Pacific Ocean
Earth's largest and deepest ocean
Water
Oceans, lakes, rivers, and waterfalls that shape the planet.
Lake Baikal
The oldest and deepest lake on Earth
Mariana Trench
The deepest place on Earth
Niagara Falls
North America's most powerful waterfall
Mississippi River
North America's great central artery
Lake Superior
Largest freshwater lake by surface area
Nile River
The longest river in Africa and one of the longest on Earth
Caspian Sea
The world's largest enclosed body of water, technically a lake
Lake Victoria
Africa's largest lake and the source of the White Nile
Angel Falls
The world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall in Venezuela
Amazon River Discharge (Per Second)
The largest river by volume empties an ocean of its own
Congo River
The world's deepest river, carving through the heart of Africa
Tigris River
One of the two rivers that cradled the birth of civilization
Euphrates River
The longest river of Western Asia, lifeline of ancient empires
Jordan River
A modest river of immense religious significance
Huang He (Yellow River)
China's 'Mother River' and 'Sorrow,' colored by loess silt
Okavango Delta
The world's largest inland delta, a desert oasis in Botswana
Lake Tanganyika
The world's longest and second-deepest freshwater lake
Lake Malawi
Home to more fish species than any other lake on Earth
Crater Lake
The deepest lake in the United States, filling a collapsed volcano
Tonle Sap
Southeast Asia's largest lake that reverses its river's flow
Bering Sea
The stormy northern sea made infamous by crab fishing reality TV
Weddell Sea
The Antarctic sea with the clearest ocean water ever measured
Ross Sea
The 'last ocean,' the least altered marine ecosystem on Earth
Tasman Sea
The treacherous waters between Australia and New Zealand
Bay of Bengal
The world's largest bay, a cradle of devastating cyclones
Gulf of Mexico
A warm ocean basin that fuels hurricanes and feeds fisheries
Hudson Bay
A vast inland sea where gravity is slightly weaker than normal
Sea of Japan
A deep marginal sea that was once a freshwater lake