|
Superlatives |
Location |
|
Fastest
Animal |
Cheetah
(Leopard ), 80 – 130 km/h |
|
Fastest
Bird |
Peregrine
falcon, 320 km/h (200 mph) |
|
Fastest
Dog |
Persian
Grey Hound (Speed 43 m.p.h.) |
|
Hardest
Natural Substance (found on earth) |
Diamond |
|
Hardest
substance (comes from meteorites) |
Lonsdaleite |
|
Hardest
substance (synthetic) |
Wurtzite
boron nitride |
|
Highest
Capital City |
La
Paz Bolivia |
|
Highest
City |
Wen
Zhuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft. |
|
Highest
Lake |
Titicaca
(Bollivia) 12,645h ft,. above sea level |
|
Highest
Melting Point |
Tungsten,
3422°C |
|
Highest
Mountain Peak (world) |
Everest
(Nepal) 29,035 ft. (8,850 m) |
|
Highest
Mountain Range |
Himalayas |
|
Highest
Plateau |
Pamir
(Tibet) |
|
Highest
Straight Dam |
Bhakhra
Dam |
|
Highest
Straight Gravity Dam |
Bhakhra
Dam (India) |
|
Highest
Volcano |
Ojos
del Salado, Andes, Argentine-Chile (6,885m.) |
|
Highest
Waterfall |
Salto
Angel Falls (Venezuela) |
|
Largest
Animal of the Cat Family |
Lion |
|
Largest
Archipelago |
Malay
Archipelago, Indonesia |
|
Largest
Asian desert |
Gobi,
Mongolia |
|
Largest
Bay |
Hudson
Bay, Canada |
|
Largest
Bell (World) |
Greatest
Bell of Moscow (Russia) |
|
Largest
Bird |
Ostrich |
|
Largest
Church |
Besilica
of St. Peter, Vatican city, Rome (Italy) |
|
Largest
City (in population) |
Tokyo
[(3,71,26,000), Est. population in 2011] |
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