GREATEST RIVER AMAZON

Greatest River.... AMAZONHow Great is the Amazon River?The Amazon is the greatest river in the world by so many measures; the volume of water it carries to the sea (approximately 20% of all the freshwater discharge into the oceans), the area of land that drains into it, and its length and width. It is one of the longest rivers in the world and, depending upon who you talk...

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LARGEST LAND ANIMAL AFRICAN ELEPHANT

Largest Land Animal.... AFRICAN ELEPHANT Loxodonta africana Imagine six, full-size pick-up trucks stacked on top of each other. That's how much the largest African elephant weighed. There are other species of elephants, namely the Asian and the Indian, but they are much smaller than the African. The African elephant is the king among the giants on land. No other land animal comes close to the size of these creatures. It would take 165 full-grown men to make up the same weight as the world's record African elephant. The noise of an elephant digesting...

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HISHEST WATER FALL IN THE WORLD

Highest Waterfall .... ANGEL FALLSThe Story of the Angel Falls Discovery Angel Falls. Buy this poster at AllPosters.comThe Natives in Venezuela had known about the "Salto Angel" since the beginning of time. Then United States pilot Jimmie Angel was flying over the area in 1935 when he landed on the top of a lone mountain in search of gold. His plane got stuck in the boggy...

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