Introduction:  Do you know where the hottest place on Earth is?  How about the deepest?  Set off on an adventure across the Web to learn all about these and other points of extreme geography!

1. The Sahara Desert in the country of ___________________ is the HOTTEST place on Earth. In 1922, it hit the highest temperature recorded anywhere on earth, ever. How hot was it? ______________________________________________ .
Find the answer at: www.extremescience.com/hottest.htm


2. Where is the COLDEST place on earth? At Lake Vostok, located in ________________________________, the temperature once reached the lowest ever recorded at ________ .
Find the answer at: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mstuding/vostok.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4577627.stm

3. The Atacama Desert in ______________ is the DRIEST place on earth.  Even though it hardly ever rains there, flocks of pink flamingos (and some people) survive by collecting water from _________________________________________.
Find the answer at: www.extremescience.com/DriestPlace.htm

4. Mount Waialeale, located on the island of ________________, is the world’s WETTEST place, receiving an average of __________ inches of rain a year.  It rains __________ inches per year in Corvallis.
Find the answers at: www.harcourtschool.com/activity/extreme/html_docs/Wettest.html  
http://www.chamberorganizer.com/corvallisbenton/V_Content.php?itm=economic_development

5. At 29,208 feet high, Mount Everest, located in ______________________, is the HIGHEST mountain in the world.  Who were the first two brave people to reach the top of this majestic peak in 1953? ___________________________________________________________________________________.
Find the answer at: www.italysoft.com/curios/everest/

6. The DEEPEST point on earth is the Marianas Trench.  What is the depth (in feet)?  __________________________________________________.  What country is it close to?  _______________________________.  What is its relationship to Mt. Everest? ________________________________
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Find the answer at: http://www.smarterscience.net/marianatrench.html

7. Russia, which is almost twice the size of the United States, is the LARGEST country in the world.  It is located on two continents: _____________________________ and ___________________________.  It is so large, it spans 11 different time zones!
Find the answer at: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569000/russia.html

8. On the back list the 5 LONGEST rivers in the world.  Write down where each one is located, the length of the river, the origin of each river, and an important problem that each river faces. 
 Find the answer at: www.newint.org/issue273/facts.html