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World Superlatives
A compact, tabular revision of world geographical superlatives (largest, longest, highest, deepest) across continents, oceans, rivers, mountains and deserts for CAPF Paper I
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One screen per section. Cover the right column and test yourself. These are standard physical-geography facts; figures are textbook approximations. For India-specific records see india superlatives highest longest largest.
| Item |
Answer |
| Largest continent |
Asia |
| Smallest continent |
Australia |
| Most populous continent |
Asia |
| Largest ocean |
Pacific Ocean |
| Smallest ocean |
Arctic Ocean |
| Deepest point on Earth |
Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep), Pacific |
| Largest sea |
South China Sea (verify the latest definition) |
| Highest continent (average elevation) |
Antarctica |
| Item |
Answer |
| Highest mountain above sea level |
Mount Everest (8,849 m, Nepal-China) |
| Highest mountain base to peak |
Mauna Kea (Hawaii, measured from ocean floor) |
| Longest mountain range (above sea) |
Andes (South America) |
| Longest mountain range overall |
Mid-ocean ridge (underwater) |
| Highest active volcano |
Ojos del Salado region (Andes) (verify the latest) |
| Highest plateau |
Tibetan Plateau |
| Item |
Answer |
| Longest river |
Nile (Africa); the Amazon is debated as longest by some measures |
| Largest river by discharge |
Amazon (South America) |
| Largest lake (by area) |
Caspian Sea (saline) |
| Largest freshwater lake (by area) |
Lake Superior; by volume, Lake Baikal |
| Deepest lake |
Lake Baikal (Russia) |
| Highest waterfall |
Angel Falls (Venezuela) |
| Largest waterfall by flow (volume) |
Boyoma (Inga) Falls region, Congo; by width, Khone Falls (verify the latest) |
| Item |
Answer |
| Largest hot desert |
Sahara (Africa) |
| Largest desert overall (cold) |
Antarctic polar desert |
| Largest island |
Greenland |
| Largest country by area |
Russia |
| Smallest country by area |
Vatican City |
| Largest country by population |
India (verify the latest UN estimate) |
| Largest peninsula |
Arabian Peninsula |
| Hottest place (recorded) |
Death Valley region / Lut Desert |
| Coldest inhabited place |
Oymyakon / Verkhoyansk (Siberia) |