The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is a massive canyon of red rock that lies in northern Arizona. The Grand Canyon is over 277 miles long and over 1 mile deep. It is 18 miles wide and getting wider. Colorado River runs at the bottom of the Grand […]
The world’s largest waterfall, Victoria Falls, is located on the borders of Zimbabwe and Zambia in Africa. It is 5,600 feet wide and 360 feet high. Victoria Falls was named by a Scottish missionary and explorer, Dr David Livingstone for Queen Victoria, the Queen of England. The falls are also called Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means ‘smoke
The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert. It is located in the north of Africa. It covers an area of about 3,600,000 square miles. Some of the largest sand-dunes in the Sahara move every year. They are constantly blown by the strong winds. This desert is made up of sand dunes, sand seas, gravel
The Prime Meridian is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into two equal parts: the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere. It is the line of longitude that goes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in London. It is also known as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian. In 1884, the Greenwich Meridian became the
Everest is the tallest mountain-peak in the world. It is located on the border of Nepal and Tibet. It was formed 60 million years ago when India moved northward into Asia. This movement crushed the seabed between Asia and India and it rose up to form the mountain. It grows about 2 inches every year.
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The Niagara Falls is the second largest falls in the world. It is located on the border of Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara Falls is made up of 3 waterfalls, the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The 3 waterfalls combine to produce the highest flow rate of
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the largest airport in the world. It is an international airport located 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Atlanta’s central business district, in the US state of Georgia. It is also called Atlanta Airport. It has been the world’s busiest airport by number of passengers and number of landings and
The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in the Ivory Coast is the largest church in the world. The complex is over 30,000 square metres and the dome rises over 500 feet into the air. It can accommodate 18,000 worshippers. The Basilica was constructed between 1985 and 1989. It is modelled after St
Built in 1800 in Washington, DC, the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. It is largest in both shelf space and number of books. It has more than 158 million items on about 838 miles of bookshelves. This includes over 34 million books, over 3 million recordings, over 13 million photographs,
Trans-Siberian railway in Siberia is the longest railway track in the world. It has a length of 9,289 kilometres. It is also one of the busiest railway tracks in the world. The construction of the track started in 1891. The first train was launched in 1894. Along with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, nearby
Canada has been found to have the highest number of lakes in the world. Around 60% of the world’s lakes are in Canada. It has been reported that there are 31,752 major lakes here. Each lake covers an area of over 3 square kilometres. Apart from that, there are 561 lakes that cover an area
Beipanjiang Bridge in China is the highest bridge in the world. It was opened for public on 29 December 2016. It is 564 metres above the sea-level. The length of this massive bridge is 1341.4 metres. The bridge was constructed in three years at a cost of $144 million. Scenic views from the bridge are
A river basin is a large land area that is drained by a number of streams and rivers that come together and feed into a larger river. This river eventually flows into the ocean. The Atchafalaya Basin in St Martin Parish is the largest freshwater river basin in the world. Located in south central Louisiana,
The Grand Canal is the longest man-made waterway that runs north and south in eastern China. It took 6 years to build the canal. The canal was finally completed in 609 AD. The canal stretches over 1,100 miles from the city of Beijing to the city of Hangzhou. Sometimes, it is also called the Beijing-Hangzhou
The Pan-American Highway is a network of highways that links all nations in North and South America except for a stretch of 100 kilometres called the Darien Gap. It is the world’s longest ‘motorable road,’ according to Guinness Book of World Records. It is a network of roads measuring about 30,000 kilometres (19,000 miles) in