Superlatives World
Superlatives of World | Location |
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Biggest Bell |
Great Bell at Moscow |
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Tallest Animal (on land) |
Giraffee |
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Largest Bird |
Ostrich |
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Fastest Bird |
Peregrine Falcon |
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Smallest Bird |
Humming Bird |
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Tallest Building |
Burj Khalifa (Dubai) |
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Longest Bridge (Railway) |
Lower Zambeji (Africa) |
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Longest Big Ship Canal |
Suez Canal |
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Tallest Office Building |
Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur |
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Biggest Cinema House |
Roxy (New York) |
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Busiest Canal Ship |
Baltic White Sea Canal |
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Highest City |
Wen Chuan (Tibet, China) |
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Biggest city ( in area) |
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia |
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Largest City (in population) |
Tokyo |
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Smallest Continent |
Australia |
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Largest Continent |
Asia |
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Largest Country (in area) |
Russia |
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Largest Country ( in population) |
China |
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Largest Dam |
Grand Coulee |
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Largest Coral Formation |
The Great Barrier Reef |
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Shortest Day |
December 22 (in northern hemisphere) |
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Longest Day |
June 21 ( in northern hemisphere) |
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Largest Desert (world) |
Sahara Africa |
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Largest Delta |
Sundarbans, India |
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Longest Epic |
The Mahabharata |
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Largest Lake (Artificial) |
Lake Volta |
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Largest Island |
Greenland |
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Largest Diamond |
Cullian Diamond |
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Highest Lake |
Lake Titicaca |
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Largest Lake (Salt water) |
Caspian Sea |
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Largest Lake ( Fresh Water) |
Lake Superior |
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Biggest Library |
Moscow and Library of the Congress, National Kiev Library, Washington |
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Largest Mosque |
Masjid al- Haram Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
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Highest Mountain Range |
Himalayas |
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Highest Mountain Peak (world) |
Everest Nepal |
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Biggest Museum |
British Museum (London) |
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Longest Mountain Range |
Andes |
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Tallest Minaret (free standing) |
Qutub Minar, Delhi |
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Deepest and Biggest Ocean |
The Pacific |
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Tallest Minaret |
Great Hasan Mosque, Morocco, Casablanca |
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Largest Palace |
Imperial Palace, Beijing (China) |
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Largest Peninsula |
Arabia |
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Largest Park |
National Park, Greenland |
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Driest Place |
Atacama Desert (South America) |
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Coldest Place or Region |
Vostok (Antartica) |
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Largest Planet |
Jupiter |
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Nearest Planet (to the sun) |
Mercury |
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Brightest and Hottest Planet |
Venus |
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Farthest Planet (from the sun) |
Neptune |
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Smallest Planet |
Mercury |
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Highest Plateau |
Pamir |
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Largest Platform (Railway) |
Grand Central Terminal, New York |
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Longest Platform (Railway) |
Gorakhpur (U.P) India |
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Busiest Port |
Rotterdam (the Netherlands) |
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Largest Port |
Port of Rotterdam & Europoort Port |
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Longest Railway |
Trans Siberian Railway |
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Longest River |
Nile |
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Largest Sea Bird |
Albatross |
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Longest River Dam |
Hirakund Dam (Odisha) |
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Tallest Statue |
Statue of Liberty, New York |
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Tallest Tower |
Tokyo Sky Tree |
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Tallest Statue (bronze) |
Bronze Statue of Lrod Buddha, Tokyo |
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Brightest Star |
Sirius |
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Largest Sea (inland) |
Caspian Sea |
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Highest Volcano |
Ojas del Salado, Andes, Argentine- Chile |
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Longest Tunnel (Road) |
Laerdal, Norway |
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Longest and Largest Canal Tunel |
Le Rove Tunnel |
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Longest and Deepest Rail Tunnel |
Seikan Tunnel |
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Largest Volcano |
Mauna Loa (Hawaii) |
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Longest Wall |
Great Wall of China |
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Longest Strait |
Tartar Straits |
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Highest Waterfall |
Salto Angel Falls |
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Largest Bay |
Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Largest Archipelago |
Indonesia |
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Largest Gulf |
Gulf of Mexico, Shoreline |
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Largest River Basin |
Amazon Basin |
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Tallest Active Geyser |
Giant Yelowstone Park U.S.A (200 feet high) |
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Largest Gorge |
Grand Canyon |
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Highest Melting Point |
Tungsten |
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Lightest Metal |
Lithium |
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Lightest Gas |
Hydrogen |
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Hardest Substance |
Diamond |
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Longest Animal |
Blue Whale |
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Longest life span of an animal |
190 to 200 year (Giant Tortoise) |
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Fastest Animal |
Cheetah |
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Largest Land Animal |
African Bush Elephant |
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Longest Jump Animal |
Kangaroo |
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Longest wing spread bird |
Wandering Albatross |
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Slowest Animal |
Snail |
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Longest Poisonous Snake |
King Cobra |
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Fastest Dog |
Persian Grey Hound |
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Largest Stadium |
Strahov Stadium in Prague |
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Biggest Flower |
Rafflesia arnoldii |
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Largest Temple |
Angkor Vat |
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Largest Chruch |
Basilica of St. Peter Vatican City, Rome |
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Largest Diamond Mine |
Kimbarley |
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Largest River in Volume |
Amazon Brazil |
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Longest Corridor |
Rameshwaram Temple’s Corridor (5000 feet) |
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Highest Straight Dam |
Bhakhra Dam |
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Highest Capital City |
La Paz Bolivia |
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Largest Democracy |
India |
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Largest Asian Desert |
Gobi, Mangolia |
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Largest animal of the cat family |
Lion |
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Most Intelligent Animal |
Chimpanzee |
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Bird that never make its nest |
Cuckoo |
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Wingless Bird |
Kiwi |
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Largest Mammal |
Whale |
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Reptile which changes its colours |
Chameleon |