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How High?
HOW HIGH ?
Queensland
Australia
World
Highest Mountain
Bartle Frere (South Peak)
1 622 m
Mount Kosciuszko[1] 2 228 m
Mount Everest[2] 8 848 m
Highest Town
Ravenshoe
930 m
Perisher Valley
1 740 m
Wenzhuan, Tibet[3] 5 100 m
Tallest Waterfall
Wallaman Falls
305 m
Angel Falls , Venezuela [4] 807 m
Highest Recorded Temperature
53 º C
Cloncurry 1889
53 º C Cloncurry 1889
58° C
Al Aziziyah, Libya 1922 [5]
Highest Median Annual Rainfall
4 048 mm Bellenden Ker
11 680 mm
Mt Waialeale, Hawaii[6]
Highest Rainfall in a Year
11 251 mm Bellenden Ker 1979
11 251 mm
Bellenden Ker
1979
26 461 mm Cherrapunji, India [7]
Highest Recorded Rainfall in 24 Hours
907 mm Crohamhurst
3rd February 1893
1 880 mm
Cilaos, Reunion
[8]
[1] Mawson Peak at 2,745m is the highest on Australian Territory.
[2] Source: http://geography.about.com
Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak. Its base is on the sea floor and it rises 10,314 m in total, reaching 4,205 m above sea level.
[3] According to The Guinness Book of World Records, the highest town in the world is Wenzhuan, which was founded in 1955 on the Qinghai-Tibet road.
Source:http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/highest-city-world.html
[4] Source: http://www.world-waterfalls.com/
[5] Source: http://geography.about.com
[6] Source: http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/worldrf.html
[7] Source: http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/worldrf.html
[8] Source: http://www.encarta.msn.com