RECORD BREAKERS IN GEOGRAPHY
No. Specility
01 Longest River 02 Highest Plateau 03 Highest Volcano 04 Longest Mountain 05 Deepest place in the Ocean 06 Lowest point on Surface 07 Biggest and deepest Ocean 08 Smallest Ocean 09 Largest north-south stretch of land 10 Largest Continent 11 Smallest Continent 12 Largest River (in volume) 13 Largest River Basin 14 Largest Salt Water Lake 15 Largest fresh water Lake 16 Deepest Lake 17 Largest Artificial Lake 18 Highest Navigable Lake 19 Longest Straits 20 Broadest Strait 21 Narrowest Strait 22 Largest Bay 23 Largest Gulf 24 Coldest Regions 25 Hottest Regions 26 Highest mountain peak in the world 27 Densest population 28 Largest Island 29 Highest Town 30 Highest Village 31 Highest Capital City 32 Deepest Canyon 33 Deepest Cave 34 Biggest Desert 35 Largest Peninsula 36 Largest Inland Sea 37 Largest Sea 38 Largest Gorge 39 Deepest Gorge 40 Highest Rainfall 41 Largest Archipelago 42 Tallest Active Geyser 43 Longest Coral Reef 44 Largest Atoll 45 Highest Waterfall 46 Biggest Waterfall 47 Largest Delta 48 Northernmost Town 49 Southernmost Town 50 Largest Country 51 Smallest Country 52 Highest Mountain |
Name
Nile,4145 miles Pamir (Tibet) Cotopaxi (Andes,Equador) System Andes,South America,8800 km, Off the Island of Mariana Trench,Philippines,36198 ft. Dead Sea,Israel-Jordan,1312 ft.below sea level Pacific Ocean,64186300 sq.miles Arctic ocean,5440197 Sq.miles America Asia,16988000 sq.miles Australia,2968000 sq.miles Amazon (Brazil) Basin of Amazon,2720000 sq.miles Caspian Sea(U.S.S.R. and Iran),43550 sq.miles Superior (31200 Sq.miles) Baikal (Siberia),5315 ft.average depth Lake Mead of Boulder Dam (U.S.A.) Titicaca (Peru-Bolivia),12506 ft.above sea level Malacca Straits between Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia) 485 miles long. Mozambique Straits,between Mozambique and Malagasy, maximum breadth, 245 miles Between Greek mainland and the Island of Euboea,narrowest point,45 yds. Bay of Bengal,shoreline,2250 miles Gulf of Mexico,Shoreline,3100 miles Verkhoyansk in N.W.Siberia,temperature 94. F below Zero Noerth-West Sahara Azizia (Libya) 58. C Everest 29028 ft.high*(Nepal) Monaco,(37687 per Sq.mile) Greenland,840000 Sq.miles(N.Atlantic) Wenchuan (Tibet),16732 ft.above sea-level Aucanquiles in Andes,Chile-17500 ft. La Paz (Bolivia),11916 ft.above sea-level Hell's Canyon (U.S.A.),7900 ft.deep Gouffre Bergea(France),3723 ft.deep Sahara(N.Africa),3500000 sq.miles India Mediterranean (969100 sq.miles) Malaya Sea,314000 Sq.miles Grand Canyon,Colorado River,277 miles long Hells Canyon,Snake River,7900 ft.deep Mt.Waialeale,Hawai Islands,460 inches Indonesia,comprising 3000 islands `Giant' in the Yellowstone National Park (U.S.A.),200 ft high Great Barrier Reef(Australia),1260 miles long Kwajalein,Marshall Islands(Central Pacific)with a 176 miles long coral reef enclosing a lagoon of 1100 Sq.miles Angel Falls(Venezuela),3212 ft. Guaira(Brazil);average annual flow 470000 cu.ft.per sec. Sunderban Delta in West Bengal and Bangladesh,8000 sq.miles Ny Alesund,Spitsbergen(Norway) Puerto Williams,Chile U.S.S.R., 8649550 Sq.miles Vatican City, 108.7 acres System Himalayas |
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