Largest, Longest, Deepest

LARGEST COUNTRIES

RANK BY AREA	COUNTRY	AREA(SQ.KM)
1	Russia	17,075,200
2	Canada	9,976,140,
3	United States	9,629,091
4	China	9,596,960
5	Brazil	8,511,965
6	Australia	7,686,850
7	India	3,287,590
8	Argentina	2,776,890
9	Sudan	2,505,810
10	Algeria	2,381,741

LARGEST ISLANDS IN THE WORLD

S. NO	NAME OF ISLAND	LOCATION	AREA (Sq. KM)
1	Greenland	North Atlantic (Danish)	2,175,597
2	New Guinea	South West Pacific	820,033
3	Borneo	West mid Pacific	743,107
4	Madagascar	Indian Ocean (Malagasay)	587,042
5	Baffin	North Atlantic (Canadian)	476,068
6	Sumatra	North East Indian Ocean	473,605
7	Honshu	Sea of Japan - Pacific (Japanese)	230,316
8	Great Britain (UK)	Atlantic	229,883
9	Ellesmere	Arctic Ocean (Canadian)	212,688
10	Victoria	Arctic Ocean (Canadian)	212,199

PRINCIPAL RIVERS IN THE WORLD

S.NO	RIVERS	OUTFLOW	LENGTH (km)
1	Nile	Mediterranean Sea	6690
2	Amazon	Atlantic Ocean	6396
3	Mississippi - Missouri	Gulf of Mexico	6240
4	Yangtze Kiang	China Sea	5797
5	Amur- Argun	Tatar Strait	5780
6	Ob	Gulf of Ob	5567
7	Yellow (Hwang Ho)	Gulf of Chihli	4667
8	Yenisei	Arctic Ocean	4506
9	Parana	Rio De La Plata	4498
10	Irtish	Ob River	4438

HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD

S.NO	MOUNTAIN PEAK	RANGE	HEIGHT IN METRES
1	MOUNT Everest	Himalayas	8848
2	K - 2 (Godwin Austin)	Himalayas	8611
3	Kanchenjunga	Himalayas	8598
4	Lhotse	Himalayas	8511
5	Makalu 1	Himalayas	8481
6	Dhaulagiri 1	Himalayas	8172
7	Manaslu 1	Himalayas	8156
8	Cho Uyo	Himalayas	8153
9	Nanga Parbat	Himalayas	8126
10	Annapurna 1	Himalayas	8078

HIGHEST WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD

S.NO	NAME	LOCATION	HEIGHT IN METRES
1	Angel	Venezuela	1000
2	Tugela	South Africa	914
3	Cuquenan	Venezuela	610
4	Sutherland	New Zealand	580
5	Takkakaw	British Columbia	503
6	Ribbon (Yosemite)	California	491
7	Upper Yosemite	California	436
8	Gavarnie	France	422
9	Vettisfoss	Norway	366
10	Widow’s Tear (Yosemite)	California	357

LARGEST LAKES IN THE WORLD

S.NO	LAKE	COUNTRY	AREA (Sq.km)
1	Caspian sea	CIS - Iran	394299
2	Superior	USA - Canada	82414
3	Victoria	Tanzania - Uganda	69485
4	Aral	CIS	66457
5	Huron	USA - Canada	59596
6	Michigan	USA	58016
7	Tanganyika	Zaire - Tanzania	32893
8	Baikal	CIS	31500
9	Great Bear	Canada	31080
10	Nyasa	Malawi - Mozambique	30044

LARGEST DESERTS IN THE WORLD

S.NO	DESERT	CONTINENT	AREA (SQ. KM)
1	Sahara	Africa	90,65,000
2	Australian Desert	Australia	15,50,000
3	Arabian Desert	Asia	13,00,000
4	Gobi	Asia	12,95,000
5	Kalahari Desert	Africa	5,20,000
6	Takla Desert	Asia	3,20,000
7	Sonorant Desert	North America	3,10,000
8	Namib Desert	Africa	3,10,000
9	Kara Kum	Asia	2,70,000
10	Thar	Asia (India)	2,60,000

OCEANS

NAME	AREA IN SQ KM	AVERAGE DEPTH IN METRES	GREATEST KNOWN DEPTH
Pacific Ocean	166,240,000	4,188	11,776
Atlantic Ocean	86,560,000	3,736	9,460
Indian Ocean	73,430,000	3,872	7,542
Arctic Ocean	13,230,000	1,205	5,625

SEAS

S. NO	PRINCIPAL SEA	AREA IN SQ. KM	AVERAGE DEPTH IN METRES
1	South China Sea	2,974,600	1200
2	Caribbean Sea	2,753,000	2400
3	Mediterranean Sea	2,503,000	1485
4	Bering Sea	2,268,000	1400
5	Gulf of Mexico	1,542,000	1500
6	Sea of Okhotsk	1,527,570	840
7	East China Sea	1,249,150	180
8	Hudson Bay	1,232,300	120
9	Sea of Japan	1,007,500	1370
10	Andaman Sea	797,700	865