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Longest River - The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles
Shortest River - The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long
Largest River - The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles
Largest Sea - The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles
Largest Ocean - Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles
Deepest Ocean - Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet
Smallest Ocean - Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles
Largest Lake - Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles
Largest Freshwater Lake - Lake Superior, US-Canada, 31,820 square miles
Highest Lake - Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level
Lowest Lake - The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea
level
Larget Lagoon - Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles
Largest Waterfall - Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high
Deepest Underwater Trench - Marina Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific
Ocean,36,198 feet below the ocean surface
Highest Mountain - Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035
feet above sea level
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, Arizona, US, 217 miles
long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep
Deepest Gorge - Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep
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22. The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped
Hiroshima (Japan)
33. The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut
Mohd. Azharuddin
The Longest Coastal area in Pakistan: Balochistan (771 kms long) (total 1046 km)
The Longest Tunnel (Railway) in Pakistan: Khojak Balochistan (Length 2.43 miles)
The Longest (Water) in Pakistan: Warsak Dam Tunnel (Length 3.5 miles)
The Tallest Minaret in Pakistan: Four minarets of Shah Faisal Mosque with a height of 286
feet each.
The Tallest Mountain Pass Pakistan: Muztagh Pass (Nothern Areas) height 19,030 feet
The Tallest Mountain Peak Pakistan: K-2 (Karakoram) height 28,269 feet
The Tallest Railway Station Pakistan: Khan Mehtarzai (height 2,221 feet)