The following table enlists the Largest, Longest, Tallest, Highest, Biggest, & Smallest in India −
| What/Which is |
Name/Location |
Numeric Value |
Image |
| The Largest Lake (Fresh Water Lake) |
Wular Lake (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Surface Area -30 to 260 km2 |
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| The Longest River |
Ganga |
Length – 2,525 km |
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| The Tallest Statue (Dedicated to Vallabhbhai Patel) |
Statue of Unity (Gujarat) |
Height - 182 meters (Under construction) |
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| The Highest Mt. Peak |
Mount Godwin-Austen (or K2) (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Height - 8,611 metres |
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| The Biggest Stadium |
Yuva Bharati Krirangan Stadium (or Salt Lake Stadium) (Kolkata) |
Field size - 105 × 70 metres |
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| The Smallest State |
Goa (South-West India) |
Area - 3,702 sq. km. |
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| The Largest Mosque |
Jama Masjid (Delhi) |
Capacity 25,000 Person |
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| The Largest Cave Temple (Largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples) |
Kailasa Temple, (Cave 16) Ellora, Maharashtra |
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| The Largest zoological garden |
Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Chennai, Tamil Nadu) |
Area - 602 hectares |
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| The Longest Bridge (on water) |
Dhola–Sadiya Bridge (On Lohit River) |
Length - 9.15 km (Connect Assam & Arunachal Pradesh) |
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| The Largest saline water Lake |
Chilika Lake (Odisha) |
Surface Area - 1,165 sq. km (about) |
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| The Largest artificial Lake |
Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) (Rajasthan) |
Surface Area - 87 sq. km |
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| The Biggest Planetarium (also biggest in Asia & second biggest in the world) |
Birla Planetarium (Kolkata, West Bengal) |
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| The Tallest Dam |
Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River Uttarakhand |
Height - 260.5 m |
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| The Highest gravity dam (It is one of the largest dams in the world) |
Bhakra Dam on Sutlej River (Himachal Pradesh) |
Height - 225.55 Meters. (or 741 feet) |
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| The Highest Plunge Waterfall |
Nohkalikai Falls (Meghalaya) |
Height - 340 Meters (or 1,115 Feet) |
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| The Tallest Waterfall |
Thoseghar waterfalls (Maharashtra) |
Height- 500 Meters |
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| The Highest Lake |
Tso Lhamo Lake or Chho Lhamo (Sikkim) |
Altitude - 5,330 Meters |
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| The Highest Road |
Leh-Manali Highway (Khardung La Pass), Jammu & Kashmir |
Altitude - 5,610 Meters |
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| The Longest Glacier |
Siachen Glacier (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Length - 76 km |
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| The Highest Airport |
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (Leh, Jammu & Kashmir) |
Altitude - 3,256 Meters |
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| The Longest Rail Tunnel |
Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Length - 11,215 m |
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| The Longest Railway Platform |
Gorakhpur Railway Station (Uttar Pradesh) |
Length - 1.35 Km |
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| The Longest Sea Beach |
Marina Beach (Coramandel coast on the Bay of Bengal) |
Length – 13 Km |
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| The Longest National Highway |
National Highway 44 From Srinagar to Kanyakumari |
Length - 3,745 Km |
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| The Biggest river Island |
Mājuli or Majoli (In the Brahmaputra River, Assam) |
Area - 1,250 sq. km |
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| The Longest Tributary River |
Yamuna |
Length - 1,376 km |
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| The Largest National Park |
Hemis National Park (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Area - 4,400 sq. km |
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| The Longest Canal |
Indira Gandhi Canal (Punjab, Haryana, & Rajasthan) |
Length – 640 Km (about) |
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| The Coldest Place (also known as the gateway to Ladakh) |
Dras (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Ave. Minimum Temp. -22 |
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| The Lowest Region |
Kuttanadu (Kerala) |
Altitude: −2.2 Meters (Below Sea Level) |
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| Extreme South Point (of Mainland) |
Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu) |
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| Extreme South Point |
Indira Point (Nicobar Islands) |
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| The Tallest Building |
Imperial Tower (1 & 2) Mumbai |
Height – 254 Meters |
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The following table enlists the Largest, Longest, Tallest, Highest, Biggest, & Smallest in the world −
| What/Which is |
Name/Location |
Numeric Value |
Image |
| The Biggest Airport |
King Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia) |
Total built up Area – 315 sq. km |
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| The Busiest Airport (by passenger traffic) |
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia, USA) |
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| The Largest Creature |
Blue Whale |
Average Mass – 110 Tons & Average Length – 24 Meter |
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| The Largest (Hot) Desert |
Sahara Desert (North Africa) |
Area - 9,400,000 sq. km |
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| The Tallest Dam |
Jinping-I Dam (China) |
Height – 305 Meters |
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| The Largest Island |
Greenland |
Area - 2,130,800 sq. km |
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| The Largest Temple |
Angkor Wat(Angkor, Cambodia) |
Area - 1,626,000 sq. meters |
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| The Highest Railway Station |
Tanggula Railway Station (Amdo County, Tibet) |
Altitude - 5,068 Meters |
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| The Busiest (passenger) Railway Station |
Shinjuku R. Station(Tokyo, Japan) |
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| The Largest Railway Station (by platforms) |
Grand Central Terminal (New York City, USA) |
No. of Platforms - 44 |
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| The Tallest Railway Station (Building) |
Nagoya Station (Japan) |
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| The Largest Stadium |
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium (Pyongyang, North Korea) |
Capacity – 150,000 (people) (Earlier it was Czech Republic’s Great Strahov Stadium, but no more in use) |
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| The Longest Epic |
Mahabharata |
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| The Longest Mountain Range |
Andres (S. America) |
Length - 7,000 km |
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| The Longest (Road) Highway |
Pan-American Highway (Covering North, Central, & South America) |
Length - 30,000 Km |
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| The Heaviest Terrestrial (on land) Animal |
African Bush Elephant |
Max. Mass - 12.3 Tons |
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| The Heaviest Living Reptile (also the largest living reptile) |
Saltwater Crocodile |
Max. Mass – 200 kg |
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| The Heaviest Living Bird |
Common Ostrich |
Max Mass - 156.8 kg |
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| The Tallest Animal |
Giraffe |
Height - 5.5 Meters (Male) |
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| The fastest flying bird |
Peregrine Falcon |
Max. Air speed - 400 km/h |
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| The Tallest Building |
Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE) |
Height – 829.8 Meters |
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| The Highest Settlement |
La Rinconada (Peru) |
Altitude – 5,100 Meters |
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| The Northernmost City (with more than 100,000 inhabitants) |
Norilsk (Russia) |
Coordinates - 69°20′N 88°13′E |
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| The southernmost City |
Ushuaia (Argentina) |
Coordinates -54°48′S 68°18′W |
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| The Highest Mt. Peak |
Mount Everest (Himalayan Range)(Nepal) |
Height – 8848 Meters |
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| The Highest (navigable) Lake |
Lake Titicaca (on the border of Bolivia and Peru) |
Altitude - 3,812 Meters |
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| The Lowest Lake |
Dead Sea (on the border of West Bank, Israel and Jordan |
427 Meters Below Sea Level |
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| Deepest Lake |
Baikal (Russia) |
Depth – 1,642 Meters |
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| The Largest Fresh Water Lake (by surface area) |
Lake Superior (on the border of the USA & Canada) |
Surface Area - 82,100 km |
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| The Largest Gulf |
Mexico Gulf (Atlantic Ocean) |
Surface Area - 1,550,000 sq. km |
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| The Deepest River Gorge |
Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi (Nepal) |
Depth - 5,571 Meter |
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| The Longest River |
Nile (North Africa) |
Length - 6,853 km |
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| The Longest River (by volume water) |
Amazon River (South America) |
Length - 6,400 km |
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| The Highest Waterfall |
Angel Falls (Venezuela) |
Height - 979 m |
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