Shortest Mountain: Ffynnon Garw {Garth Hill}

Garth Hill (usually called The Garth, or Garth Mountain, Mynydd y Garth in Welsh) is a hill located near the village of Pentyrch in Cardiff. It is thought to be the inspiration for "Ffynnon Garw", the fictional mountain (or hill) featured in the book, and later, film, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain by Christopher Monger.
The Garth can be seen near enough all over the Welsh capital city of Cardiff, and on a sunny, clear day as far as Weston-super-Mare across the Bristol Channel in the South West of England. It lies adjacent to the Taff Vale with the village of Pentyrch on one side and looks down onto the small village of Gwaelod-y-Garth. The Garth has a number oftumuli on its top [1]. These date from the early to middle Bronze Age, around 2000 BC. They are burial sites.
A book was written about "Ffynnon Garw" which was made into a film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995). The location of Ffynnon Garw rather implies it is The Garth; however, the story is fictional. The popular movie has resulted in a stream of visitors climbing to the summit of Garth Mountain to view the location.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Hill

Highest Mountains In The World: Mount Everest

Mount Everest, also known as Mount Chomolungma or Sagarmatha, is the world'shighest mountain above the mean sea level at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas on the Nepal (Sagarmatha Zone)-China (Tibet) border.

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon recommendation of Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India at the time, who named it after his predecessor in the post, and former chief, Sir George Everest.^[4] Chomolungma had been in common use by Tibetans for centuries, but Waugh was unable to propose an established local name because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners.

The highest mountain in the world attracts many well-experienced mountaineers as well as novice climbers who are willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route (other eight-thousanders such as K2 orNanga Parbat are much more difficult), still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest

Shortest Mountain Range:Sutter Buttes

The Sutter Buttes are a small circular complex of eroded volcanic lava domes which rise as buttes above the flat plains of the Central Valley of California in the United States. The highest peak, South Butte, reaches about 2,130 feet (650 m) above sea level. The Buttes are located just outside of Yuba City, California in the Sacramento Valley, the northern part of the Central Valley. They are named for John Sutter, who received a large land grant from the Mexican government. The Sutter Buttes also hold the title of being the world's smallest mountain range.

The mountains are about 10 miles (16 km) from north to south and east to west, and are the smallest mountain range in the world.

The Sutter Buttes were formed over 1.5 million years ago by a now-extinct volcano. Some geological references suggested that it represents the southernmost of the Cascade Volcanoes,^[2] but there are significant differences in age and form compared to the other volcanoes in that range. The questions about their origin and connection to other regional volcanic activity are the subject of ongoing research.

The Sutter Buttes contain many flora and fauna species. Wildflowers are represented by numerous taxa; included in these many wildflowers is the Yellow Mariposa Lily,Calochortus luteus.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter_Buttes

Longest Mountain Ranges:Andes Range

The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 km (120 mi) to 700 km (430 mi) wide (widest between 18 degrees South and 20 degrees South latitude), and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft).

Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated by intermediatedepressions. The Andes is the location of several high plateaux – some of which host majorcities such as Quito, Bogotá, Arequipa, Medellín, Sucre, and La Paz.

The so-called Altiplano plateau is the world's second-highest plateau following the Tibetan plateau. The Andes extends to seven countries, in alphabetical order: Argentina, Bolivia,Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, some of which are known as the Andean States.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes

Smallest Desert In The World:Carcross Desert

Carcross Desert, located outside Carcross, Yukon, Canada (60°11′14″N 134°41′41″WCoordinates: 60°11′14″N 134°41′41″W), is often considered the smallest desert in the world. Although, this is untrue with the Desert of Maine having an area of 40 acres (160,000 m²). The Carcoss Desert measures approximately 1 square mile (2.6 km²).

Carcross Desert is commonly referred to as a desert, but is actually a series of northern sand dunes; the areas' climate is too humid to be considered a true desert. The sand was formed during the last ice age, when large glacial lakes formed and deposited silt. When the lakes dried, the dunes were left behind. Today, sand comes mainly from nearbyBennett Lake, carried by wind. The dunes contain a wide variety of plants, including unusual varieties such as Baikal sedge and Yukonlupine, among others.

The Yukon Territorial government made efforts to protect Carcross Desert in 1992, but failed due to opposition from locals who use the dunes for recreational purposes.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert

Largest Desert In The World:Sahara

The Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الكبرى‎ Aṣ Ṣaḥrā´ al Kubrā, English: The Great Desert) is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,630,000 sq mi), it covers most ofNorthern Africa, making it almost as large as Europe or the United States. The only larger desert in the world is Antarctica, classified as such because of very low precipitation rates. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. To the south, it is delimited by the Sahel, a belt of semi-arid tropical savanna that comprises the northern region of central and western Sub-Saharan Africa.
Some of the sand dunes can reach 180 metres (590 ft) in height.^[1] The name comes from the Arabic word for desert.
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Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara

Biggest Mall In The World:DUBAI MALL

The Dubai Mall is the world's largest shopping mall based on total area and sixth largest bygross leasable area. Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is part of the 20-billion-dollarBurj Khalifa complex, and includes 1,200 shops.^[1][2] Access to the mall is provided via Doha Street, rebuilt as a double-decker road in April 2009.^[3]

Twice delayed, Dubai Mall opened on November 4, 2008, with about 600 retailers, marking the world's largest-ever mall opening in retail history. However it is not the largest in gross leasable space, and is surpassed in that category by several malls including the South China Mall, which is the world's largest, Golden Resources Mall, SM City North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia.

The Dubai Mall has recorded a visitor turn-out of more than 60,000 tickets sold for the Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre in the first five days, following its opening.^[4] The Dubai Mall hosted over 37 million visitors in its first year of operation,^[5][6] and attracts more than 750,000 visitors every week.