This makes it even hotter than Mercury, which is a lot closer to the Sun. Also there are two distinct highland areas which are 4 to 5km higher than the plains which surround them. The highland, known as Ishtar Terra is comparable in size to Australia. The other highland, Aphrodite Terra, is about twice that size and much rougher. Many extinct volcanoes have been found on Venus's surface, but no active ones - yet.
Earth has water and life.
Venus is a scorching hot, dead world - much too hot for any form of life as we know it. The planet has a hard rocky core, surrounded by a mantle and a thin surface crust. Uranus and Pluto also have retrograde rotation.