Can you name the world's top 10 in each of the following geographical categories? by Lozz

Can you name the world's top 10 in each of the following geographical categories?

created by Lozz

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Source: World Atlas
All sources have slight variations in rankings and scales, so this quiz represents the most appropriate figures available. Close answers may be bonuses, which are probably more rewarding anyway.
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Highest Mountains
8,850 m
8,611 m
8,586 m
8,501 m
8,462 m
8,201 m
8,167 m
8,156 m
8,125 m
8,091 m

Longest Rivers
6,825 km
6,437 km
6,380 km
5,971 km
5,536 km
5,464 km
5,410 km
4,416 km
4,400 km
4,370 km

Largest Islands
2,175,500 sq km
792,500 sq km
725,450 sq km
587,041 sq km
507,451 sq km
427,350 sq km
227,413 sq km
218,077 sq km
217,292 sq km
196,236 sq km

Biggest Deserts
13,830,000 sq km
9,100,000+ sq km
2,330,000 sq km
1,300,000 sq km
900,000 sq km
670,000 sq km
647,000 sq km
520,000 sq km
492,000 sq km
450,000 sq km

Greatest Lakes
371,000 sq km
82,100 sq km
69,500 sq km
59,600 sq km
58,000 sq km
32,900 sq km
31,500 sq km
31,328 sq km
30,044 sq km
28,930 sq km

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Geography Top 10's Quiz

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Created May 10, 2011 in Geography
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	imclala:	May 10th, 2011 at 16:44 GMT	5 points
	Accept "everest" without Mt.

	koopa08:	May 10th, 2011 at 16:47 GMT	4 points
	all these abbreviations you accept, yet it wouldn't take Mount Everest or just Everest?????

	Lozz:	May 10th, 2011 at 17:57 GMT	6 points
	Apologies, I missed the / between answers for Everest so it didn't count them, but it's sorted now.

	wasting2muchtime:	May 10th, 2011 at 23:03 GMT	2 points
	change it to "highest" mountains because the "tallest" would be Mauna Loa

	TheBigE1980:	May 11th, 2011 at 02:59 GMT	1 point
	Please accept "Ob" and "Yenisey" by themselves.

	cantthinkofaname:	May 11th, 2011 at 05:06 GMT	0 points
	Kanchenjunga* why can't anyone spell that correctly?

	antcafc:	May 11th, 2011 at 09:38 GMT	1 point
	Actually @cantthinkofaname both spellings are considered acceptable however the official spelling as adopted by the Royal geographical society when they discovered it is Kangchenjunga.

	Dr_Nibbles:	May 11th, 2011 at 09:47 GMT	1 point
	I typed Yang tse and it wouldn't accept it, which afaik is a correct spelling, too (as well as yangzi and yangtse). Also Lake Michigan is missing a number before sq km.

	Lozz:	May 11th, 2011 at 11:52 GMT	2 points
	Thanks for your comments, they have all been addressed.

	MarkAled:	Oct 1st, 2011 at 14:35 GMT	1 point
	Personally believe that many of these are wrong, and after checking sources I found this: Anapurna(one N)- Deserts 1-10= Sahara->Arabian->Gobi->Patagonian->Great Basin->Great Victoria->Chihuahuan->Great Sandy->Karakum->Sonoran many of yours are wrong according to the groups of websites I looked in. Also, the nile is now the second longest as another part of the amazon was found making it the longest river in the world. Huron & Michigan are now considered two lobes of the same Lake, and as such makes it the second largest in the world. Lake Michigan/Huron - 117,436kmsq/45,342 miles sq - The Caspian sea is 374,000km sq on all the websites I saw. A good Idea of a quiz, but not done very effectively.

	Lozz:	Oct 3rd, 2011 at 21:42 GMT	1 point
	Sorry, but I feel that these lists are as reliable as any given that almost no sources I found agreed on the correct order/areas. Deserts were particularly tricky as lists that I found disagreed with yours - where is the Kalahari? I also judged that Michigan/Huron should be counted as distinct simply because they are known as such. Finally a quick search has found that the Caspian Sea is unanimously 371,000 sqkm. I apologise if anyone disagrees with the lists but there are limitations and I've done what I think is the most accurate.