which is the highest mountain in the world and longest river?
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Mountain: Mountain Peak-Everest, Range-Himalayas, Location-Nepal/Tibet, Height- 29,035 ft/8,850 metres\nRiver: Nile, Country-Egypt, Miles-4145, Kilometers-6670
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Any of them, Mt. Everest is the obvious answer.  What about Mt. Washington in New Hampshie (world's highest wind speeds) or The Andes (amazing views)
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Mountains: Greatest Ranges\n\nThe greatest land mountain range is the Himalaya-Karakoram. The photograph was taken from the Columbia 6 shuttle, and is a southwestern view of the Karakoram range.\n\nCopyright 1993 by Guinness Publishing Ltd\n\nThe Himalaya Mountain Range is the world's highest mountain range. All top ten of the world's highest peaks are located in the Himalayas. The Himalayas is a noncontinuous mountain range interrupted in different places, making a number of sub mountain ranges.
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wat r trivers? and u can learn about rivers in history. i have a REALLY good social studies teacher who told me that geo and history and very closely related. we learned bout the st lawerence river in history class!\n\nand bout the yangtze river...\nThe Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and third longest in the world. The headwaters of the Yangtze are situated at an elevation of about 16,000 feet in the Kunlun Mountains in the southwestern section of Qinghai. It flows generally south through Sichuan into Yuanan then northeast and east across central China through Sichuan, Hubei, Auhui, and Juangsu provinces to its mouth, 3,720 miles, in the East China Sea north of Shanghai. The river has over 700 tributaries but the principal tributaries are the Hun, Yalong, Jialing, Min, Tuo Jiang, and Wu Jiang. The climate ranges from 96 degrees in the summer to cold, brisk temperatures in the winter. Precipitation is high due to the height of the mountains.  \nChina covers an area of almost 3.7 million square miles and is the most populous country on earth having more than one billion people. The bordering countries include Mongolia, Kazakhstan, India, Nepal, Burma, Vietnam and Korea. The People's Republic is led by Chinese Communist Party and governed by the State Council. The main language spoken is the Mandarin dialect of Chinese but there are more than 150 languages and dialects spoken throughout the country. Approximately 350 million people inhabit the region of the Yangtze. There is plenty of wildlife along the river as well which include the Tibetan antelopes, Mongolian gazelles, and snow leopards, just to name a few.  \n\nWaters of the Yangtze are often used for rice and wheat irrigation. It also has enormous and inexhaustible hydroelectric resources. In 1995 construction began on the Three Gorges Dam near Yichang and is scheduled for completion in 2009. The dam will measure about 600 feet and about 1.5 miles wide. The dam is expected to help control the flooding of the Yangtze River Valley. The Three Gorges (the Qutang Gorge, the Wuxia Gorge, and Xiling Gorge) will also be the largest electricity generating facility in the world. The hydroelectric generators will provide 1/9 of China's total power output. \n\nThere is a lot of controversy surrounding the construction of the dams. There are 140 villages, 1,600 factories and over 80,000 acres of growable land that will be destroyed. It may also cause animals to become extinct. The area is very prone to earthquakes because it lies directly on a fault line. Actually, the plateau and gorges were created by collision of the Indian-Australian plate, drifting northward, with the Eurasian plate that began over 40 million years ago and continues today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n      Snaking its way 6,300 kilometres from western China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the East China Sea, the Yangtze River stretches nine provinces and serves as a drain for 695,000 square miles of land.  It is less in length only to the Amazon and Nile, and spans so many regions that it has acquired half a dozen names.  In the high Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Tibetans title it Dri Chu—Female Yak River.  The Chinese in the area know it as Tongtian He, Travelling-Through-the-Heavens River.  Where it borders Sichuan and runs through Yunnan, it is referred to as Jinsha Jiang, River of Golden Sand.  Often the word Wanli prefixes the common Chang Jiang (Long River), designating it Ten Thousand Li River. Only in the lower reaches does this great flood go by its name common to foreigners: Yangtze. \n\n        For over two centuries the Yangzte has served as a transportation highway and commercial thoroughfare.  Ocean-going vessels can navigate up the river for 1000 km and steamers can travel as far as Yichang, 1600 km from the sea.  A quarter of China’s ocean-going cargo enters the river between Shanghai and the sea.  Shanghai is known as the gateway to the Yangzte, spanning the Huangpu tributary just south of the
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The Nile (Arabic: النيل‎, translit: an-nīl, Ancient Egyptian iteru) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, often regarded as the longest river on Earth, although some sources claim the Amazon in South America is longer. The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and fertile soil, but the former being the longer of the two. The White Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source in southern Rwanda 2°16′55.92″S, 29°19′52.32″E, and flows north from there through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and southern Sudan, while the Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, flowing into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet near the Sudanese capital Khartoum.\n\nThe northern section of the river flows almost entirely through desert, from Sudan into Egypt, a country whose civilization has depended on the river since ancient times. Most of the population of Egypt and all of its cities, with the exception of those near the coast, lie along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan; and nearly all the cultural and historical sites of Ancient Egypt are found along the banks of the river.\n\nThe Nile ends in a large delta that empties into the Mediterranean Sea.The Nile (Arabic: النيل‎, translit: an-nīl, Ancient Egyptian iteru) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, often regarded as the longest river on Earth, although some sources claim the Amazon in South America is longer.[1] The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and fertile soil, but the former being the longer of the two. The White Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source in southern Rwanda 2°16′55.92″S, 29°19′52.32″E, and flows north from there through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and southern Sudan, while the Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, flowing into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet near the Sudanese capital Khartoum.\n\nThe northern section of the river flows almost entirely through desert, from Sudan into Egypt, a country whose civilization has depended on the river since ancient times. Most of the population of Egypt and all of its cities, with the exception of those near the coast, lie along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan; and nearly all the cultural and historical sites of Ancient Egypt are found along the banks of the river.\n\nThe Nile ends in a large delta that empties into the Mediterranean Sea.\n\nLength 6,695 km (4,160 mi)
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Mount Everest. Its summit ridge marks the border between Nepal and China. The mountain is approximately 8,848 m (29,028 feet) high. \n\nThe mountain K2 comes in second at 8,611 m (28,251 feet) high.
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Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe. It is part of the Ural mountains which are considered to be the border between Europe and Asia. \n\nCheck out this link for more info :-)\nhttp://www.elbrus.org.uk/
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Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak! Its base is on the sea floor and it rises 33,480 feet (10,314 meters) in total, while Mt. Everest which is located on the border between Nepal and China, not in India like the person "Student" said.  Mt. Everest from base to peak is 29,028 feet (8,848 meters). Mt. Mauna Kea beats Everest by 4,452 feet (1,466 meters). It's true that Mt. Everest reaches the highest, but it's not the tallest.
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Africa: Mt. Kilimanjaro\nNorth America: Denali\nEurope: Elbrus\nSouth America: Aconcagua\nAustralia: Carstensz\nAntarctica: Vinson\nAsia: Everest\n\n*Note: In North America, Mt. McKinley has the highest peak (highest point above sea level) however, Denali in Alaska is actually the tallest mountain. But, this is probably for school so you'd better go with McKinley.
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1.)  "A third way to determine the world's highest mountain is to measure the distance from the center of the earth to the peak. Using this method, Chimborazo in the Andes triumphs. Although it stands but 20,561 feet (6,267 meters) above sea level, its peak is the farthest from the earth's center."\n\nhttp://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/BeataUnke.shtml\n\n2.)  i'll divide one AU (149,597,870.691 KM) by the speed of light (1,079,252,848.8 km/h), which comes to 0.1386 hours or approx 8 minuets and 20 secs.  Just my best guess.\n\n3.)  30,000 volts\n\nwww.liboatingworld.com/archive/2004/11/LIBW/LIBW_21.pdf
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3 answers in one :-\nAccording 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 north of the Tangla mountain range. It is 16,730 feet above sea level.\n\nThe highest capital in the world, before the domination of Tibet by China, was Lhasa, with an elevation of 12,087 feet above sea level. La Paz, the administrative and de facto capital of Bolivia, stands at an altitude of 11,913 feet above sea level.\n\nAnd finally, the highest city in the United States is Leadville, Colo. with an elevation of 10,152 feet.
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The tallest mountain on the planet is not Mt. Everest, which is only 29 028 ft/8848 m high!  The tallest mountain in the world is actually Mauna Kea, in Hawaii, which is closer to 31 000 ft/\n9449 m high.\n\nYou just can't see the two-thirds of the mountain that is under water.
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Nile is the longest and here are some facts about it:\n\nLength: (From White Nile Source to Mouth) 6695km (4184 miles).\n\nName: The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.\n\nSources: The White Nile: Lake Victoria, Uganda. The Blue Nile: Lake Tana, Ethiopia.\n\nCountries: The Nile and its tributaries flow though nine countries. The White Nile flows though Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. The Blue Nile starts in Ethiopia. Zaire, Kenya, Tanzanian, Rwanda, and Burundi all have tributaries, which flow into the Nile or into lake Victoria Nyanes.\n\nCities: The major cities that are located on the edge of the Nile and White Nile are: Cairo, Gondokoro, Khartoum, Aswan, Thebes/Luxor, Karnak, and the town of Alexandria lies near the Rozeta branch.\n\nMajor Dams: The major dams on the Nile are Roseires Dam, Sennar Dam, Aswan High Dam, and Owen Falls Dam.\n\nFlow Rate: The Nile River's average discharge is about 300 million cubic metres per day. To get a more accurate idea about how much water actually flows in the nile look at this image:
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Its Mount Everest  \n\nMount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above mean sea level. Its summit ridge marks the border between Nepal and China, but the summit itself is in Nepal.
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I don't know about tallest, but highest:\n1) Everest\n2) K2\n3)Kangchenjunga\n4)Makalu\n5)Cho Oyu
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the longest mountain chain in the world is the mid-atlantic ridge. it covers most of the ocean floor.
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The longest rivers in the United Kingdom are:\n\n1) River Severn -- Length- 220 miles or 354 kilometers\n     -Flows into Bristol Channel\n\n2) River Thames -- Length- 215 miles or 346 kilometers\n     -Flows into North Sea\n\n3) River Trent -- Length- 185 miles or 297 kilometers\n     -Flows into North Sea\n\n4) River Aire -- Length- 161 miles or 259 kilometers\n     -Flows into the River Ouse at Airmyn\n\n5) River Great Ouse -- Length- 143 miles or 230 kilometers\n     -Flows into North Sea\n\nThe link below will give additional information on these great and important rivers as well as info on every single river of the United Kingdom.