Subject: GEOGRAPHY

1. GEOGRAPHY
H A L L
O F
F A M E S
by: BREN DALE M. MIRANDA, BEEd 3-14

2. WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest Bay
THE BAY OF BENGAL
1 300 000 square miles

3. WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Largest Island
GREENLAND
839 999 square miles

4. ► Largest Peninsula
SAUDI ARABIA
1 250 000 square miles
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

5. ► Largest Archipelago
INDONESIA
3 500 miles stretch of 17 000 islands
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

6. ► Largest Gorge
GRAND CANYON, Colorado River
(Arizona, US)
217 miles long
4 – 18 miles wide
1 mile deep
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

7. ► Deepest Gorge
HELLS CANYON, Snake River
(Idaho, US)
7 900 feet deep
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

8. ► Longest Mountain Range
THE ANDES (South America)
5 000 miles
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

9. ► Longest River
THE NILE (Africa)
4 180 miles
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

10. ► Shortest River
THE ROE (Montana, US)
200 feet long
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

11. ► Largest River
THE AMAZON (South America)
basin of 2 500 000 square miles
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

12. ► Longest Estuary
OB RIVER (Russia)
550 miles long, up to 50 miles wide
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

13. ► Largest Lagoon
LAGOA DOS PATOS (Brazil)
150 miles long
4 500 square miles
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

14. ► Largest Waterfalls
ANGEL FALLS (Venezuela)
3 212 feet high
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE

15. ► Most Forested Country
SURINAME
94.7% of total land area forested (FAO/ UN)
WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Most De-Forested Country
COMOROS
63.3% of forestation disappeared between
1990 and 2007 (FAO/ UN)

16. WORLD
GEOGRAPHY & NATURE
► Most Re-Forested Country
BAHRAIN
Increased forestation by 150% between
1990 and 2007 (FAO/ UN)
► Tallest Building
BURJ KHALIFA (Dubai, UAE)
818 metres/ 2 684 feet
160 floors (Emporis)

17. WORLD ENERGY
► Most Nuclear Power Reactors
UNITED STATES
104 Operational Nuclear Power Reactors (IAEA)
WORLD CIVIL RIGHTS
► Least Peaceful Country
IRAQ (Global Peace Index)

18. WORLD CIVIL RIGHTS
► Most Peaceful Country
NEW ZEALAND (Global Peace Index)
► Most Corrupt Country
SOMALIA (Corruption Perceptions Index)
► Least Corrupt Country
NEW ZEALAND (Corruption Perceptions
Index)

19. WORLD MILITARY
► Largest National Military
UNITED STATES
$ 661 000 000 000 (SIPRI)
► Highest Military Spend
OMAN
11.40% of GDP (CIA World Fact book)
► Lowest Military Spend
ICELAND
0.00% of GDP (CIA World Fact book)

20. WORLD MILITARY
► Largest Arms-Supplying Country
UNITED STATES
30% of overall global arms trade (SIPRI)
► Largest Arms-Producing Corporation
BAE SYSTEMS (United Kingdom)
$ 32.42B arms sales, $ 3.25B profit –
yearly figures for 2009 (SIPRI)

21. WORLD MILITARY
► Most Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles
RUSSIA
12 000 total warheads/ 4 650 operational
warheads(Federation of American Scientists)
► Most Depleted Uranium
UNITED STATES
480 000 tonnes (WISE Uranium Project)
► Highest Yearly GDP
UNITED STATES
$ 14 441 425 000 000 (IMF)
$ 14 204 322 000 000 (World Bank)

22. WORLD MEDIA &
COMMUNICATIONS
► Most Overall Internet Users
CHINA
280 000 000 (UN)
► Least Free National Press
ERITREA (Press Freedom Index)
► Most Free National Press
DENMARK, FINLAND, IRELAND,
NORWAY, SWEDEN (Press Freedom Index)

23. WORLD MEDIA &
COMMUNICATIONS
► Most Newspaper Journalists
ICELAND
2 052.5 Newspaper Journalists per 1 million
inhabitants (UN)

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