No.
|
Longest, Deepest, Shortest
|
Names
|
1.
|
Longest
River
|
Nile,4145
miles
|
2.
|
Highest
Village
|
Aucanquiles
in Andes,Chile-17500 ft.
|
3.
|
Highest
Town
|
Wenchuan
(Tibet),16732 ft.above sea-level
|
4.
|
Highest
Navigable Lake
|
Titicaca
(Peru-Bolivia),12506 ft.above sea level
|
5.
|
Highest
Plateau
|
Pamir
(Tibet)
|
6.
|
Highest
Volcano
|
Cotopaxi
(Andes,Equador)
|
7.
|
Highest
Capital City
|
|
8.
|
Highest
Waterfall
|
Angel
Falls(Venezuela),3212 ft.
|
9.
|
Highest
Mountain System
|
Himalayas
|
10.
|
Longest
Mountain System
|
Andes,South
America,8800 km,
|
11.
|
Longest
Coral Reef
|
Great
Barrier Reef(Australia),1260 miles long
|
12.
|
Longest
Straits
|
Malacca
Straits between Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia) 485 miles long
|
13.
|
Largest
River (in volume)
|
Amazon
(Brazil)
|
14.
|
Largest
Salt Water Lake
|
Caspian
Sea(U.S.S.R. and Iran),43550 sq.miles
|
15.
|
Largest
Continent
|
Asia,16988000
sq.miles
|
16.
|
Largest
north- south stretch of land
|
America
|
17.
|
Largest
River Basin
|
Basin
of Amazon,2720000 sq.miles
|
18.
|
Largest
fresh water Lake
|
Superior
(31200 Sq.miles)
|
19.
|
Largest
Artificial lake
|
Lake Volta
|
20.
|
Largest
Gulf
|
Gulf
of Mexico,Shoreline,3100 miles
|
21.
|
Largest
Island
|
Greenland,840000
Sq.miles(N.Atlantic)
|
22.
|
Largest
Bay
|
Bay
of Bengal,shoreline,2250 miles
|
23.
|
Largest
Sea
|
Malaya
Sea,314000 Sq.miles
|
24.
|
Largest
Inland Sea
|
Mediterranean
(969100 sq.miles)
|
25.
|
Largest
Peninsula
|
India
|
26.
|
Largest
Archipelago
|
Indonesia,comprising
3000 islands
|
27.
|
Largest
Atoll
|
Kwajalein,Marshall
Islands(Central Pacific)with a 176 miles long coral reef enclosing a lagoon
of 1100 Sq.miles
|
28.
|
Largest
Gorge
|
Grand
Canyon,Colorado River,277 miles long
|
29.
|
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30.
|
Largest
Delta
|
Sunderban
Delta in West Bengal and Bangladesh,8000 sq.miles
|
31.
|
Largest
Country
|
U.S.S.R.,
8649550 Sq.miles
|
32.
|
Smallest
Continent
|
Australia,2968000
sq.miles
|
33.
|
Smallest
Country
|
Vatican
City, 108.7 acres
|
34.
|
Smallest
Ocean
|
Arctic
ocean,5440197 Sq.miles
|
35.
|
Deepest
place in the Ocean
|
Off
the Island of Mariana Trench,Philippines,36198 ft.
|
36.
|
Biggest
and deepest Ocean
|
Pacific
Ocean,64186300 sq.miles
|
37.
|
Deepest
Lake
|
Baikal
(Siberia),5315 ft.average depth
|
38.
|
Lowest
point on Surface
|
Dead
Sea,Israel-Jordan,1312 ft.below sea level
|
39.
|
||
40.
|
Narrowest
Strait
|
Between
Greek mainland and the Island of Euboea,narrowest point,45 yds.
|
41.
|
Deepest
Cave
|
Gouffre
Bergea(France),3723 ft.deep
|
42.
|
Broadest
Strait
|
Mozambique
Straits,between Mozambique and Malagasy, maximum breadth, 245 miles
|
43.
|
Deepest
Canyon
|
Hell's
Canyon (U.S.A.),7900 ft.deep
|
44.
|
Coldest
Regions
|
Verkhoyansk
in N.W.Siberia,temperature 94. F below Zero
|
45.
|
Biggest
Desert
|
Sahara(N.Africa),3500000
sq.miles
|
46.
|
Densest
population
|
Monaco,(37687
per Sq.mile)
|
47.
|
Biggest
Waterfall
|
Guaira(Brazil);average
annual flow 470000 cu.ft.per sec.
|
48.
|
Hottest
Regions
|
North-West
Sahara Azizia (Libya) 58. C
|
49.
|
Southernmost
Town
|
Puerto
Williams,Chile
|
50.
|
Deepest
Gorge
|
Hells
Canyon,Snake River,7900 ft.deep
|
51.
|
Highest
Rainfall
|
Mt.Waialeale,Hawai
Islands,460 inches
|
52.
|
Highest
mountain peak in the world
|
Everest
29028 ft.high*(Nepal)
|
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