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Highest mountains
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1. Elbrus - 5 642 m. (Russia)
2. Dyhtau - 5 203 m. (Russia)
3. Mont Blanc - 4 808 m. (France,Italy)
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Longest rivers
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1. Volga - 3 531 km. (Russia)
2. Danube - 2 858 km. (Germany,Austria,Hungary,Croatia,Serbia and Montenegro,Bulgaria,Romania)
3. Dnieper - 2 200 km. (Belarus,Ukraine)
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Largest Lakes
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1. Ladoga - 17 700 qu. km. (Russia)
2. Onega - 9 720 qu. km. (Russia)
3. Vanern - 5 584 qu. km. (Sweden)
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Largest islands
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1. Great Britain - 229 978 qu. km. (UK)
2. Iceland - 103 000 qu. km. (Iceland)
3. Ireland - 84 400 qu. km. (Ireland,UK)
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Highest rec. temperature
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+ 50 deg. C - Seville, Spain
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Lowest rec. temperature
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- 55 deg. C - Ust' Scugor,Russia
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Highest av. annual rainfall
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465 cm. - Crkvice, Serbia and Montenegro
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Lowest av. annual rainfall
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16 cm. - Astrahan,Russia
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Most densely populated country
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Monaco
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Least densely populated country
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Iceland
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Most populated cities
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Moscow - 8,8 mln. Russia,
London - 7,074 mln. UK,
Berlin - 3,467 mln. Germany
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