(Worldkings.org) Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial reservoir based on surface area. It lies along the Greenwich meridian, and just six degrees of latitude north of the Equator.
(Worldkings.org) Voortrekker Monument is home to the world's biggest marble frieze. The Voortrekker Monument is 40 metres high, with a base of 40 metres by 40 metres. The building shares architectural resemblance with European monuments such the Dôme des Invalides in France and the Völkerschlachtdenkmal in Germany but also contains African influences.
(Worldkings.org) Great Man-Made River is the world's largest underground network of pipes and aqueducts. It consists of more than 1,300 wells, most more than 500 m deep, and supplies 6,500,000 m3 of fresh water per day to the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi, Sirte and elsewhere.
(Worldkings.org) Matobo National Park contains the world's highest concentration of leopards and black eagles. Nearly one third of the world's 47 eagle species nest in the hills.
(Worldkings.org) Boyoma Falls is the world's largest waterfall by flow rate. It falls at approximately 600,000 cubic feet of water per second over 7 separate cataracts.
(Worldkings.org) Steve Biko Academic Hospital has successfully completed the world's first ever middle ear transplant using 3D-printed middle ear bones.
- FULL NAME : PHAN HUYNH ANH
- DATE OF BIRTH : 14 April 1984
- NATIVE COUNTRY : Tien Giang province, Vietnam
- POSITION : Record Holder
- TYPE OF DEGREE : Honorary Doctorate...
Ekkarat Village and Long Drums
Ekkarat Village is located in Ang Thong province, Thailand, known for its craftsmanship of long drums. Long drums, also known...
- FULL NAME : LE TRUNG TUAN
- DATE OF BIRTH : 5 August 1876
- NATIVE COUNTRY : Ha Noi capital, Vietnam
- POSITION : Record Holder
- TYPE OF DEGREE : Honorary Doctorate...