Record Breakers in Geography: No.SpecilityName 01Longest RiverNile,4145 miles 02Highest PlateauPamir (Tibet) 03Highest VolcanoCotopaxi (Andes,Equador) 04Longest Mountain SystemAndes,South America,8800 km, 05Deepest place in the OceanOff the Island of Mariana Trench,Philippines,36198 ft. 06Lowest point on SurfaceDead Sea,Israel-Jordan,1312 ft.below sea level 07Biggest and deepest OceanPacific Ocean,64186300 sq.miles 08Smallest OceanArctic ocean,5440197 Sq.miles 09Largest north-south stretch of landAmerica 10Largest ContinentAsia,16988000 sq.miles 11Smallest ContinentAustralia,2968000 sq.miles 12Largest River (in volume)Amazon (Brazil) 13Largest River BasinBasin of Amazon,2720000 sq.miles 14Largest Salt Water LakeCaspian Sea(U.S.S.R. and Iran),43550 sq.miles 15Largest fresh water LakeSuperior (31200 Sq.miles) 16Deepest LakeBaikal (Siberia),5315 ft.average depth 17Largest Artificial LakeLake Mead of Boulder Dam (U.S.A.) 18Highest Navigable LakeTiticaca (Peru-Bolivia),12506 ft.above sea level 19Longest StraitsMalacca Straits between Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia) 485 miles long. 20Broadest StraitMozambique Straits,between Mozambique and Malagasy, maximum breadth, 245 miles 21Narrowest StraitBetween Greek mainland and the Island of Euboea,narrowest point,45 yds. 22Largest BayBay of Bengal,shoreline,2250 miles 23Largest GulfGulf of Mexico,Shoreline,3100 miles 24Coldest RegionsVerkhoyansk in N.W.Siberia,temperature 94. F below Zero 25Hottest RegionsNoerth-West Sahara Azizia (Libya) 58. C 26Highest mountain peak in the worldEverest 29028 ft.high*(Nepal) 27Densest populationMonaco,(37687 per Sq.mile) 28Largest IslandGreenland,840000 Sq.miles(N.Atlantic) 29Highest TownWenchuan (Tibet),16732 ft.above sea-level 30Highest VillageAucanquiles in Andes,Chile-17500 ft. 31Highest Capital CityLa Paz (Bolivia),11916 ft.above sea-level 32Deepest CanyonHell's Canyon (U.S.A.),7900 ft.deep 33Deepest CaveGouffre Bergea(France),3723 ft.deep 34Biggest DesertSahara(N.Africa),3500000 sq.miles 35Largest PeninsulaIndia 36Largest Inland SeaMediterranean (969100 sq.miles) 37Largest SeaMalaya Sea,314000 Sq.miles 38Largest GorgeGrand Canyon,Colorado River,277 miles long 39Deepest GorgeHells Canyon,Snake River,7900 ft.deep 40Highest RainfallMt.Waialeale,Hawai Islands,460 inches 41Largest ArchipelagoIndonesia,comprising 3000 islands 42Tallest Active Geyser`Giant' in the Yellowstone National Park (U.S.A.),200 ft high 43Longest Coral ReefGreat Barrier Reef(Australia),1260 miles long 44Largest AtollKwajalein,Marshall Islands(Central Pacific)with a 176 miles long coral reef enclosing a lagoon of 1100 Sq.miles 45Highest WaterfallAngel Falls(Venezuela),3212 ft. 46Biggest WaterfallGuaira(Brazil);average annual flow 470000 cu.ft.per sec. 47Largest DeltaSunderban Delta in West Bengal and Bangladesh,8000 sq.miles 48Northernmost TownNy Alesund,Spitsbergen(Norway) 49Southernmost TownPuerto Williams,Chile 50Largest CountryU.S.S.R., 8649550 Sq.miles 51Smallest CountryVatican City, 108.7 acres 52Highest Mountain SystemHimalayas