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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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