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All measurements metric, bold is World Record.

AFROTROPIC

• Mt. Kilimanjaro height 5895m
• River Nile length 6648 or 6853km with basin area of 3.4Mkm² flow volume 2830m³/S
• Lake Victoria area 6800km² volume 2760km³ depth 84m
• Fault Great Rift Valley length 6400km

Other notable features:

• River Congo length 4670km with basin area of 3.5Mkm² flow volume 41200m³/S

ANTARCTIC

• Massif Vinson height 4897m
• Lake Vostok area 12500km²volume 5400km³ depth 900m
• Stores 70% of world’s fresh water

AUSTRALASIA

• Mt. Puncak Jaya height 4884m
• River Murray length 2508km with basin area of 1.1Mkm² flow volume 767m³/S
• Lake Eyre area 9700km² volume 30km³ depth 4m

INDO-MALAYAN

• Mt. Hkabo Razi 5881m
• River Mekong length 4350km with basin area of 795000² flow volume 14800³/S
• Lake Tonlé Sap area 2700km² volume 80km³ depth 10m

NEARARCTIC

• Mt. McKinley height 6194m
• River Mississippi length 3780km with basin area of 3.2Mkm² flow volume 16792³/S
• Lake Superior area 82367km² volume 12100km³ depth 406m
• Fault San Andreas length 1287km 

NEOTROPIC

• Mt. Aconcagua height 6961m
• River Amazon length 6992km with basin of 7.1Mkm² flow volume 209000m³/S
• Lake Titicaca area 8372km² volume 893km³ depth 281m
• Fault Pichilemu 40km 

OCEANIA

• Mt. Mauna Kea height 4207m
• River Waimea length 12km
• Lake Tegano area 155km² volume ?km³ depth 44m

PALEARCTIC

• Mt. Everest height 8848m
• River Yangtze 6418km length with basin area of 1.8085Mkm² flow volume 30166m³/S
• Lake Baikal area 31722km² volume 23615km³ depth 1642m
• Fault Main Urals 2000km

WESTERN PALEARCTIC

• Mt. Elbrus height 5642m
• River Volga length 3692km with basin of 138000km² flow volume 8060³/S
• Lake area km²

• Fault Main Urals 2000km 
  
  
  Author: BSG

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