World Geography
Geographical Records
Largest continent
• Asia
Smallest continent
• Australia
Most populous continent
• Asia
Least populous continent
• Australia
Largest country in the land size
• Russia
Smallest country
• State of Vatican City
Largest Island
• Greenland
First Person to reach South Pole
• Amundsen
First Person to reach North Pole
• Robert Pearey
Person in Space
• Yuri Gagarin
Person on Moon
• Neil Armstrong
First Lady to climb Mount Everest
• Junko Taibei
First Man to walk in Space
• Alexei Leonov
Woman cosmonaut in Space
• Valentina Tereshkova
Largest peninsula
• Arabia
Most populous country
• China
Least populous country
• State of Vatican City
Largest Islamic country
• Kazakhstan
Smallest Islamic country
• Maldives
Most populous Islamic country
• Indonesia
Most densely populated territory
• Macao
Oldest capital city
• Damascus
Highest capital city
• La Paz in Bolivia
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Greatest land mountain range
• Himalaya
Largest ocean,
• The Pacific Ocean
Smallest ocean
• The Arctic Ocean
Largest Sea
• The South China Sea
Largest gulf
• The Gulf o Mexico
Largest bay
• The Bay of Hudson
Highest mountain peak
• Mount Everest
Largest active volcano
• Mauna Loa, Hawaii, USA
River carries the maximum volume of water
• Amazon
Largest freshwater lake
• Lake Superior
Longest river
• The River Nile, Egypt
Country of shortest coastline
• Manaco
Country with the longest coastline
• Canada
The tallest tree in the world
• Redwood
Larges lake
• The Caspian
Driest place of the world
• Death Valley
Hottest place of the world
• Aziziya (Libya)
Tallest building of the world
• Daubi Burj (UAE)
Longest land mountain range
• Andes of S. America
World’s highest waterfall is in
• Venezuela
The deepest lake in the world is
• Baikal
Coldest planet is
• Neptune
Hottest planet
• Venus
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Planet nearest to Earth
• Venus
Fastest planet:
• Mercury
Brightest planet:
• Venus
Planet with most satellites is:
• Jupiter
World’s highest waterfall
• “Angel”:
Largest salt water lake | Geographical Records
• The Caspian Sea
Saltiest water lake of the world | Geographical Records
• Assal Lake
Coldest place in the world | Geographical Records
• Vostok in Antarctica
Longest glacier | Geographical Records
• “Lambert Glacier”
Largest desert | Geographical Records
• Antarctica (According to definition of desert)
Second Largest desert | Geographical Records
• Sahara Desert
Geographical Records | Biggest river
• Amazon River