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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