Static Gk; Geography

 Geography

Cities on River Banks 

• Khartoum is the capital of Sudan and is situated on the bank of River Nile
•  New York is situated on the bank of River Hudson
• Budapest , capital of Hungary, is situated near the bank of River Danube
• Baghdad is situated on the bank of River Tigris
• Amsterdam is situated on the bank of River Amsel
• Venice is situated on the bank of River Arno
• Paris is situated on the bank of River Siene
• Montreal is situated on the bank of River Ottawa
• Belgrade , capital of Serbia, is situated on the bank of Danube
• Rome is situated on the bank of Tiber
• Berlin is situated on the bank of Spree
• Bonn (Germany) is situated on the bank of Rhine
• Brussels (Belgium) is situated on the bank of Senno
• Bangkok (Thailand) is situated on the bank of Menam
• Dublin is situated on the bank of River Liffrey
• Shanghai (China) is situated on the bank of Yang-tse-Kiang
• Karachi is situated on the bank of Indus
• Lahore is situated on the bank of River Ravi
• Liverpool is situated on the bank of River Mersey
• Tokyo is situated on the bank of River Sumida
•  Warsaw (Poland) is situated on the bank of Vistula
• Washington is situated on the bank of Potomac

 The Superlatives

• Largest Gulf in the world - Gulf of Mexico
• World's largest delta - Ganga - Brahmaputra delta
• Highest lake in the world and Largest lake in South America - Lake Titicaca
• Largest Lake in Africa - Lake Victoria
• Largest Lake in the world - Caspian Sea
• Largest freshwater lake - Lake Superior
• Deepest Lake in the world - Lake Baikal
• Largest drainage basin - Amazon
• Longest mountain ranges in the world - Andes
• Greatest Archipalego in the globe - Indonesia
• Amazon river is the only river that crosses equator twice 
• Longest Highway in the world -Trans - Canada (8000 km)
• Coldest place in the world - Vostok Station, Antarctica(-89.2 degree celsius)
• World's oldest known city - Damascus
• Largest bell in the world - Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
• Biggest stadium in the world - Strahov Stadium , Prague
• Largest Library in the world - United States Library of Congress, Washington DC

General Facts

• Length of English channel - 564 km
• Length of Suez Canal - 162.5 km
• 1st PM of Bangladesh - Mujibur Rahman
• 1st PM of Egypt - Mohammed Nequib
• Assasinator of John F Kennedy - Lee Harry Oswald
• River Jordan flows out into the dead sea
•  Mount Everest is named after Sir George Everest
• Australia was discovered by James Cook
• Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
• Earlier name of New York - New Amsterdam
• Eiffel Tower was built by Alexander Eiffel
• Sculptor of Statue of Liberty was Fredrick Auguste Bartalodi
• Red Cross was founded by Jean Henry Durant
• Scouts movement was founded by Robert Baden Powell
• Girl Guide movement was founded by Agnes Baden Powell
• Niagara falls were discovered by Louis Hennepin
• National flower of China - Narcissus