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Highest feature Altitude Photo Notes References; Point: Mount Everest, China/Nepal: 8,850 Everest's north face from the Tibetan plateau: The altitude officially recognized for both China and Nepal is the former figure of 8,848 : 1] Glacier Khumbu, Nepal: 8,000
Learning can be fun; but if you don’t want to take my word for it, I will let today’s list do the talking. Today, we’re focusing on geography and all sorts of maps that ought to bring some ...
In the ISO 19101 Geographic Information Reference Model [6] and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Simple Features Specification, [7] international standards that form the basis for most modern geospatial technologies, a feature is defined as "an abstraction of a real-world phenomenon", essentially the object in SDTS.
1.6 Man-made geographical features. 1.7 Natural geographical features. 2 Lists of places in a country. 3 Lists of places in a state or city. 4 Lists of places by name ...
National Geographic spotlighted its Pictures of the Year in its December 2024 issue.. The photos include captivating images of animals, nature, scientific innovation, and landscapes. Photo editors ...
Trim line – Clear line on the side of a valley marking the most recent highest extent of the glacier; Truncated spur – Ridge that descends towards a valley floor or coastline that is cut short; Tunnel valley – Glacial-formed geographic feature; Turlough – Type of seasonal or periodic lake found in limestone areas of Ireland
This is a list of lists of places considered the most extreme by virtue of meeting some superlative geographical or physical criterion – e.g. farthest, highest, lowest, greatest, or least. Earth [ edit ]
World top 50 most prominent peaks, originally compiled by David Metzler and Eberhard Jurgalski, and updated with the help of others as new elevation information, especially SRTM, has become available. World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50. Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones