2. Check your understanding: gap fill – numbers Complete the sentences with numbers from the box.

1. The coldest recorded temperature on Earth is -89 °C, and the hottest is 57.8 °C. 2. The wettest place in the world gets 13.3 m of rain a year, and the driest place gets only 1 mm. 3. The highest place on Earth is 8,850 m high. The highest inhabited place is 6,650 m high. 4. The longest river in the world is 6,650 km long. 5. The average temperature of the warmest sea in the world is 22 °C. 6. The highest waterfall in the world is 979 m high.