into the Indian Ocean.
Source: Wikipedia: Tugela River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q476317 (CC0)
The Anabar is about 939 km long and flows into the Laptev Sea.
Source: Wikipedia: Anabar (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q82187 (CC0)
The Moulouya River is about 520 km long and flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
Source: Wikipedia: Moulouya River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1146608 (CC0)
The Logone River is about 1,000 km long and flows into the Chari River.
Source: Wikipedia: Logone River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q645191 (CC0)
The Beni River is about 1,100 km long and flows into the Madeira River.
Source: Wikipedia: Beni River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q142604 (CC0)
The Marghab River is about 978 km long and flows into the Karakum Canal.
Source: Wikipedia: Marghab River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8553 (CC0)
Avachinsky in Russia rises to about 2,741 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Avachinsky (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q791652 (CC0)
Rinjani in Indonesia rises to about 3,726 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Mount Rinjani (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q847323 (CC0)
Sarygamysh Lake, shared by Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, covers about 3,955 km².
Source: Wikipedia: Sarygamysh Lake (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q257416 (CC0)
The Katun is about 688 km long and flows into the Ob.
Source: Wikipedia: Katun (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q723864 (CC0)
The Chusovaya is about 735 km long and flows into the Kama.
Source: Wikipedia: Chusovaya (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q756091 (CC0)
The Klyazma is about 686 km long and flows into the Oka.
Source: Wikipedia: Klyazma (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12556970 (CC0)
The Moksha is about 656 km long and flows into the Oka.
Source: Wikipedia: Moksha (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q595213 (CC0)
The Fly River is about 1,050 km long and flows into the Gulf of Papua.
Source: Wikipedia: Fly River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q739751 (CC0)
Colima in Mexico rises to about 3,850 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Volcán de Colima (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q825347 (CC0)
Lake Bangweulu in Zambia covers about 9,840 km².
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Bangweulu (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q673169 (CC0)
Mount Saint Elias on the border of Canada and United States rises to about 5,489 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Mount Saint Elias (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q770496 (CC0)
Mount Elgon on the border of Kenya and Uganda rises to about 4,321 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Mount Elgon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q732838 (CC0)
Dom in Switzerland rises to about 4,546 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Dom (mountain) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q15117 (CC0)
Mount Meru in Tanzania rises to about 4,562 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Mount Meru (Tanzania) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q309098 (CC0)
The Rufiji River is about 600 km long and flows into the Indian Ocean.
Source: Wikipedia: Rufiji River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q936023 (CC0)
The Nelson River is about 644 km long and flows into the Hudson Bay.
Source: Wikipedia: Nelson River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3292 (CC0)
The Liard River is about 1,115 km long and flows into the Mackenzie River.
Source: Wikipedia: Liard River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2249 (CC0)
The Lualaba River is about 1,800 km long and flows into the River Congo.
Source: Wikipedia: Lualaba River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q836812 (CC0)
The Allegheny River is about 523 km long and flows into the Ohio River.
Source: Wikipedia: Allegheny River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q686021 (CC0)
The Olyokma is about 1,436 km long and flows into the Lena River.
Source: Wikipedia: Olyokma (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q26358 (CC0)
The Tura is about 1,030 km long and flows into the Tobol.
Source: Wikipedia: Tura (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q588242 (CC0)
The Uele is about 1,210 km long and flows into the Ubangi River.
Source: Wikipedia: Uele River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q171436 (CC0)
The Sepik is about 1,126 km long and flows into the Bismarck Sea.
Source: Wikipedia: Sepik (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q848308 (CC0)
The Murrumbidgee River is about 1,488 km long and flows into the Murray River.
Source: Wikipedia: Murrumbidgee River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q475597 (CC0)
The Red River is about 2,189 km long and flows into the Atchafalaya River.
Source: Wikipedia: Red River of the South (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q156032 (CC0)
The Connecticut River is about 660 km long and flows into the Long Island Sound.
Source: Wikipedia: Connecticut River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q379648 (CC0)
Hoher Dachstein in Austria rises to about 2,995 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Hoher Dachstein (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q686841 (CC0)
Mount Fitz Roy on the border of Argentina and Chile rises to about 3,406 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Fitz Roy (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q215138 (CC0)
Päijänne in Finland covers about 1,083 km².
Source: Wikipedia: Päijänne (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q213769 (CC0)
Argentino Lake in Argentina covers about 1,415 km².
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Argentino (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q753898 (CC0)
Gran Paradiso in Italy rises to about 4,061 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Gran Paradiso (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1372 (CC0)
Mount Shasta in United States rises to about 4,322 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Mount Shasta (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q748355 (CC0)
Mount Hood in United States rises to about 11,237 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Mount Hood (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q275662 (CC0)
Pumori on the border of Nepal and People's Republic of China rises to about 7,161 metres above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia: Pumori (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1137644 (CC0)
The Río Negro is about 635 km long and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Source: Wikipedia: Río Negro (Argentina) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q817337 (CC0)
The Gila River is about 1,044 km long and flows into the Colorado River.
Source: Wikipedia: Gila River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q838143 (CC0)