|
No. |
Geographical Fact |
Place |
|
01 |
Largest Continent |
Asia |
|
02 |
Smallest continent |
Australia |
|
03 |
Largest North to South stretch of land |
America |
|
04 |
Largest Ocean |
Pacific |
|
05 |
Smallest Ocean |
Arctic |
|
06 |
Deepest Ocean |
Pacific |
|
07 |
Lowest point on the earth |
Dead Sea ( Israel - Jordan ) |
|
08 |
Deepest point on the ocean |
Marina Trench ( the Philippines ) |
|
09 |
Highest mountains |
Himaalays |
|
10 |
Lowest mountains |
Bheinna Bhaile |
|
11 |
Highest, extinct volcano |
Cerro Aconcagua, Argenrina ( 6960 m ) |
|
12 |
Highest, active volcano |
Guallariri ( Chile ) |
|
13 |
Highest, dormant volcano |
Llullaillaco ( Chile ) ( 6,723 m ) |
|
14 |
Highest plateau |
Tibet ( 4,875 m high, area 200,000 km2 ) |
|
15 |
Longest river |
Nile ( 6670 m ) |
|
16 |
Largest river |
Amazon |
|
17 |
Shortest river |
Roe river in Montana ( 61 m long ) |
|
18 |
Largest river basin |
Amazon ( 6, 448 km ) |
|
19 |
Largest estuary |
Orb, in northern Russia ( 885 kill ) |
|
20 |
Largest lake |
Caspian sea |
|
21 |
Deepest lake |
Ozero Baikal, Siberia |
|
22 |
Largest fresh water lake |
Lake Superior, North Americ |
|
23 |
Largest artificial lake |
Lake Mead at Boulder Dam, USA |
|
24 |
Highest navigable lake |
Lago Titicaca, Peru-Bolivia |
|
25 |
Largest bay |
Hudson Bay, Northern Canada |
|
26 |
Largest gulf |
Gulf of Mexico ( 1500,000 km2 ) |
|
27 |
Largest gorge |
Grand Canyon, Colorado river, Arizona |
|
28 |
Deepest gorge |
Hell's Canyon, USA |
|
29 |
Greatest Ocean depth |
Challenger Deep ( 10,900 m ), pacific Ocean |
|
30 |
Greatest tides |
Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia |
|
31 |
Largest sea ( not deepest ) |
South China Sea |
|
32 |
Largest Delta |
Sunder bans, Ganga and Brahmaputra in Bangladesh (
75,000 km2 ) |
|
33 |
Largest salt lake |
Caspian Sea |
|
34 |
Largest peninsula |
Arabia ( 3,250,000 sq kill ) |
|
35 |
Biggest desert |
Sahara ( North America ) |
|
36 |
Highest capital city |
La Paz ( Bolivia ) |
|
37 |
Highest town |
Wenchuan ( Tibet ) |
|
38 |
Highest village |
Aucanquilca in the Andes mountains |
|
39 |
Largest island |
Greenland ( Kalaalit Nunaat ) |
|
40 |
Most populous city |
Shanghai |
|
41 |
Most densely populated city |
Monaco |
|
42 |
Least populous city |
Vatican |
|
43 |
Hottest region |
North-west Sahara, Azisia ( Libya ) |
|
44 |
Coldest region |
Verkhoyansk in Siberia |
|
45 |
Lowest town |
Villages along the Dead Sea |
|
46 |
Smallest country |
Vatican |
|
47 |
Northern most town |
Ny Alesund, Spisbergen ( Norway ) |
|
48 |
Largest town |
Mt lsa ( Queensland ) |
|
49 |
Highest waterfall |
Angel Falls, Venezuela |
|
50 |
Largest atoll |
Kwajalein, Marshal islands in Central Pacific |
|
51 |
Longest coral reef |
Great Barrier Reef, Australia |
|
52 |
Tallest active geyser |
'Giant' in the Yellowstone National Park, USA |
|
53 |
Largest archipelago |
Indonesia |
|
54 |
Smallest Republic |
Nauru ( 2,129 hectare; population-1900 ) |
|
55 |
Smallest colony |
Gibraltar ( area 5.8 sq km ) |
|
56 |
Largest dam |
Grand Coulee Dam, USA |
|
57 |
Highest dam |
Rohunsky, Tajikistan |
|
58 |
Tallest fountain |
Fountain Hills, Arizona |
|
59 |
Largest reservoir |
Brats lake on Angara river |
|
60 |
Largest strait |
Tatarskly proliv ( Tartar strait, between Sakhalin
Islands and Russia ) 800 km |
|
61 |
Broadest strait |
Davis Strait ( between Greenland and Baffin Island )
338 lan wide |
|
62 |
Narrowest strait |
Between the Aegean islands of Euboea and the mainland
of Greece 40m wide |
|
63 |
Greatest ocean current |
Antarctic circum-polar or west wind drift current |
|
64 |
Strongest ocean current |
nakwakto Rapids, Slings by channel, British; Columbia (
Canada ) |
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