According to Web site VirtualTourist.com , The World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments are:
1. Boston City Hall; Boston, Massachusetts
2. Montparnasse Tower; Paris, France
3. LuckyShoe Monument; Tuuri, Finland
4. Metropolitan Cathedral; Liverpool, England
5. Port Authority Bus Terminal; New York City, New York
6. Torres de Colon; Madrid, Spain
7. Liechtenstein Museum of Fine Arts; Vaduz, Liechtenstein
8. Scottish Parliament Building; Edinburgh, Scotland
9. Birmingham Central Library; Birmingham, England
10. Peter the Great Statue; Moscow, Russia
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| Rank |
River |
Location |
Approximate
Length—miles |
| 1. |
Nile |
Africa |
4,180 |
| 2. |
Amazon |
South America |
3,912 |
| 3. |
Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock |
United States |
3,710 |
| 4. |
Chang Jiang (Yangtze) |
China |
3,602 |
|
| 5. |
Ob |
Russia |
3,459 |
| 6. |
Huang Ho (Yellow) |
China |
2,900 |
| 7. |
Yenisei |
Russia |
2,800 |
| 8. |
Parana |
South America |
2,795 |
| 9. |
Irtish |
Russia |
2,758 |
| 10. |
Zaire (Congo) |
Congo |
2,716 |
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| Rank |
Name, Location |
Area (sq. miles) |
Length (miles) |
Max. Depth (feet) |
| 1 |
Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (salt water) |
152,239 |
745 |
304 |
| 2 |
Superior, U.S.-Canada |
31,820 |
383 |
1,333 |
| 3 |
Victoria, Tanzania-Uganda |
26,828 |
200 |
270 |
| 4 |
Huron, U.S.-Canada |
23,010 |
247 |
750 |
| 5 |
Michigan, U.S. |
22,400 |
321 |
923 |
| 6 |
Aral, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan |
13,000 |
266 |
223 |
| 7 |
Tanganyika, Tanzania-Congo |
12,700 |
420 |
4,708 |
| 8 |
Baikal, Russia |
12,162 |
395 |
5,712 |
| 9 |
Great Bear, Canada |
12,000 |
232 |
270 |
| 10 |
Nyasa, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania |
11,600 |
360 |
2,316 |
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| Rank |
Island |
Location |
Area—sq mi |
| 1 |
Greenland |
North Atlantic |
839,999 |
| 2 |
New Guinea |
Southwest Pacific |
309,000 |
| 3 |
Borneo |
West mid-Pacific |
287,300 |
| 4 |
Madagascar |
Indian Ocean |
227,000 |
| 5 |
Baffin |
North Atlantic |
195,926 |
| 6 |
Sumatra |
Northeast Indian Ocean |
182,859 |
| 7 |
Honshu |
Sea of Japan-Pacific |
89,176 |
| 8 |
Great Britain |
off coast of NW Europe |
88,795 |
| 9 |
Victoria |
Arctic Ocean |
83,896 |
| 10 |
Ellesmere |
Arctic Ocean |
75,767 |
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