The World's Seven Natural Treasures
In 1997 AD, it was unanimously agreed to designate the following locations as natural wonders:
Great groove -
The Grand Canyon, also known as the Great Canyon, is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Arizona, United States. It is one of the most stunning natural wonders in the world, having a massive natural area. The Great Canyon is a suitable site for many lovers of environment and solitude, and is considered a holy home for many American Indian peoples, in addition to attracting many tourists to experience the beauty of its amazing scenery, due to its height and different climate.
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| the Great Canyon |
The Paricutin volcano
The Paricutin volcano, located in the western central portion of Mexico in the western state of Michoacan, to the north of the top of Tancitaro, is one of the world's newest volcanoes. In February of 1943 AD, a fire, ash, and lava erupted in an open area, causing extensive damage, including the burial of two communities and hundreds of homes.
The volcano's conical top grew 450 meters a year after the eruption, forming a towering cone with a total height of 2280 meters above sea level, and the volcano became inactive in 1952 AD after reaching a height of 2808 meters. Baricutin is one of the region's most popular tourist destinations.
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| The Paricutin volcano |
The aurora borealis
The aurora borealis, also known as the aurora phenomenon, is a display of beautiful colors in the sky that captivates observers at the globe's northern and southern poles. Spectra of other colors such as red, yellow, green, blue, and violet are formed for the viewer in various forms such as spots, scattered clouds, or The arches, and their height is between 80 km and 640 km above the earth's surface, which makes the sky glow naturally, strangely, and picturesquely.
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| The aurora borealis |
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is located on the Zambezi River, which is one of Africa's largest rivers, with a width of 1700 meters and a height of 108 meters, making it the world's largest waterfalls. It is located at the meeting point of the Republic of Zambia's southern border and the Republic of Botswana's northern border on the Zambezi River, which is one of Africa's largest rivers, with a width of 1700 meters and a height of 108 meters, making The Upper Zambezi River is divided into two halves by these waterfalls: the first is the steep and wide Upper Zambezi River, and the second is the steep 100-kilometer-long Batuka Gorge.
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| Victoria Falls |
The Port of Rio de Janeiro
In the Brazilian state of Guanabara, there is the port of Rio de Janeiro, also known as the January River or Guanabara Bay, which is the world's largest bay in terms of the volume of water flowing through it. The granite monolithic mountains that encircle Rio de Janeiro include the well-known Pau de Acocar, 395 meters high, Corcovado, 704 meters high, Tijuca Forest, and Pico da Tijuca Peak, 1,021 meters high. Many beautiful islands, such as Snake Island and Governor Island, may be found in the Guanabara Bay area.
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| the port of Rio de Janeiro |
The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef, which is located in Australia on the opposite side of the Queensland coast, is a world heritage site, the world's largest coral reef system, and even the world's largest area for the diversity of living creatures, with an area so large that it can be seen from space. It covers approximately 344,400 km2.
The turquoise beauty of the Great Barrier Reef's waters, as well as the diversity of its ecosystems, set it apart. It has 600 tropical islands and over 900 diverse islands, including Whitsunday Island, Lizard Island, and Heron Island, as well as a variety of sparkling coral reefs. There are 3000 unique coral reef systems, 760 marginal coral reefs, and about 300 hard coral reefs in this area. Along with 134 distinct species of sharks and stingrays, and vast numbers of various algae, which thrive within coral reefs.
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| The Great Barrier Reef |
Mount Everest
Mount Everest, at 8.8 kilometers in height, is located between Tibet and Nepal and is the tallest mountain on Earth inside the Himalayas. Mount Everest has been a part of the Earth's history for roughly 60 million years, as a result of plate tectonics.
Mount Everest was named after GEORGE EVEREST, a British surveyor and geographer in India. Despite the difficulties of ascending Mount Everest due to the harsh circumstances that surround it, such as strong winds, a shortage of oxygen at high altitudes, and avalanches, more than 700 people have reached the summit. Although 150 people died while climbing Everest, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the peak in 1953.
