Wednesday 7 October 2015

longest, largest, highest etc

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
La Paz (Bolivia),11916 ft.above sea-level
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.


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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