| No.
| Specility
| Name
|
| 01
| Longest River
| Nile,4145 miles
|
| 02
| Highest Plateau
| Pamir (Tibet)
|
| 03
| Highest Volcano
| Cotopaxi (Andes,Equador)
|
| 04
| Longest Mountain System
| Andes,South America,8800 km,
|
| 05
| Deepest place in the Ocean
| Off the Island of Mariana Trench,Philippines,36198 ft.
|
| 06
| Lowest point on Surface
| Dead Sea,Israel-Jordan,1312 ft.below sea level
|
| 07
| Biggest and deepest Ocean
| Pacific Ocean,64186300 sq.miles
|
| 08
| Smallest Ocean
| Arctic ocean,5440197 Sq.miles
|
| 09
| Largest north-south stretch of land
| America
|
| 10
| Largest Continent
| Asia,16988000 sq.miles
|
| 11
| Smallest Continent
| Australia,2968000 sq.miles
|
| 12
| Largest River (in volume)
| Amazon (Brazil)
|
| 13
| Largest River Basin
| Basin of Amazon,2720000 sq.miles
|
| 14
| Largest Salt Water Lake
| Caspian Sea(U.S.S.R. and Iran),43550 sq.miles
|
| 15
| Largest fresh water Lake
| Superior (31200 Sq.miles)
|
| 16
| Deepest Lake
| Baikal (Siberia),5315 ft.average depth
|
| 17
| Largest Artificial Lake
| Lake Mead of Boulder Dam (U.S.A.)
|
| 18
| Highest Navigable Lake
| Titicaca (Peru-Bolivia),12506 ft.above sea level
|
| 19
| Longest Straits
| Malacca Straits between Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia) 485 miles long.
|
| 20
| Broadest Strait
| Mozambique Straits,between Mozambique and Malagasy, maximum breadth, 245 miles
|
| 21
| Narrowest Strait
| Between Greek mainland and the Island of Euboea,narrowest point,45 yds.
|
| 22
| Largest Bay
| Bay of Bengal,shoreline,2250 miles
|
| 23
| Largest Gulf
| Gulf of Mexico,Shoreline,3100 miles
|
| 24
| Coldest Regions
| Verkhoyansk in N.W.Siberia,temperature 94. F below Zero
|
| 25
| Hottest Regions
| Noerth-West Sahara Azizia (Libya) 58. C
|
| 26
| Highest mountain peak in the world
| Everest 29028 ft.high*(Nepal)
|
| 27
| Densest population
| Monaco,(37687 per Sq.mile)
|
| 28
| Largest Island
| Greenland,840000 Sq.miles(N.Atlantic)
|
| 29
| Highest Town
| Wenchuan (Tibet),16732 ft.above sea-level
|
| 30
| Highest Village
| Aucanquiles in Andes,Chile-17500 ft.
|
| 31
| Highest Capital City
| La Paz (Bolivia),11916 ft.above sea-level
|
| 32
| Deepest Canyon
| Hell's Canyon (U.S.A.),7900 ft.deep
|
| 33
| Deepest Cave
| Gouffre Bergea(France),3723 ft.deep
|
| 34
| Biggest Desert
| Sahara(N.Africa),3500000 sq.miles
|
| 35
| Largest Peninsula
| India
|
| 36
| Largest Inland Sea
| Mediterranean (969100 sq.miles)
|
| 37
| Largest Sea
| Malaya Sea,314000 Sq.miles
|
| 38
| Largest Gorge
| Grand Canyon,Colorado River,277 miles long
|
| 39
| Deepest Gorge
| Hells Canyon,Snake River,7900 ft.deep
|
| 40
| Highest Rainfall
| Mt.Waialeale,Hawai Islands,460 inches
|
| 41
| Largest Archipelago
| Indonesia,comprising 3000 islands
|
| 42
| Tallest Active Geyser
| `Giant' in the Yellowstone National Park (U.S.A.),200 ft high
|
| 43
| Longest Coral Reef
| Great Barrier Reef(Australia),1260 miles long
|
| 44
| Largest Atoll
| Kwajalein,Marshall Islands(Central Pacific)with a 176 miles long coral reef enclosing a lagoon of 1100 Sq.miles
|
| 45
| Highest Waterfall
| Angel Falls(Venezuela),3212 ft.
|
| 46
| Biggest Waterfall
| Guaira(Brazil);average annual flow 470000 cu.ft.per sec.
|
| 47
| Largest Delta
| Sunderban Delta in West Bengal and Bangladesh,8000 sq.miles
|
| 48
| Northernmost Town
| Ny Alesund,Spitsbergen(Norway)
|
| 49
| Southernmost Town
| Puerto Williams,Chile
|
| 50
| Largest Country
| Russia
(17,098,242 sq.km) |
| 51
| Smallest Country
|
| Vatican City ( |
0.44 |
sq.km) |
|
| 52
| Highest Mountain System
| Himalayas
|
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