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LIST OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST, BIGGEST, TALLEST AND SMALLEST…..
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| EVENT | NAME / PLACE |
|---|---|
| Longest Railway Bridge | Lower Zambeji (Africa) |
| Tallest Building | Burj Khalifa (Dubai) |
| Biggest Cinema Hall | Roxy New york (USA) |
| Highest City | Wen Chuan (Tibbet -china ) 16,732 ft |
| Largest City in Population | Tokyo (Japan) |
| Biggest City in Area | New York Metro (USA) |
| Largest Dam | Three Gorges Dam (2.3 km) – China |
| Longest Day | June-21 |
| Shortest Day | December-22 |
| Largest Delta | Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta (Sundarbans Delta) ( India) |
| Largest Diamond | Cullinan I (Star of Africa) (530 carats) (Africa) |
| Longest Epic | MahaBharath (100,000 śloka) (India) |
| Largest Library | Library of Congress (USA) |
| Largest Mosque | Masjid al-Haram, Mecca,(990.40 acres) (Saudi Arabia) |
| Largest Park | National Park (Green Land) |
| Dry place | Atacama Desert (1000 km)(South America) |
| Hottest Place | Trans-Siberian Railway (9,289 km) (From Moscow to Vladivostok) |
| Longest Railway Network | USA Railway (250,000.km Total) |
| Longest River | Nile (6690.km) |
| Longest River Dam | Royal Albatross (11.5 feet) |
| Largest Sea in Land | Mediterraneum |
| Brightest Star | Sirius A (also called Dog Star) |
| Tallest Statue | Spring Temple Buddha (597.ft)(China) |
| Longest Swimming Pool | San Alfonso del Mar resort (Algarrobo-Chile)) |
| Tallest Tower | Burj Khalifa (2,712.ft) (Dubai) |
| Highest Volcano | Ojos del Salado (22,615.ft) (Argentina) |
| Highest Waterfall | Angel Falls (3,230.ft)(Venezuela) |
| Largest Bay | Bay of Bengal (India) |
| Largest Gulf | Gulf of Mexico (5000.km) |
| Lightest Gas | Hydrogen & Helium |
| Lightest Metal | Microlattice (1,000 times thinner than a human hair) |
| Highest Melting Point Metal | Tungsten (3422 °C, 6192 °F) |
| Hardest Substance | Wurtzite boron nitride (synthetic) and lonsdaleite (which comes from meteorites) |
| Hardest Natural Substance | Diamond |
| Longest Animal | Blue Whale (120-160 length)(150-190 tone) |
| Longest Wing Spread Bird | Albatross (Diomedea exulans) |
| Slowest Animal | Three-Toed Sloth (only move with maximum speed of 0.003 miles per hours) |
| Slowest Bird | American woodcock (Scolopax minor) (speed=5.=mph) |
| Fastest Dog | Persain Greyhound (43.km/hr) |
| Biggest Flower | Rafflesia arnoldii (15.pounds) (Indonesia) |
| Biggest Stadium | Rungrado May Stadium (North Korea) |
| Biggest Church | Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro (30,000 m²) |
| Largest Temple | Angkor Wat (500.acres) (Cambodia). |
| Biggest Diamond Mine | Jubilee (Russia) (the mine is estimated to contain more than 153 million carats (Mct) of recoverable diamonds, including 51Mct of probable underground reserves) |
| Largest River In Volume | Amazon River |
| Highest Capital City | La Paz (Bolivia) |
| Largest Democratic Country | India |
| Most Intelligent Animal | Chimpanzee |
| Bird Cannot Make it’s Nest | Cuckoo |
| Wingless Bird | Kiwi |
| Reptile that can change it’s Colour | Chamoleon |
| Shortest River | The Roe, Montana (US)(200 feet long) |
| Largest Sea | The Mediterranean Sea (1,144,800 square miles) |
| Largest Lake | Arctic Ocean (5,427,000 square miles) |
| Largest Freshwater Lake | Lake Superior (US) (31,820 square miles) |
| Highest Lake | Titicaca in Peru (12,500.ft above) |
| Lowest Lake | The Dead Sea (Israel-Jorda)(surface of water 1,349 feet below sea level) |
| Larget Lagoon | Lagoa dos Patos (Brazil) (150 miles long, 4,500 square miles) |
| The lowest mountain range | Buena Bhaile |
| Longest Mountain Range | The Andes of South America (5,000 miles) |
| Lowest Point on land | The Dead Sea (Israel-Jordan)(water surface 1,349 feet below sea level) |
| Largest Gorge | Grand Canyon (Colorado River) (US)(217 miles long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep) |
| Deepest Gorge | Hells Canyon (Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep) |
| Largest airport | King Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia) |
| The largest cinema | Fox theatre, Detroit, (USA) |
| Tallest official building | Sears Tower (Chicago) |
| City of Enjoy | Kolkata (India) |
| Pink City | Jaipur (India) |
| White cCity | Belgrade (Yugoslavia) |
| Country of Sugar bowl | Cuba |
| Largest Iceland | Greenland {(At 836,109 sq mi ( 2,166,086 sq km)} |
| Yellow River | Huang Ho (China) |
| Land of the Kangaroo | Australia |
| Queen of Arabian Sea | Kochi (India) |
| Largest Peninsuls | Arabia |
| MOst Rainiest Place | Mosinram, near Cherapunji (India) |
| Highest Village | Andean (Chile) |
| Highest Road | Leh-Nobra, Ladakh division India |
| Longest Train | Ore Train (7,300 m long) |
| Widest Waterfall | Khone Falls (Laos) |
| Longest Wall | The Great Wall Of China |
| Oldest Theatre | Teatro Ohmpico (Itlay) |
| Biggest Telescope | Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spain) (made of 36 hexagonal segments that total a diameter of 10.4 meters) |
| Highest Plateau | Pamir (Tibet) |
| Largest National Park | Northeast Greenland National Park {it Covers 972,001 km2 (375,000 sq mi)} |
| Tallest Minaeret | Great Hassan II Mosque (656.ft) |
| Biggest Palace | Istana Nurul Iman,(China-Beijing) (with 2,152,782 square feet (200,000 m2) |
| Biggest Museum | Louvre (Paris) |
| Tallest Fountain | Burj Khalifa Fountain (Dubai) (Water Shoot Up Level: 500ft.m ,Length: 900ft.) |
| Smallest Country | Vatican City (0.44 km²) |
| Largest Cemetery | Wadi Al-Salaam (Iraq) {The cemetery covers 1,485.5 acres (601.16 ha; 6.01 km2; 2.32 sq mi) and contains some 5 million bodies} |
| Longest Bridge | Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (China)(165.km) |
| Largest Cathedral | St.Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City) (15160 square meters) |
| Smallest Fish | Paedocypris progenetica (Indonesia) (7.9 millimeters) |