Nature records
31 world records, each with its own page. Guess them before reading the answer.
- Depth Deepest known cave 2,224 m · Krubera-Voronja Cave
- World record Deepest tree roots known 120 m · Wild fig tree at Echo Caves, Ohrigstad
- World record Fastest wind ever measured by radar 540 km/h · 2013 El Reno tornado
- World record Heaviest hailstone 1.02 kg · Gopalganj District (Bangladesh)
- World record Heaviest watermelon 159 kg · Carolina Cross
- Temperature (°C) Highest temperature recorded in France 46.0 °C · Vérargues
- Temperature (°C) Highest temperature recorded on Earth 54.4 °C · Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, United States
- Height Highest waterfall in the world 979 m · Angel Falls
- World record Largest fungus by area 8.9 km² · Armillaria ostoyae
- Mass Largest gold nugget ever found 78.4 kg · Welcome Stranger
- World record Largest hailstone diameter officially measured 20 cm · Vivian, South Dakota
- World record Largest known bacterium 1 cm · Thiomargarita magnifica
- World record Largest known heliozoan 6.35 mm · Berkeleyaesol magnus
- World record Largest known Umbilicaria mammulata specimen 63 cm · Umbilicaria mammulata
- World record Largest known xenophyophore 20 cm · Syringammina fragilissima
- Mass Largest meteorite ever found 60,000 kg · Hoba
- Mass (carats) Largest pearl 170,000 carats · Pearl of Puerto
- World record Largest seagrass clone (Posidonia australis, Shark Bay) by area 200 km² · Posidonia australis
- Trunk volume Largest tree by trunk volume 1,487 m³ · General Sherman Tree
- Length Longest cave system 685.6 km · Mammoth Cave
- World record Longest confirmed fulgurite 5 m
- World record Longest horizontal distance of a lightning bolt 829 km
- Degrees below zero (°C) Lowest temperature recorded in France −41.2 °C · Mouthe
- Degrees below zero (°C) Lowest temperature recorded on Earth −89.2 °C · Vostok Station, Antarctica
- World record Most days of hail in one year 132 days · Kericho
- Age (years) Oldest known living tree 4,858 years · Methuselah
- World record Smallest complete flower (length) 0.6 mm · Parish's wild buckwheat (Eriogonum parishii)
- World record Smallest fruit (Wolffia angusta, length) 0.30 mm · Wolffia angusta
- World record Smallest known gymnosperm 25 cm · Zamia pygmaea
- Height Tallest living tree 116.22 m · Hyperion
- Trunk diameter Tree with the widest trunk 11.62 m · Árbol del Tule