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| Biggest and deepest Ocean | Pacific Ocean,64186300 sq.miles |
| Biggest Desert | Sahara(N.Africa),3500000 sq.miles |
| Biggest Waterfall | Guaira(Brazil);average annual flow 470000 cu.ft.per sec. |
| Broadest Strait | Mozambique Straits,between Mozambique and Malagasy, maximum breadth, 245 miles |
| Coldest Regions | Verkhoyansk in N.W.Siberia,temperature 94. F below Zero |
| Deepest Canyon | Hell's Canyon (U.S.A.),7900 ft.deep |
| Deepest Cave | Gouffre Bergea(France),3723 ft.deep |
| Deepest Gorge | Hells Canyon,Snake River,7900 ft.deep |
| Deepest Lake | Baikal (Siberia),5315 ft.average depth |
| Deepest place in the Ocean | Off the Island of Mariana Trench,Philippines,36198 ft. |
| Densest population | Monaco,(37687 per Sq.mile) |
| Highest Capital City | La Paz (Bolivia),11916 ft.above sea-level |
| Highest mountain peak in the world | Everest 29028 ft.high*(Nepal) |
| Highest Mountain System | Himalayas |
| Highest Navigable Lake | Titicaca (Peru-Bolivia),12506 ft.above sea level |
| Highest Plateau | Pamir (Tibet) |
| Highest Rainfall | Mt.Waialeale,Hawai Islands,460 inches |
| Highest Town | Wenchuan (Tibet),16732 ft.above sea-level |
| Highest Village | Aucanquiles in Andes,Chile-17500 ft. |
| Highest Volcano | Cotopaxi (Andes,Equador) |
| Highest Waterfall | Angel Falls(Venezuela),3212 ft. |
| Hottest Regions | Noerth-West Sahara Azizia (Libya) 58. C |
| Largest Archipelago | Indonesia,comprising 3000 islands |
| Largest Artificial Lake | Lake Mead of Boulder Dam (U.S.A.) |
| Largest Atoll | Kwajalein,Marshall Islands(Central Pacific)with a 176 miles long coral reef enclosing a lagoon of 1100 Sq.miles |
| Largest Bay | Bay of Bengal,shoreline,2250 miles |
| Largest Continent | Asia,16988000 sq.miles |
| Largest Country | U.S.S.R., 8649550 Sq.miles |
| Largest Delta | Sunderban Delta in West Bengal and Bangladesh,8000 sq.miles |
| Largest fresh water Lake | Superior (31200 Sq.miles) |
| Largest Gorge | Grand Canyon,Colorado River,277 miles long |
| Largest Gulf | Gulf of Mexico,Shoreline,3100 miles |
| Largest Inland Sea | Mediterranean (969100 sq.miles) |
| Largest Island | Greenland,840000 Sq.miles(N.Atlantic) |
| Largest north-south stretch of land | America |
| Largest Peninsula | India |
| Largest River (in volume) | Amazon (Brazil) |
| Largest River Basin | Basin of Amazon,2720000 sq.miles |
| Largest Salt Water Lake | Caspian Sea(U.S.S.R. and Iran),43550 sq.miles |
| Largest Sea | Malaya Sea,314000 Sq.miles |
| Longest Coral Reef | Great Barrier Reef(Australia),1260 miles long |
| Longest Mountain System | Andes,South America,8800 km, |
| Longest River | Nile,4145 miles |
| Longest Straits | Malacca Straits between Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia) 485 miles long. |
| Lowest point on Surface | Dead Sea,Israel-Jordan,1312 ft.below sea level |
| Narrowest Strait | Between Greek mainland and the Island of Euboea,narrowest point,45 yds. |
| Northernmost Town | Ny Alesund,Spitsbergen(Norway) |
| Smallest Continent | Australia,2968000 sq.miles |
| Smallest Country | Vatican City, 108.7 acres |
| Smallest Ocean | Arctic ocean,5440197 Sq.miles |
| Southernmost Town | Puerto Williams,Chile |
| Tallest Active Geyser | `Giant' in the Yellowstone National Park (U.S.A.),200 ft high |
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