Record Breakers in Geography

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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,Philippines,36198 ft.

06. Lowest point on Surface ==== Dead Sea,Israel-Jordan,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,2968000 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

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