The following table enlists the Largest, Longest, Tallest, Highest, Biggest, & Smallest in the world −
What/Which is | Name/Location | Numeric Value |
Deepest Lake | Baikal (Russia) | Depth – 1,642 Meters |
The Biggest Airport | King Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia) | Total built up Area – 315 sq. km |
The Busiest (passenger) Railway Station | Shinjuku R. Station(Tokyo, Japan) | Total of 35 platforms |
The Busiest Airport (by passenger traffic) | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia, USA) | It covers 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) of land |
The Deepest River Gorge | Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi (Nepal) | Depth – 5,571 Meter |
The fastest flying bird | Peregrine Falcon | Max. Air speed – 400 km/h |
The Heaviest Living Bird | Common Ostrich | Max Mass – 156.8 kg |
The Heaviest Living Reptile (also the largest living reptile) | Saltwater Crocodile | Max. Mass – 200 kg |
The Heaviest Terrestrial (on land) Animal | African Bush Elephant | Max. Mass – 12.3 Tons |
The Highest (navigable) Lake | Lake Titicaca (on the border of Bolivia and Peru) | Altitude – 3,812 Meters |
The Highest Mt. Peak | Mount Everest (Himalayan Range)(Nepal) | Height – 8848 Meters |
The Highest Railway Station | Tanggula Railway Station (Amdo County, Tibet) | Altitude – 5,068 Meters |
The Highest Settlement | La Rinconada (Peru) | Altitude – 5,100 Meters |
The Highest Waterfall | Angel Falls (Venezuela) | Height – 979 m |
The Largest (Hot) Desert | Sahara Desert (North Africa) | Area – 9,400,000 sq. km |
The Largest Creature | Blue Whale | Average Mass – 110 Tons & Average Length – 24 Meter |
The Largest Fresh Water Lake (by surface area) | Lake Superior (on the border of the USA & Canada) | Surface Area – 82,100 km |
The Largest Gulf | Mexico Gulf (Atlantic Ocean) | Surface Area – 1,550,000 sq. km |
The Largest Island | Greenland | Area – 2,130,800 sq. km |
The Largest Railway Station (by platforms) | Grand Central Terminal (New York City, USA) | No. of Platforms – 44 |
The Largest Stadium | Rungrado 1st of May Stadium (Pyongyang, North Korea) | Capacity – 150,000 (people) (Earlier it was Czech Republic’s Great Strahov Stadium, but no more in use) |
The Largest Temple | Angkor Wat(Angkor, Cambodia) | Area – 1,626,000 sq. meters |
The Longest (Road) Highway | Pan-American Highway (Covering North, Central, & South America) | Length – 30,000 Km |
The Longest Epic | Mahabharata | It consists of over 100,000 slokas or over 200,000 individual verse lines |
The Longest Mountain Range | Andres (S. America) | Length – 7,000 km |
The Longest River | Nile (North Africa) | Length – 6,853 km |
The Longest River (by volume water) | Amazon River (South America) | Length – 6,400 km |
The Lowest Lake | Dead Sea (on the border of West Bank, Israel and Jordan | 427 Meters Below Sea Level |
The Northernmost City (with more than 100,000 inhabitants) | Norilsk (Russia) | Coordinates – 69°20′N 88°13′E |
The southernmost City | Ushuaia (Argentina) | Coordinates -54°48′S 68°18′W |
The Tallest Animal | Giraffe | Height – 5.5 Meters (Male) |
The Tallest Building | Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE) | Height – 829.8 Meters |
The Tallest Dam | Jinping-I Dam (China) | Height – 305 Meters |
The Tallest Railway Station (Building) | Nagoya Station (Japan) | Floor area of 410,000 m2 |