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Monday, April 14 th Bell ringer. Found in Asia, what is the tallest mountain in the world?. Answer. Mount Everest! It stands 29,029 ft tall
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Monday, April 14th Bell ringer Found in Asia, what is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer Mount Everest! It stands 29,029 ft tall New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953. About 240 people have died attempting to climb Mount Everest from avalanches, rockslides, blizzards and freezing temperatures.
Using your atlas, label the following physical features of Asia: • Ganges River • Indus River • Ob River • Yenisey River • Altai Mountains • Himalaya Mountains • Mount Everest • Ural Mountains • Central Siberian Plateau • Manchurian Plain • Arabian Desert • Gobi Desert • Taklimakan Desert Pacific Ocean Bering Sea Philippine Sea South China Sea Bay of Bengal Arabian Sea Java Sea Lake Baikal Lake Balkhash Huang He River
Ring of Fire An area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean