Tallest Animal on (land) |
Giraffe |
Biggest Bell |
Great Bell at Moscow |
Fastest Bird |
Swift |
Largest Bird |
Ostrich |
Smallest Bird |
Humming Bird |
Longest Bridge (Railway) |
Lower Zambeji (Africa ) |
Tallest Building |
Burj khalifa, Dubai (U.A.E) |
Tallest office Building |
Patronas Twin Towers Kuala Lampur (Malaysia) |
Longest Big Ship Canal |
Seuz Canal (Linkin red sea & Mediterranean) |
Busiest Canal (Ship) |
Baltic White Sea Canal (152 miles) |
Biggest Cinema House |
Roxy (New York) |
Highest city |
Wen Chuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft. |
Largest City (in population) |
Tokyo [(3,42,00000), Est. population in 2006] |
Biggest City in (area) |
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (41225 sq. km.) |
Largest Continent |
Asia |
Smallest continent |
Australia |
Largest Country (in population) |
China |
Largest country (in area) |
Russia |
Largest Coral Formation |
The Great Barrier Reef (Australia) |
Largest Dam |
Grand Coulee- Concrete Dam (U.S.A) |
Longest Day |
June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere) |
Shortest Day |
Dec. 22(in Northern Hemisphere) |
Largest Delta |
Sundarbans, India (8000 sq. miles) |
Longest Desert (World) |
Sahara, Africa (84, 00,000 sq. km.) |
Largest Diamond |
The Cullinan (over 1 ½ 1b.) |
Biggest Dome |
Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), (Old archi) 144 ft. diameter. |
Biggest Dome (New Archi) |
Astrodome, Sports |
Longest Epic |
The Mahabharata |
Largest Island |
Greenland (renamed kalaatdlit Nunaat) |
Largest Lake (Artificial) |
Lake mead (Bouler) |
Deepest Lake |
Baikal (Siberia); average depth2300 ft. |
Highest Lake |
Titicaca (Bolivia) 12645 ft. above sea level. |
Largest Lake (Fresh Water) |
Lake Superior, U.S.A |
Largest Lake (Salt Water) |
Caspian Sea 3, 71,000 sq. km.) |
Largest Mosque |
Jama Masjid, Delhi, (area 10,000 sq. ft.) |
Biggest Library |
National Kiev Library,Moscow & Library of the Congress, Washington) |
Highest Mountain peak (World) |
Himalayas |
Longest Mountain Range |
Andes (S.America) 5,500 miles in length |
Biggest Museum |
British Museum (London) |
Tallest Minaret (Free Standing) |
Qutub Minar, Delhi 238 ft. |
Tallest Minaret |
Great Hassan Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco |
Deepest & Biggest Ocean |
The Pacific |
Largest Palace |
Imperial Palace (Gugong), Beijing (China) |
Largest Park |
Yellow stone national park(USA). |
Largest Peninsula |
Arabic (32,50,000 sq. km.) |
Coldest Place or Region |
Verkhoyansk (Syberia), Temperature – 85` C |
Driest Place |
Death Valley (California); rainfall 1 ½ inch. |
Hottest Place (World) |
Al-Aziziyah (Libya, Africa) 136`F |
Largest Planet |
Jupiter |
Brightest and Hottest Planet (also nearest to Earth) |
Venus |
Farthest planet (from the Sun) |
Neptune |
Nearest Planet (to the Sun) |
Mercury |
Smallest Planet |
Mercury |
Highest Plateau |
Pamir (Tibet) |
Longest Platform (Railway) |
Kharagpur W.B, India (833m) |
Largest Platform (Railway) |
Grand Central terminal, New York (U.S.A) |
Largest sea Port |
Ningbo-zhoushan,china. |
Busiest container Port |
Shangai ,china. |
Longest Railway |
Trans-Siberian Railway (6,000 miles Long) |
Longest River |
Nile (6690 km), Amazon (6570 km.) |
Longest River Dam |
Hirakund Dam (Orissa), India 15.8 miles. |
Largest sea-bird |
Albatross |
Largest Sea (inland) |
Mediterranean |
Brightest Star |
Sirius (also called Dog star) |
Tallest statue |
Spring temple Budha,china(128m) |
Tallest Statue (Bronze) |
Bronze Statue of Lord Buddha, Tokyo (Japan). |
Longest Swimming Course |
English Channel |
Tallest Tower |
Skytree ,Tokyo,japan.(634m) |
Longest train nonstop |
Flying Scoutsman |
Longest Tunnel (Railway) |
Seikan Rail Tunnel (Japan), (53.85 km.) |
Longest & Largest Canal Tunnel |
Le Rove Tunnel (South of France) |
Longest Tunnel (Road) |
Laerdal, Norway |
Highest Volcano |
Ojos Del Salado, Andes Argentine-Chile (6,885 m.) |
Largest Volcano |
Mauna Lao (Hawaii) |
Longest Wall |
Great Wall of China (1500 miles) |
Highest Waterfall |
Salto Angel Falls (Venezuela) |
Longest Strait |
Tartar Strait (Sakhalin Island & the Russian mainland) |
Broadest Strait |
Davis Straits (Greenland & Baffin Island, (Canada) |
Narrowest strait |
Chaliks-45 yards (Between the Greek mainland the island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea) |
Largest Bay |
Hudson Bay, Canada (Shore line 7623 miles) |
Largest Gulf |
Gulf of Mexico,( shoreline 2100 miles) |
Largest Archipelago |
Indonesia (over 3,000 Islands) |
Tallest Active Geyser |
Giant (Geyser ) yelowstone park U.S.A 200 ft. high |
Largest River Basin |
Amazon Basin- 27, 20,000 sq. mile. |
World rainiest spot |
Cherrapunji (Mawsynram), India |
Largest Gorge |
Grand Canyon, on the Colorado River, U.S.A |
Lightest gas |
Hydrogen |
Lightest Metal |
Lithium |
Highest Melting Point |
Tungsten, 3,410`C |
Hardest Substance |
Diamond |
Longest Animal |
Blue Whale, (recorded length 106 ft. weight-195 tons) |
Longest Life Span of an Animal |
190 to 200 years, (Giant tortoise) |
Largest Land Animal |
African Bush Elephant |
Fastest Animal |
Cheetah (Leopard ) 70 m.p.h |
Longest Jump Animal |
Kangaroo |
Longest wing Spread Bird |
Albatross |
Slowest Animal |
Snail |
Domestic Dog |
Irish Wolf Hound |
Fastest Dog |
Persian Grey Hound (speed 43 m.p.h) |
Longest poisonous snake |
King cobra |
Biggest Flower |
Raffesia (Java) |
Largest Stadium |
Strahov stadium in Prague, (the Czech Republic) |
Largest Church |
Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican city, Rome Italy |
Largest Temple |
Angkor Vat (Combodia) |
Largest Diamond mine |
Kimbarley (S.Africa) |
Largest River in volume |
Amazon, Brazil |
Longest Corridor |
Rameshwaram Temple’s Corridor (5000 ft.) |
Highest Straight Dam |
Bhakhra Dam |
Highest Capital City |
La Paz (Bolivia) |
Largest Asian Desert |
Gobi, Mongolia |
Largest Democracy |
India |
Longest Thoroughfare |
Verazano-Narrows, New York City Harbour |
Largest Neck Animal |
Giraffe |
Largest Animal of the Cat Family |
Lion |
Most Intelligent Animal |
Chimpanzee |
Bird, that never makes its nests |
Cuckoo |
Wingless Bird |
Kiwi |
Reptile which changes its colors |
Chameleon |
Largest Mammal |
Whale |