6th Grade. Records about landscape elements.

Caspian sea

The biggest lake: 

it is the Caspian sea. It is a sea placed between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan... It is 1200 km long, 300 km wide and its deepest point is about 1023 meters. But its waters are salty; so, many people classify it as sea.

Caspian Sea

The biggest freshwater lake is Baikal (Russia) (It contains the 25% of all fresh water in the world; that is; one of every four fresh liters of water in Earth belongs to Baikal lake). It is also the deepest lake in the World: 1642 meters depth. And when it freezes, it shows awesome images...

Lake Baikal

The longest mountain range:

It is Los Andes. It spreads from Venezuela to Argentina, crossing countries like Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia or Chile. It is 7000 km long. Its highest peak is Aconcagua (6962 meters high)

The highest waterfall.

It is "Salto de Ángel" waterfall, in Venezuela. It is 972 meters high.

General Sherman.

The biggest tree in the world.

It is a secuoya, called "General Sherman", and it is in the American state of California. It is not the tallest ("only" 83 meters), nor the wider (a diameter of 7,7 meters); but it is the biggest in terms of wood. It is also very old; about 2.700 years old.

The highest is Hyperion (115 meters), also in California, not very far from Gernal Sherman. You can see a picture below these lines. The tree is alone, surrounded by oter small trees.