<> LARGEST, HIGHEST, DEEPEST, SMALLEST

Rivers:

1. Nile (6630 Km) Africa                                                               2. Amazon (6240 Km) South America
3. Mississippi-Missouri (60125 Km) North America                       4. Irtysh (5120 Km) Europe               

5. Yangtze (4960) Asia                                                                  6. Amur (4640 Km) Asia     

7. Congo (4350 Km) Congo                                                          8. Hwang Ho-Yellow (4320 Km) Asia

9. Volga (3665 Km) Europe                                                          10. Indus (3170 Km) Asia.

Mountains:

1. Everest (29028 ft.) Himalayan Range, Nepal-Tibet
2. Godwin Austin –K2 (28288 ft.) Karakoram Range, POK.
3. Kanchenjunga (28168 ft.) Himalayan Range, Nepal-Sikkim (India).
4. Makala (27790 ft.) Himalayan Range, Tibet- Nepal.
5. Dhaulagiri (26790 ft.) Himalayan Range, Nepal.
6. Nangaparbat (26660 ft.) Himalayan Range, India.
7. Nanda Devi (25645 ft.) Himalayan Range, India.
8. Turich Mir (25236 ft.) Hindukush, Pakistan.
9. Victory Peak (24406 ft.) Pamir Range, Russia.
10. Muztagh-K5 (23891 ft.) Kunlun Range, China.

Airport:

Largest: King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Highest: Lhasa Airport, Tibet.

Animals:

Tallest: Giraffe

Largest and Heaviest: Blur or Sulphur bottom Whale

Largest Land Animal: African Bush Elephant

Fastest Land Animal: Cheetah

Building:

Tallest Office Building: Taipei 101 (Taipei Financial Center), Taiwan.

Countries:

Largest in Area: Russia

Smallest in Area: Vatican City

Dams:

Largest: Grand Coulee Dam, USA.

Highest: Rogunsky, Russia.

Largest Delta: Sunderbans (Created by Ganga and Brahmaputra in West Bengal)

Largest Desert: Sahara (North Africa)

Largest Gulf: Gulf of Mexico

Largest Island: Greenland

Lake:

Largest: Caspian Sea

Deepest: Baikal, Central Siberia, Russia.

Largest Fresh Water Lake: Lake Superior.

Largest Library: United States Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA.

Minaret:

Tallest: Sultan Hassan Mosque, Cairo (Egypt).

Tallest-Free Standing: Qutab Minar, New Delhi (India)

Museums:

Oldest: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Largest: American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Largest Palace: Imperial Palace, Beijing, China.

Oceans:

Largest: Pacific Ocean.

Deepest: Pacific Ocean.

Largest Peninsula: Arabia.

Planets:

Largest: Jupiter

Smallest: Mercury

Nearest To Sun: Mercury

Nearest To Earth:  Venus

Farthest From Sun: Pluto

Brightest: Venus

Population:

Largest: China

Least: Vatican City

Most Populous City: Tokyo, Japan

Most Densely Populated Territory: Portuguese province of Macau

Most Sparsely Populated Territory: Antarctica.

Railway:

Largest Railway Station: Grand Central Terminal, New York City, USA.

Largest Railway Platform: Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

Religion:

Oldest: Hinduism

Largest: Christianity

Largest Sea: South China Sea

Brightest Star: Sirius A (Dog Star)

Tallest Statue: “Motherland” Volgagarad, Russia.

Straits:

Largest: Tartar Straits (Between Sakhalin Island and the Russia).

Broadest: Davis Straits (Between Greenland and Baffin Island).

Largest Temple: Angkor Vat in Kampuchea.

Tunnel:

Largest (Railway): Oshimizu Tunnel, On the Tolyo-Nilleate Joetsu line in Central Honshu under Tanigawa Mountain (22.2 km).

Longest: Tunnel under the Gotthard mountain range in Switzerland (16.32km).