Record Breakers in Geography

Record Breakers in Geography

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,Philippi nes,36198 ft.
06. Lowest point on Surface
==== Dead Sea,Israel-Jord
an,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,29680 00 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