List of Longest, Largest, Highest, Tallest Places around the World and in India

Around the World: Longest around the World

S. No.	Type	Place
1.	Longest River	Nile
2.	Longest Railway	Trans-Siberian Railway
3.	Longest Road Tunnel	Laedal Tunnel, Norway (24.51 km long)
4.	Longest Railway Platform	Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh, India)
5.	Longest Ship Canal	Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (1930 Km long)
6.	Longest River Dam	Hirakud Dam, Odisha, India
7.	Longest Mountain Range	Andes (South America, Length = 5500m)
8.	Longest Wall	Wall of China

Around the World: Largest around the World

S. No.	Type	Place
1.	Largest Continent	Asia
2.	Largest Delta	Ganges Delta (consists of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India)
3.	Largest Desert	Sahara Desert (covers a surface area of 3.5 million square miles)
4.	Largest Island	Greenland
5.	Largest Dam	Three Gorges Dam (spans the Yangtze River in China)
6.	Largest Library	United State Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
7.	Largest Sea Bird	Albatross
8.	Largest city in population	Tokyo, Japan
9.	Largest Peninsula	Arabian Peninsula
10.	Largest Solar Plant	Kamuthi Solar Plant, Tamil Nadu, India

Around the World: Tallest, Smallest, Biggest around the World

S. No.	Type	Place
1.	Tallest Animal	Giraffe
2.	Tallest Building	Burj Khalifa (828 m)
3.	Tallest Monument	Gateway Arch (USA)
4.	Smallest Bird	Humming Bird
5.	Smallest Continent	Australia
6.	Smallest Planet	Mercury
7.	Biggest Country by Area	Russia
8.	Biggest Planet	Jupiter
9.	Biggest Ocean	Pacific Ocean
10.	Hottest Place	Death Valley, California, USA.
11.	Deepest Lake	Baikal (Siberia)
12.	Deepest Ocean	Pacific Ocean

Around the World: Highest around the World

S. No.	Type	Place
1.	Highest Mountain Peak	Mt. Everest
2.	Highest Mountain Range	Greater Himalayas
3.	Highest Plateau	Pamir Tibet (Roof of World)
4.	Highest Railway Station	Tanggula railway station
5.	Highest Lake	Lake Titicaca
6.	Highest Fall	Angel Falls (Venezuela, located on a tributary of the Rio Caroni)
7.	Metal with highest Melting and Boiling Point	Tungsten
8.	Higest Capital City	La Paz (Bolivia)

Inside India: Longest in India

S. No.	Type	Place
1.	Longest River	Ganges
2.	Longest Tributary	Yamuna
3.	State with the longest coastline	Gujarat (1214.7 km)
4.	Longest Dam	Hirakud (stands across the river Mahanadi)
5.	Longest Beach	Marina Beach, Chennai
6.	Longest Electric Railway Line	From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
7.	Longest Road	Grand Trunk Road
8.	Longest Railway Platform	Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
9.	Longest Canal	Indira Gandhi Canal

Inside India: Largest in India

S. No.	Type	Place
1.	Largest Museum	Indian Museum (found by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Kolkata)
2.	Largest Desert	Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert; forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan)
3.	Largest State in terms of area	Rajasthan
4.	Largest forest state	Madhya Pradesh
5.	Largest Mosque	Jama Masjid
6.	Largest Port	Jawaharlal Nehru Port (also known as Nhava Sheva, located in Maharashtra, Mumbai)
7.	Largest river island	Majuli Island (located in Assam at Brahmaputra river)
8.	Largest Library	National Library of India (Kolkata)
9.	Largest Lake of Saline Water	Chilka Lake (Odisha)
10.	Largest Union Territory	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (8249 km2)

Inside India: Smallest, Highest in India

S. No.	Type	Place
1.	Smallest state by area	Goa (3702 km2)
2.	Smallest state by population	Sikkim
3.	Smallest Union Territory	Lakshwadeep (32 km2)
4.	Highest award	Bharat Ratna
5.	Highest Dam	Tehri Dam (located on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand, India)
6.	Highest Gallantry Award	Param Veer Chakra
7.	Highest Sports Award	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
8.	Highest Airport	Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (Leh, J&K)
9.	Highest Waterfall	Jog Falls, Karnataka
10.	Rainiest Place	Mausinram (Meghalaya, India)