Superlatives of the World – Biggest, Highest, Largest, Longest, Smallest etc.
List of the superlatives of the world: Worlds largest, biggest, longest, shortest, smallest animals, buildings, water bodies, city etc.
Superlatives of the World
- Largest Continent – Asia
- Smallest Continent – Australia
- Largest Country (in area) – Russia
- Largest Country (in population) – China
- Smallest Country (in population) – Vatican City, Rome
- Smallest Country (in area) – Vatican City, Rome
- Largest City (in population) – Tokyo (3,43,00,000 – 2011)
- Largest City (in area) – Mount Isa; Queensland, Australia (41,225 sq. km)
- Highest Capital City – La Paz; Bolivia
- Smallest City (in population) – Vatican City, Rome
- Smallest City (in area) – Vatican City, Rome
- Highest City – Wen Chuan (Tibet, China), 16,732 ft.
- Highest Plateau – Pamir; Tibet
- Largest Desert in the world – Sahara; Africa (84,00,000 sq. km)
- Largest Asian Desert – Gobi; Mongolia
- Highest Mountain Peak in the world – Everest; Nepal (29,035 ft/8,850 m)
- Highest Mountain Range – The Himalayas
- Longest Mountain Range – The Andes; South America (about 7,000 km in length)
- Largest Volcano – Mauna Loa; Hawaii
- Highest Volcano – Ojos del Salado; The Andes, Argentine-Cille (6,885 m)
- The Deepest & Biggest Ocean – The Pacific Ocean
- Smallest Ocean – Arctic Ocean (5.4 million square miles)
- Longest River – Nile (6,690 km)
- Largest River in volume – Amazon, Brazil
- Longest River Dam – Hirakud Dam; Odisha, India (15.8 miles)
- Largest Dam – The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province, China (1.4 miles wide & 630 feet high)
- Tallest Dam – Jinping-I Dam in China. (305 m)
- Largest River Basin – Amazon basin (27,20,000 sq. miles)
- gest Coral formation – The Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
- Highest Waterfall – Salto Angels Falls; Venezuela (979 meters)
- Largest Delta in the world – Sundarbans; India (8,000 sq. miles)
- Largest Island – Greenland – (840,004 sq. miles) (2,175,600 sq. km)
- Largest Sea (Inland) – Caspian Sea (1,43,200 sq. miles)
- Largest Fresh Water Lake – Lake Superior; USA
- Largest Salt Water Lake – Caspian Sea (4,22,000 sq. km)
- Highest Lake – Titicaca; Bolivia (12,645 ft. above sea level)
- Deepest Lake – Baikal (Siberia, Russia); depth 5,314 feet
- Largest Artificial Lake – Lake Volta (Ghana)
- Longest Big Ship Canal – Suez Canal (Linking Red Sea & Mediterranean)
- World’s Rainiest spot – Cherrapunji (Mawsynram), India
Superlatives of India
1.The longest river of India – The Ganga
2. The longest river bridge in India – Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna (5.58 km)
3. The largest animal fair in India – Sonepur (Bihar)
4. The largest Auditorium in India – Shammukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
5. The largest lake in India – Walur Lake (j&K)
6. The highest Dam in India – Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi river (Uttarakhand)
7. The largest Indian Desert – Thar (Rajasthan)
8. The largest cave temple in India – Kailash Temple (Elora, Maharashtra)
9. The largest Zoo in India – Zoological Garden (Kolkata)
10. The largest Indian Mosque – Jama Masjid (Delhi)
11. The highest Indian peak – Godwin Austin/ K2 (8611m)
12. The longest tunnel in India – Chennai-Nasri tunnel (9.28 km)
13. The largest Delta – Sunderbans (West Bengal)
14. The highest waterfall in India – Jog or Garsoppa (Karnataka)
15. The longest road in India – Grand Tank Road or GT Road (Kolkata to Delhi
16. The highest Gate Way – Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (UP)
17. The largest Museum of India – Indian Museum, Kolkata
18. The largest dome in India – Gol Gombuz, Bijapur (Karnataka)
19. India’s tallest Statue – Statue of Lord Hanuman in Andhra Pradesh
20. The largest Public Sector Bank of India – The State Bank of India
21. The Longest Railway Platform – Gorakhpur (1355.4 m), U.P.
22. The longest Railway tunnel – Pir Panjal Rly Tunnel (J&K) 11.215 km
23. The biggest stadium – Yuva Bharati (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
24. The largest Planetarium – Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
25. The longest Canal – Indira Gandhi Canal/Rajasthan Canal
26. The longest Passenger train route – Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
27. The Indian State with the longest Coastline – Gujarat
28. The longest National Highway of India – NH-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
29. The highest Lake – Devtal Lake (Uttarakhand)
30. The largest Saline water Lake in India – Chilka Lake (Odisha)
31. The Largest Freshwater Lake in India – Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)