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Saturday 29 December 2012

Largest,Longest,Highest in the World

Largest

  • Airport :-King Fahd International, located  near Qatif(Saudi Arabia) in an area of 780 Km.
  • Animal :- Blue Whale,33.58 meters.
  • Animal(land) :- African Elephant, Average adult's height at shoulder 3.2 m;weight 6.5 tonnes.
  • Continent :- Asia, area 41.66 million sq. km
  • Country :- Russia with area 17.1 million sq. km
  • Crater :- Toba,The world's largest caldera or volcao crater, in north-central Sumatra,Indonesia.
  • Delta :- Ganga-brahmputra with area 75,000 sq. km in India and Bangladesh.
  • Desert :- Sahara Desert in North Africa with area 8.4 million sq. km covering 6% of world's total land area and 28% of the land area of Africa.
  • Dome(Modern) :- Louisiana Super Dome in New Orleans,USA.
  • Gulf :- Gulf of Mexico in North Atlantic-South-West Pacific with Area 2,176,000 sq. km
  • Island :- Greenland
  • Lake(arificial) :- Lake Volta with area 8502 Km in Ghana.
  • Lake(fresh water) :-Lake Superior in USA-Canada with area 82,400 sq. km.
  • Lake(salt water) :- Caspian Sea; The world's largest inland sea,which has borders with Russia,Kazakhstan,Azerbaijan,Iran and Turkmenia.It is 1225 km long.
  • Mosque :- Al-masjid al-Haram ,located in Mecca,Saudi Arabia.
  • Museum :- Smithsonian Institution in Washington,USA.
  • Ocean :- Pacific Ocean. It is the oldest ocean too.It occupies 32.25 percent  of the earth's area.
  • Park :- Northeast Greenland National Park.
  • Peninsula :- Arabian Peninsula with area 3.25 million sq. km
  • Power Plant :- Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant on the Parana river near the Brazil Paraguay border opened in 1984.
  • Pyramid :- Great Pyramid of Cholula.
  • River Basin:- Amazon River Basin, covers an area 7,045,000 sq. km; length 6,570 km;it has nearly 1500 tributaries.
  • Sea Port :- New  York-New Jersey.
  • Stadium :- Strahov in Czech Republic.
  • Temple :- Angkor Vat(Cambodia) with area 162.6 ha; built for Lord Vishnu by Khmer King Surya Varman II during 1113-50 AD.
Longest
  • Rail Tunnel :- Seikan Rail Tunnel; It is a 53.85 km railway tunnel in Japan with a 23.3 km portion under the sea bed.
  • Underground Pipeline :- HBJ Gas Pipeline; The Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur gas pipeline is 1750 km long and passes through four states in India.Capacity 18.2 million cubic metres of gas per day.
  • River :- Nile; Length 6,695 km.White Nile originates from Lake Alberta in Uganda and Blue Nile from Ethiopia,the two join at Khartoum in Sudan to form River Nile.
  • Wall :- The Great Wall of China; Length 3460 km(Mainline)
  • Associate River :- Medira(Associate River of Amazon).
  • Platform :- Kharagpur(West Bengal,India).
  • Tree :- Founder Tree,California.
Highest
  • Dam :- Rogun ; Earth-Filled dam,Tajikistan,CIS; Height 335 metres.
  • Mountain Peaks :- Mt. Everest; 8848 metres.
  • Plateau :- Tibetan Plateau(Pamir),known as " Root of the World";4500 metres high.
  • Town/Village :- Wenchuan ; On Chinghai-Tibet Road 5100 metres high/A Chile Village in Andes Mountains(5334 metres).
  • Volcano(Active) :- Mt. Ozos-del-Salado,Argentina.
  • Waterfall :-Angel; In Venezuela,on a branch of the River Churan,an upper tributary of the Orinoco.
  • Road :- Leh-Manali Road(India).
  • Capital :- Lapaj(Bolivia).
  • Mosque :- Sultan Hasan Mosque,Kahira(Egypt).
  • Animal :- Girrafe.

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