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List of Mountain Ranges, Peaks, Rivers & Lakes of the

World
1. Important Mountain Ranges And Peaks of the Worlds

Sr. Mountain Important/Highest

Location Description
No. Range Peaks
It is one of the longest fold
mountains in the world and
Rocky Mt. Elbert (highest
1. North America extends from Canada to
Mountains peak in the Rockies)
Western US (New Mexico
State)
Mt. Mitchell, North
Carolina, US
Appalachian It is a fold mountain with
2. (highest peak of North America
Mountains rich in mineral resources
Appalachian
Mountains)
It is a folded mountain and
Mont Blanc (French
3. Alps Europe source for rivers like
–Italian border)
Danube, Rhine, etc.
Habitat for many Red
4. Sierra Nevada Mt. Whitney California, USA
Indian tribes
Mt. McKinley highest peak
5. Alaska Range Mt. McKinley North America
in North America
Young folded mountain
Altai which extends from
6. Belukha mountain Central Asia
Mountains Kazakhstan to northern
China.
Andes Longest mountain chain in
7. Mt. Aconcagua South America
Mountains the world
Young fold mountain
Atlas Northwestern
8. Mt. Toubkal spreading over Morocco
Mountains Africa
and Tunisia.
Drakensberg
9. Mt. Lesotho South Africa Young folded mountain
Mountains
Caucasus Located between the Black
10. Mt. Elbrus Europe
Mountain Sea and the Caspian Sea

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This mountain range act as

Ural
11. Mt. Narodnaya Russia a boundary between
Mountains
Europe and Asia.
Folded mountain with
Hindukush Pakistan and rugged topography which
12. Mt. Trich Mir
Mountains Afghanistan makes it difficult for
transportation.
Young fold mountains in
Asia which separates
13. Himalayas Mt. Everest Asia
Indian sub-continent from
Asian plains
It extends from north to
14. Arakan Yoma Mt. Kennedy peak Myanmar south direction. Shifting
cultivation is practised.
North of Tibetan
Kunlun It is one of the young
15. Mt. Muztag plateau and
Mountains folded mountains.
western China
Famous for the cultivation
Eastern France,
16. Vosges Mt. Grand Ballon of grapes and manufacture
Europe
of wines.
This range is the source for
Great Dividing
17. Mt. Kosciuszko Australia the rivers Darling and
Range
Murray.

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2. List of Important Rivers of the World

Sr.
RIVER LOCATION DESCRIPTION
No.
It is the second longest river which
flows through Peru, Columbia,
1. River Amazon South America
Brazil and drains into the Atlantic
Ocean.
It forms a bird-foot like a delta at the
2. River Mississippi North America Gulf of Mexico, River Missouri is an
important tributary of it.
It drains into the Gulf of St.
3. River St. Lawrence North America Lawrence which is an important
transport corridor of North America.
The longest river of South Africa
4. River Orange South Africa and contains diamond beds along its
mouth.

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This river crosses the equator twice

5. River Congo Africa and drains into the south Atlantic
Ocean.
It is the longest river in the world,
6. River Nile Africa originates near Lake Victoria and
drains in the Mediterranean Sea.
It flows through Germany and the
7. River Rhine Western Europe Netherlands. It is one of the busiest
waterways of Europe.
It passes through Germany,
Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Serbia,
8. River Danube Europe
Romania and drains into the Black
Sea.
It is the longest river in Europe, it
9. River Volga Europe, Russia
drains into the Caspian Sea.
Cities like Mosul, Baghdad, Basra
10. River Tigris Turkey, Iraq were located along its banks and it
drains into the Gulf of Persia.
The main source of water for Syria.
11. River Euphrates Turkey, Syria, Iraq
It drains into the Persian Gulf.
12. River Irrawaddy Myanmar Drains into Gulf of Martaban
It is also called ‘Danube of the east’,
China, Laos, Cambodia,
13. River Mekong and it merges with the south china
Vietnam
sea.
It originates from the Tibetan plateau
14. River Yangtze China and ends in the east china sea. It is
the longest river in China.

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3. Important Lakes of The World

Sr. No. NAME LOCATION FACTS

It is the highest navigable lake in the
1. Titicaca lake South America world located in the Andes
mountains.
It is a big glaciated lake in Canada.
Canada, North
2. Great bear lake The Eskimos of Canada camp here
America
during the summer season.
This comprises of five large lakes of
North America such as Lake
3. Great lakes North America Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie,
Ontario. Lake Superior is the second
largest lake in the world.
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It is the third largest lake of Africa

4. Lake Malawi Central Africa
and borders Tanzania, Mozambique.
It is the deepest and second largest
5. Lake Tanganyika East Africa
lake in Africa.
The largest river of Africa and passes
6. Lake Victoria Africa
through the equator.
Largest manmade lake of Africa,
7. Lake Kainji Africa
used for irrigation purposes.
It is bordered by Jordan in the east
8. Dead sea West Asia and Palestine, Israel in the west. It is
known for high salinity.
Located between Uzbekistan and
9. Aral Sea Central Asia Kazakhstan. It is shrinking rapidly in
recent years.
It is the largest freshwater lake in
10. Lake Baikal Russia
Asia and deepest in the world.
It is the largest lake in the world and
11. Caspian Sea Eurasia is surrounded by Russia, Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan.

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