Miscellaneous Forum

1) Top 5 largest countries (size)
2) Top 5 largest countries (population)
3) Top 5 largest cities
4) Top 5 largest islands
5) Top 5 largest lakes

6) Top 5 longest natural rivers
7) Top 5 highest mountain peaks
8) Top 5 deepest ocean trenches
9) Top 5 busiest airports
10)Top 5 most beautiful panaromic views

Just off the top of my head:

1) Russia, Canada, China, Australia, Brazil
2) China, India, USA, ummm...
3) LA, Seoul, Auckland (if you are referring to spread out), NY, Beijing
4) Greenland, Borneo, Madagascar, Australia, Iceland
5) Lake Taupo, hmm...
6) Amazon, Nile, Waikato, Murray, Gandhi?
7) Everest, K2, dunno the next
8) Mariana's Trench...
9) Heathrow, LA, Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai?
10) Top of Mt John looking over Mt Cook in New Zealand, Top of Dam Mtn in Grouse Mtn range in Canada, Berchtesgarden Germany, View over Bavarian alps from Untesbrug in Salzburg Austria,

1) Russia, Canada, China, Australia, Brazil
2) China, India, USA, Mexico, ????
3) If population wise: Mumbai (Bombay), Mexico city, Chennai, New York, Beijing?
4) Greenland, Australia, Madagascar, Iceland, Borneo (like Shelley but with a diff order, hope you don't mind :))
5) Lake Titicaca
6) Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, ????, ????
7) Everest, Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, ????, ????
9) No idea :(
9) Atlanta, Heathrow, JFK, Singapore, Sydney
10) Shouldn't this be subjective? If not, no idea.

Answers to Q1 only.

Have listed the top 20 largest countries by size.
Some surprises for me too.
- Australia is bigger than India
- Never knew that Sudan or Peru is that big and that Indonesia is not that big (more sea than land, I guess).

1) Russia: 17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2)
2) Canada: 9,984,670 km2 (3,854,082 mi2)
3) United States: 9,631,418 km2 (3,717,727 mi2)
4) China: 9,596,960 km2 (3,704,426 mi2)
5) Brazil: 8,511,965 km2 (3,285,618 mi2)

6) Australia: 7,686,850 km2 (2,967,124 mi2)
7) India: 3,287,590 km2 (1,269,009 mi2)
8) Argentina: 2,766,890 km2 (1,068,019 mi2)
9) Kazakhstan: 2,717,300 km2 (1,048,877 mi2)
10)Sudan: 2,505,810 km2 (967,243 mi2)

11) Algeria: 2,381,740 km2 (919,352 mi2)
12) Congo, Democratic Republic : 2,345,410 km2 (905,328 mi2)
13) Mexico: 1,972,550 km2 (761,404 mi2)
14) Saudi Arabia: 1,960,582 km2 (756,785 mi2)
15) Indonesia: 1,919,440 km2 (740,904 mi2)

16) Libya: 1,759,540 km2 (679,182 mi2)
17) Iran: 1,648,000 km2 (636,128 mi2)
18) Mongolia: 1,564,116 km2 (603,749 mi2)
19) Peru: 1,285,220 km2 (496,095 mi2)
20) Chad: 1,284,000 km2 (495,624 mi2)

Wow!

Answers to remaining questoins:

Q2 Largest populations by country
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1) China - 1,325,133,000 (20% of world's population)
2) India - 1,135,821,700 {17%)
3) USA - 304,686,000 (4.6%)
4) Indonesia - 231,627,000 {3.5%)
5) Brazil - 187,324,000 {2.8%)

6) Pakistan - 163,894,000 (2.5%)
7) Bangladesh - 158,665,000 (2.4%)
8) Nigeria - 148,093,000 (2.2%)
9) Russia - 141,888,900 (2.1%)
10) Japan - 127,690,000 (1.9%)

Q3 - Largest Cities
1) Mumbai, India
2) Karachi, Pakistan
3) Istanbul, Turkey
4) Delhi, India
5) São Paulo, Brazil

6) Moscow, Russia
7) Seoul, South Korea
8) Shanghai, China
9) Mexico City, Mexico
10) Jakarta, Indonesia
11) Tokyo, Japan
12) New York City, USA

Q4. Largest Islands
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1) Greenland, Denmark
2) New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
3) Borneo, Indonesia/Brunei/Malaysia
4) Madagascar, Madagascar
5) Baffin Island, Canada

6) Sumatra, Indonesia
7) Honshū, Japan
8) Great Britain, UK
9) Victoria Island, Canada
10) Ellesmere Island, Canada

11) Sulawesi, Indonesia
12) South Island, New Zealand
13) Java, Indonesia
14) North Island, New Zealand
15) Luzon, Philippines

Q5. Largest Lakes
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1} Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan
2) Lake Superior, USA/Canada
3) Lake Victoria, Africa
4) Aral Sea, Russia
5) Lake Huron, USA/Canada

6) Lake Michigan, USA
7) Lake Tanganyika, Africa
8) Lake Baikal, Russia
9) Great Bear Lake, Canada
10) Lake Nyasa, Malawi

Q6 Longest Rivers
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1} Nile, Africa
2) Amazon, South America
3) Yangtze, China
4) Mississippi/Missouri, USA
5) Yenisei/Angara/Selenga, Russia
6) Yellow, China
7) Ob/Irtysh, Russia
8) Congo/Chambeshi, Africa
9) Amur/Argun, Russia
10) Lena, Russia

Q7) Highest Mountain Peaks
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1) Everest1 Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 29,035 8,850
2) K2 (Godwin Austen) Karakoram Pakistan/China 28,250 8,611
3) Kanchenjunga Himalayas India/Nepal 28,169 8,586
4) Lhotse I Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,940 8,516
5) Makalu I Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,766 8,463
6) Cho Oyu Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 26,906 8,201
7) Dhaulagiri Himalayas Nepal 26,795 8,167
8) Manaslu I Himalayas Nepal 26,781 8,163
9) Nanga Parbat Himalayas Pakistan 26,660 8,125
10) Annapurna Himalayas Nepal 26,545 8,091

Q8. Deepest ocean trenches
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1) Mariana Trench Pacific Ocean
2) Tonga Trench Pacific Ocean
3) Philippine Trench Pacific Ocean
4) Kuril-Kamchatka Trench Pacific Ocean
5) Kermadec Trench Pacific Ocean
6) Japan Trench Pacific Ocean
7) Milwaukee Deep Atlantic Ocean
8) Yap Trench Pacific Ocean
9) South Sandwich Trench Atlantic Ocean
10) Puerto Rico Trench Atlantic Ocean

Q9. Busiest ports
1) Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, USA
2) Memphis International Airport, Memphis, USA
3) London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom
4) Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, USA
5) Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles, USA
6) LLondon Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex, UK
7) Frankfurt International Airport, Germany

Q10. Top Panaromic Views
Yes, these are subjective.

Denmark believe it or not, is one of the largest countries in size, thanks to it's very large frozen island territory.

wrong answer SL. Denmark is larger in area than India.

I googled the answers and so above are not absolutely correct :)

Per Wikipedia,
Country/Region Population Area (km²) Density (Pop per km²)
Denmark 5,430,590 43,094 126
Faroe Islands 47,017 1,399 34
Greenland 56,916 2,175,600 0.026

So that will put Denmark/Faroe/Greenland still behind India but ahead of Mexico in size. Was surprised that Australia was twice as large as India.