ba 3,139 m

Turks and Caicos Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point: Blue Hills 49 m

Tuvalu:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point: unnamed location 5 m

Uganda:
lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m

highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

Ukraine:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m

highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m

United Arab Emirates:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m

highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m

United Kingdom:
lowest point: Fenland -4 m

highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m

United States:
lowest point: Death Valley -86 m

highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Uruguay:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m

Uzbekistan:
lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m

highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

Vanuatu:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m

Venezuela:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m

Vietnam:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m

highest point: Ngoc Linh 3,143 m

Virgin Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m

Wake Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point: unnamed location 6 m

Wallis and Futuna:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point: Mont Singavi 765 m

West Bank:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m

highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m

Western Sahara:
lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m

highest point: unnamed location 463 m

World:
lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m

highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

Yemen:
lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m

highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m

Yugoslavia:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m

highest point: Daravica 2,656 m

Zambia:
lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m

highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Zimbabwe:
lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m

highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m

Taiwan:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m

highest point: Yu Shan 3,997 m

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@Environment - current issues

Afghanistan:
soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of
the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building