General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Geography: Hall of Fame)

General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Geography: Hall of Fame)

  • Largest Continent
Asia, 17,212,000 square miles
  • Smallest Continent
Australia, 3,132,000 square miles
  • Highest Mountain
Mount everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035 feet above sea level
  • Lowest Point on Land
The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below sea level
  • Deepest Underwater Trench
Mariana Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below the ocean surface
  • Largest Sea
The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles
  • Highest Lake
The highest navigable lake is Lake Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level
  • Lowest Lake
The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan surface, of water 1,349 feet below sea level
  • Largest Lake
Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles
  • Largest Freshwater Lake
Lake Superior, U.S.-Canada, 31,820 square miles
  • Deepest Ocean
Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet
  • Largest Ocean
Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles
  • Smallest Ocean
Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles
  • Largest Gulf
Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles
  • Largest Bay
The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles
  • Largest Island
Greenland, 839,999 square miles
  • Largest Peninsula
Arabia, 1,250,000 square miles
  • Largest Archipelago
Indonesia, 3,500 mile stretch of 17,000 islands
  • Largest Gorge
Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, U.S., 217 miles long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep
  • Deepest Gorge
Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep
  • Longest Mountain Range
The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles
  • Longest River
The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles
  • Shortest River
The Roe, Montana, U.S., 200 feet long
  • Largest River
The Amazon, basin of 2,500,000 square miles South America
  • Longest Estuary
OB River, Russia, 550 miles long, upto 50 miles wide
  • Largest Lagoon
Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles
  • Largest Waterfall
Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high

Georaphical Sobriquets 

Sobriquets Primary Names
  • America’s Motor City
Detroit
  • Blue Mountains
Nilgiri Hills (India)
  • Britain of the South
New Zealand
  • Bengal’s Sorrow
Damodar River (India)
  • China’s Sorrow
River Hwang Ho
  • City of Dreaming Spires
Oxford (England)
  • City of Eternal Springs
Quito (South America)
  • City of Flowers
Cape Town (South Africa)
  • City of Golden Gate
San Francisco (USA)
  • City of Golden Temple
Amritsar (India)
  • City of Magnificent Buildings
Washington (USA)
  • City of Palaces
Kolkata (India)
  • City of Quiet Thoroughfares
Venice
  • City of Seven Hills
Rome (Italy)
  • City of Skyscrapers
New York (USA)
  • Cockpit of Europe
Belgium
  • Dark Continent
Africa
  • Emerald Isle
Ireland
  • Empire City
New York
  • Eternal City of Hopes
Rome, Italy
  • Forbidden City
Lhasa (Tibet)
  • Garden City
Chicago
  • Garden in the desert
Ethiopia
  • Garden of England
Kent (England)
  • Gate of tears
Strait of bab-el-Mandeb
  • Gateway of India
Mumbai
  • Golden City
Johannesburg
  • Gibraltar of Indian
Ocean Aden
  • Gift of Nile
Egypt
  • Granite City
Aberdeen
  • Hanging Valleys
Valley of Switzerland
  • Hermit Kingdom
Korea
  • Herring Pond
Atlantic Ocean
  • Holy Land
Palestine
  • Human Equator of the Earth
Himalayas
  • Island Continent
Australia
  • Island of Cloves
Zamzibar
  • Island of Pearls
bahrain (Persian Gulf)
  • Islands of Sunshine
West Indies
  • Kashmir of Europe
Switzerland
  • Key to Mediterranean
Gibraltar
  • Land of Five Seas
South West Asia
  • Land of Five Rivers
Punjab, India
  • Land of Lakes
Scotland
  • Land of Golden Pagoda
Myanmar
  • Land of Kangaroo
Australia
  • Land of Golden Fleece
Australia
  • Land of Lilies
Canada
  • Land of Maple
Canada
  • Land of Midnight Sun
Norway
  • Land of Morning Calm
Korea
  • Land of Rising Sun
Japan
  • Land of Setting Sun
United Kingdom
  • Land of Thousand Elephants
Laos
  • Land of Thousand Lakes
Finland
  • land of Thunderbolt
Bhutan
  • Land of White Elephant
Thailand
  • Loneliest Island
Tristan De Gumha (Mid. Atlantic)
  • Manchester of Japan
Osaka (Japan)
  • Pillars of Hercules
Straits of Gibraltar
  • Pink City
Jaipur, India
  • Play Ground of Europe
Switzerland
  • Quaker City
Philadelphia
  • Queen of the Adriatic
Venice
  • Roof of the World
The pamirs (Tibet)
  • River in the Sea
Gulf Stream
  • Sickman of Europe
Turkey
  • Sugar Bowl of the world
Cuba
  • Venice of the East
Bangkok
  • Venice of the North
Stockholm
  • White City
Belgrade
  • Windy City
Chicago
  • Workshop of Europe
Belgium
  • Sobriquets
Primary Names
  • World’s Loneliest Island
Tristan Da Cunha
  • Yellow River
River Hwang Ho (China)
  • Geographical Discoveries America
Christopher Columbus
  • Sea-route to India
Vasco-da-Gama
  • North Pole
Robert Peary
  • South Pole
Amundsen
  • Suez Canal
Designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps

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