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The World’s 10 top ugly buildings and monuments

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

Written by Dyncpoope on November 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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Longest Rivers of the World

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

Written by admin on February 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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The Ten Largest Lakes of the World

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

Written by admin on February 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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Top ten Largest Islands of the World

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

Written by admin on February 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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