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World (The Largest, Biggest, Smallest, Longest, Highest etc.)

World (The Largest, Biggest, Smallest, Longest, Highest etc.)
Largest City (In population) Tokyo (3,71,29,000), Est. population in 2011
Largest Continent Asia
Smallest Continent Australia
Largest Country (in population) China
Largest Country (in area) Russia
Largest Coral Formation The Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Largest Dam Grand Coulee – Concrete Dam (U.S.A.)
Longest Day June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere)
Largest Bird Ostrich
Smallest Bird Bee Humming Bird
Longest Bridge (Railway) Dan Yang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, Beijing (China)
Tallest Building Burj Khalifa, Dubai (U.S.A.)
Tallest Residential Building 432, Park Avenue, New York (U.S)
Biggest Cinema House Roxy (New York)
Highest City Wen Zhuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft.
Biggest City (in area) Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (43,310 sq.km.)
Shortest Day Dec. 22 (in Northern Hemisphere)
Deepest lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia); depth 5314 feet (1,637 m)
Highest Lake Titicaca (Bolivia ) 12,645 ft. above sea level
Largest Delta Sundarbans, India (8000 sq. miles)
Largest Deseri (world) Sahara, Africa (84,00,000 sq. km)
Largest   Diamond The Cullinan (over 1 1/2 Ib.)
Largest Epic The Mahabharata
Largest Island Greenland (renamed Kalaatdlit Nunaat)
Largest Lake (Artificial) Lake Volta (Ghana)
Largest Lake (Fresh water) Lake Superior, U.S.A.
Largest Lake (Salt Water) Caspian Sea (3,71,000 sq.km.)
Largest Mosque Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia (3,56,800 sq. m)
Biggest Library National Kiev Library, Moscow and Library of the Congress, Washington
Highest Mountain Peak (World) Everest (Nepal) 29,035 ft. (8,850 m)
Highest Mountain Range Himalayas
Longest Mountain Range Andes (S. America) about 7,000 km in length
Biggest Museum British Museum (London)
Tallest Minaret (Free standing) Qutub Minar, Delhi 238 ft.
Tallest Minaret Great Hassan Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco
Tallest Animal (on land) Giraffe
Biggest Bell Tsar Bell, Moscow
Fastest Bird Peregrine Falcon (322 km/hr)
Busiest Port Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
Longest Railway Trans-Siberian Railway (5,772 miles long)
Longest River Nile (6690 km.) Amazon (6570 km)
Longest River Dam Hirakud Dam (Odisha), India 15.8 miles
Largest Sea-Bird Albatross
Largest Sea (inland) Caspian (1,43,200 sq. miles)
Brightest Star Sirius (also called Dog Star)
Tallest Statue Statue of Unity, (Gujarat), 182 m (597 ft.)
Tallest Statur (bronze) Bronze Statue of Lrod Buddha, Tokyo (Japan)
Talllest Tower Burj Khalifa (UAE) 829.8 m (2722) ft .
Longest and Deepest Rail Tunnel Gotthard Tunell (Switzerland), (57 km)
Longest and Largest Canal Tunnel Le Rove Tunnel (South of France)
Longest Tunnel (Road) Laerdal, Norway
Highest Volcano Ojos del Salado, Andes, Argentine-Chile (6,885 m.)
Largest Volcano Mauna Loa (Hawaii)
Longest Wall Great Wall of China (1500 miles)
Highest Waterfall Salto Angel Falls (Venezuela)
Longest Strait Tartar Strats (Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland)
Deepest And Biggest Ocean The Pacific
Largest Palace Imperial Palace (Gugong). Beijing (China)
Largest Park National Park, Greenland
Largest Peninsula Arabia (32,50,000 sq. km.)
Coldest Place or Region Vostok (Antarctica), Temperature-89.2°C
Driest Place Atacama Desert (South America)
Largest Planet Jupiter
Brightest and Hottest Planet   (aslo nearest to Earth) Venus
Farthest Planet (from the sun) Neptune
Nearest Planet (to the sun) Mercury
Smallest Planet Mercury
Highest Plateau Pamir (Tibet)
Longest Platform (Railway) Gorakhpur (U.P.) India (1366.33 m)
Largest Platform (Railway) Grand Central Terminal New York (U.S.A.)
Largest Port Europoort Port and Port of Rotterdam (together), Netherlands
Broadest Strait Davis Straits (Greenland and Baffin Island, Canada)
Narrowest Strait Chaliks-45 yards (Between the Greek mainland the Island of Eubora in the Aegean Sea)
Largest Gulf Gulf of Mexico, Shoreline 2100 miles
Largest Archipelago Malay Archipelago, Indonesia
Tallest Active Geyser Giant (geyser) Yellowstone Park U.S.A. 200 feet high
Laegest Church Basilica, of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome (Italy)
Largest Temple Angkor Vat (Combodia)
Largest Diamond Mine Kimbarley (S. Africa)
Largest River in Volume Amazon, Brazil
Longest Corridor Rameshwaram Temple’s Corridor (5000 feet)
Highest Straight Dam Bhakhra Dam (India)
Highest Capital City La Paz (Bolivia)
Largest Asian Desert Gobi, Mongolia
Largest Democracy India
Longest Thoroughfare Verazano-Narrows, New York City Harbour
Largest Neck Animal Giraffe
Largest Animal of the Cat Family Lion
Most Intelligent Animal Chimpanzee
Bird, that never makes its nest Cuckoo
Wingless Bird Kiwi
Reptile which changes its colours Chameleon
Largest Mammal Whale
Largest River Basin Amazon Basin – 27,20,000 sq. miles
World’s Rainiest Spot Cherrapunji (Mawsynram), India
Largest Gorge Grand Canyon, on the Colorado river, U.S.A.
Lightest Gas Hydrogen
Lightest Metal Lithium
Hightest Melting Point Tungsten, 3410°C
Hardest Natural Substance Diamond
Longest Animal Blue Whale, (recorded length 106 feet, weight-195 tons)
Longest Life-span of an Animal 190 to 200 years, (Giant Tortoise)
Largest Land Animal African Bush Elephant
Fastest Animal Cheetah (Leopard) 70 m.p.h.
Longest Jump Animal Kangaroo
Longest Wing Spread Bird Albatross
Slowest Animal Snail
Fastest Dog Persian Grey Hound (speed 43 m.p.h.)
Longest Poisonous Snake King Cobra
Biggest Flower Raffesia (Java)
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