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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