Record Breakers in Geography

No.	Specility	Name
01	Longest River	Nile,4145 miles
02	Highest Plateau	Pamir (Tibet)
03	Highest Volcano	Cotopaxi (Andes,Equador)
04	Longest Mountain System	Andes,South America,8800 km,
05	Deepest place in the Ocean	Off the Island of Mariana Trench,Philippines,36198 ft.
06	Lowest point on Surface	Dead Sea,Israel-Jordan,1312 ft.below sea level
07	Biggest and deepest Ocean	Pacific Ocean,64186300 sq.miles
08	Smallest Ocean	Arctic ocean,5440197 Sq.miles
09	Largest north-south stretch of land	America
10	Largest Continent	Asia,16988000 sq.miles
11	Smallest Continent	Australia,2968000 sq.miles
12	Largest River (in volume)	Amazon (Brazil)
13	Largest River Basin	Basin of Amazon,2720000 sq.miles
14	Largest Salt Water Lake	Caspian Sea(U.S.S.R. and Iran),43550 sq.miles
15	Largest fresh water Lake	Superior (31200 Sq.miles)
16	Deepest Lake	Baikal (Siberia),5315 ft.average depth
17	Largest Artificial Lake	Lake Mead of Boulder Dam (U.S.A.)
18	Highest Navigable Lake	Titicaca (Peru-Bolivia),12506 ft.above sea level
19	Longest Straits	Malacca Straits between Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia) 485 miles long.
20	Broadest Strait	Mozambique Straits,between Mozambique and Malagasy, maximum breadth, 245 miles
21	Narrowest Strait	Between Greek mainland and the Island of Euboea,narrowest point,45 yds.
22	Largest Bay	Bay of Bengal,shoreline,2250 miles
23	Largest Gulf	Gulf of Mexico,Shoreline,3100 miles
24	Coldest Regions	Verkhoyansk in N.W.Siberia,temperature 94. F below Zero
25	Hottest Regions	Noerth-West Sahara Azizia (Libya) 58. C
26	Highest mountain peak in the world	Everest 29028 ft.high*(Nepal)
27	Densest population	Monaco,(37687 per Sq.mile)
28	Largest Island	Greenland,840000 Sq.miles(N.Atlantic)
29	Highest Town	Wenchuan (Tibet),16732 ft.above sea-level
30	Highest Village	Aucanquiles in Andes,Chile-17500 ft.
31	Highest Capital City	La Paz (Bolivia),11916 ft.above sea-level
32	Deepest Canyon	Hell's Canyon (U.S.A.),7900 ft.deep
33	Deepest Cave	Gouffre Bergea(France),3723 ft.deep
34	Biggest Desert	Sahara(N.Africa),3500000 sq.miles
35	Largest Peninsula	India
36	Largest Inland Sea	Mediterranean (969100 sq.miles)
37	Largest Sea	Malaya Sea,314000 Sq.miles
38	Largest Gorge	Grand Canyon,Colorado River,277 miles long
39	Deepest Gorge	Hells Canyon,Snake River,7900 ft.deep
40	Highest Rainfall	Mt.Waialeale,Hawai Islands,460 inches
41	Largest Archipelago	Indonesia,comprising 3000 islands
42	Tallest Active Geyser	`Giant' in the Yellowstone National Park (U.S.A.),200 ft high
43	Longest Coral Reef	Great Barrier Reef(Australia),1260 miles long
44	Largest Atoll	Kwajalein,Marshall Islands(Central Pacific)with a 176 miles long coral reef enclosing a lagoon of 1100 Sq.miles
45	Highest Waterfall	Angel Falls(Venezuela),3212 ft.
46	Biggest Waterfall	Guaira(Brazil);average annual flow 470000 cu.ft.per sec.
47	Largest Delta	Sunderban Delta in West Bengal and Bangladesh,8000 sq.miles
48	Northernmost Town	Ny Alesund,Spitsbergen(Norway)
49	Southernmost Town	Puerto Williams,Chile
50	Largest Country	U.S.S.R., 8649550 Sq.miles
51	Smallest Country	Vatican City, 108.7 acres
52	Highest Mountain System	Himalayas