Longest & Largest

Longest & Largest

Longest River in the world – Nile.
Longest River in India – Ganges.
Longest Dam in India – Hirakud Dam (Orissa).
Longest Canal in the World – Suez Canal.
Longest Wall in the world – Great Wall of China.
Longest Beach in India – Marina Beach, Chennai.
Longest Railway Platform – Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh).
Longest tunnel in India – Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir).
Longest railway route in India – Dibrugarh in Assam to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
Largest Bird – Ostrich.
Largest Church in India – Saint Cathedral (Goa).
Largest Desert (Asia) – Gobi.
Largest Desert in India – Thar (Rajasthan).
Largest State (Area) in India – Rajasthan.
Largest Epic in the World – Mahabharat.
Largest Lake (Fresh water) in the World – Superior.
Largest Lake(Salt water) in the World – Caspian.
Largest Island in the World – Greenland.
Largest Diamond in the World – The Cullinan.
Largest Museum in the World – British Museum, London

Highest in the World:
Highest Plateau –    Pamir, Tibelt
Highest Waterfall    –    Angel Falls, Venezula
Highest City –    La Rinconada, Peru
Highest Lake    –    Titicaca, Bolivia
Highest Mountain Peak    –    Mt. Everest, Nepal

Highest in the India:
Highest Gateway –    Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra
Highest Lake in India    –    Devatal, Garhwal
Highest Airport in India    –    Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir
Highest Tower    –    Pitampura Tower, Delhi
Highest Waterfall in India    –    Gersoppa waterfall, Karnataka

Longest in the World:
Longest Road Tunnel –    Laerdal Tunnel, Norway
Longest Rail Tunnel –    Gotthard Base Tunnel, Central Swiss Alps, Switzerland
Longest Wall –    Great Wall of China
Longest Platform    –    Gorakhpur, India
Longest Railway    –    Trans – Siberian Railway

Longest in the India:
Longest River in South India    –    Godavari
Longest Corridor    –    Rameshwaram temple corridor, Tamil Nadu
Longest Coastline state    –    Gujarat
Longest National Highway –    NH7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
Longest Rail Tunnel    –    Pir Panjal, Jammu & Kashmir

Largest in the World:
Largest Dam    –    Three Gorges, China
Largest Gulf    –    Gulf of Mexico
Largest Epic –    Mahabharata
Largest Sea –    South China Sea
Largest Desert    –    Sahara, Africa

Largest in the India:
Largest Population State    –    Uttar Pradesh
Largest Museum –    National Museum, Kolkata
Largest Forest State    –    Madhya Pradesh
Largest Port    – Mumbai
Largest Planetarium    –    Birla Planetarium, Kolkata