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World Largest Smallest
List of World's largest and smallest things in the world. General Knowledge questions and Answers
from World GK
World's Largest & Smallest Country, Place etc...
Largest Country
- Russia (17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2)
Smallest Country
- Vatican City Size: 0.17 sq. mi. (0.44 km²)Rome, Italy -Europe
Largest Continent
- Asia, 17,212,2000 square miles
Smallest Continent
- Australia,312,2000 square miles
Largest Gulf
- Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles
Largest Bay
- The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles
Largest Island
- Greenland, 839,999 square miles
Largest peninsula
- Arabia.
Largest bay
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Hudson Bay, Canada.
World's Largest & Smalllest Rivers, Sea, Ocean, Mountains, Waterfall etc...
Longest River
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The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles
Shortest River
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The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long
Largest River
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The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles
Largest Sea
- The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles
Largest Ocean
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Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles
Deepest Ocean
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Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet
Smallest Ocean
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Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles
Largest Lake
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Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles
Largest Freshwater Lake
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Lake Superior, US-Canada, 31,820 square miles
Highest Lake
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Lowest Lake
- The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea level
Larget Lagoon
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Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles
Largest Waterfall
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Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high
Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level
Deepest Underwater Trench
- Marina Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific
Ocean,36,198 feet below the ocean surface
Highest Mountain
above sea level
- Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035 feet
The lowest mountain range
- Buena Bhaile.
Longest Mountain Range
- The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles
Lowest Point on land
level
Largest Gorge
18 miles wide, 1 mile deep
Deepest Gorge
- The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea
- Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, US, 217 miles long, 4- Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep
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World's Largest & Smallest Places, Buildings etc...
Largest museum
- American Museum of Natural History.
Tallest tower
- C. N. Tower, Toronto, Canada.
Largest airport
- King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia.
Largest church
- Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome.
Tallest statue
- Spring Temple Buddha, China -153 m (502 ft) total monument height
Largest railway tunnel - Seikan Tunnel, Japan - Once completed in 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel
(Switzerland) will be the longest railway tunnel in the world.
The largest cinema
Tallest office building
Largest Archipelago
- Fox theatre, Detroit, USA.
- Sears Tower, Chicago.
- Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands
Nick names of important places : Sobriquets
General Questions and Answers on Sobriquets name of important places in the World
Queen of Arabian Sea : Kochi, India
Land of the Kangaroo : Australia
Land of the Golden Fleece : Australia
Roof of World : Pamirs, Central Asia
Yellow River : Huang Ho (China)
Garden City of India : Bangalore
Quaker City : Philadelphia, USA
World's Loneliest Island : Tristan De Gunha (Mid Atlantic)
Sick Man of Europe : Turkey
Sorrow of China : River Hwang Ho
Windy City : Chicago, USA
Sugar bowl of the World : Cuba
White Man's Grave : Guinea Coast
White City : Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Venice of North Stockholm : Sweden
Venice of East : Alleppey, India
Spice Garden of India : Kerala
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Dark Continent : Africa
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