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