Largest around the World
Type | Place |
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Largest Sea Bird | Albatross |
Largest city in population | Tokyo, Japan |
Largest Peninsula | Arabian Peninsula |
Largest Continent | Asia |
Largest Delta | Ganges Delta (consists of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India) |
Largest Desert | Sahara Desert (covers a surface area of 3.5 million square miles) |
Largest Island | Greenland |
Largest Dam | Three Gorges Dam (spans the Yangtze River in China) |
Largest Library | United State Library of Congress, Washington D.C. |
Largest Solar Plant | Yanchi Solar Park, China |
Longest around the World
Type | Place |
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Longest River | Nile |
Longest Railway | Trans-Siberian Railway |
Longest Road Tunnel | Laedal Tunnel, Norway (24.51 km long) |
Longest Railway Platform | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Longest Ship Canal | St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada) |
Longest River Dam | Hirakud Dam, Odisha, India |
Longest Mountain Range | Andes (South America, Length = 5500m) |
Longest Wall | Wall of China |
Highest around the World
Type | Place |
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Metal with highest Melting and Boiling Point | Tungsten |
Highest Mountain Peak | Mt. Everest |
Highest Mountain Range | Greater Himalayas |
Highest Plateau | Pamir Tibet (Roof of World) |
Highest Railway Station | Tanggula railway station |
Highest Lake | Lake Titicaca |
Higest Capital City | La Paz (Bolivia) |
Highest Fall | Angel Falls (Venezuela, located on a tributary of the Rio Caroni) |
Tallest, Smallest, Biggest around the World
Type | Place |
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Biggest Planet | Jupiter |
Tallest Building | Burj Khalifa (828 m) |
Tallest Animal | Giraffe |
Tallest Monument | Gateway Arch (USA) |
Smallest Bird | Humming Bird |
Smallest Continent | Australia |
Smallest Planet | Mercury |
Biggest Country by Area | Russia |
Biggest Ocean | Pacific Ocean |
Hottest Place | Death Valley, California, USA. |
Deepest Lake | Baikal (Siberia) |
Deepest Ocean | Pacific Ocean |