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Geographical Records
The Nile is traditionally recognized as the world's longest river, although some measurements place the Amazon first.
Located in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
The answer depends on whether average national temperature, recorded extremes, or another temperature metric is used.
Rankings can vary depending on dataset, period, and whether annual average temperature or temperature extremes are used.
China and Russia each border 14 sovereign countries by the commonly used count.
Sweden is commonly cited as having the most islands, although counts depend on the definition and mapping methodology used.
La Paz is Bolivia's seat of government; Sucre is the constitutional capital.
Using the northernmost land point under the sovereignty of a recognized country.
Tristan da Cunha is commonly described as the world's most remote permanently inhabited island.
