7 Wonders of the World – Latest 2011
1.) Sungai Amazon ( Amazon River), America
Amazon river
is a river in South America which is the world's second longest river - the Nile River in Africa is the longest. Amazon River has the greatest total flow of any river, carrying more than the Mississippi River, the Nile, and Yangtze combined. Amazon also has the largest peraliran system of the entire river system. Although the longest river Nile, but Amazon could be considered "powerful" (as seen from the amount of water flowing per second).
is a river in South America which is the world's second longest river - the Nile River in Africa is the longest. Amazon River has the greatest total flow of any river, carrying more than the Mississippi River, the Nile, and Yangtze combined. Amazon also has the largest peraliran system of the entire river system. Although the longest river Nile, but Amazon could be considered "powerful" (as seen from the amount of water flowing per second).
2.)Halong bay, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel
destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam.
Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and part of Van Don
district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in
various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which
includes Bái Tử Long bay
to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share
similar geological,
geographical,
geomorphological,
climate, and cultural
characters.
Ha Long Bay has an area of around
1,553 km2, including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are
limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a
high density of 775 islets.[1]
The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in
different conditions and environments.
3.) Iguazu Falls, Brazil
are waterfalls of
the Iguazu
River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the Argentine Province of Misiones.
The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River
originates near the city of Curitiba. It flows through Brazil for most of its course.
Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the
boundary between Brazil and Argentina. Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the
Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the
Argentine Province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and
lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River originates near the city of Curitiba. It flows
through Brazil for most of its course. Below its confluence with the San
Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the boundary between Brazil and Argentina.
The name "Iguazu" comes from the Guarani or Tupi words y , meaning
"water", and ûasú [waˈsu], meaning
"big". Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman
named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage the god
sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to
an eternal fall. The first European to find the falls was the Spanish
Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541.
4.) Jeju Island, Korea
Jejudo is a
volcanic island, 130 km from the southern coast of Korea. The largest island
and smallest province in Korea, the island has a surface area of 1,846 sqkm. A
central feature of Jeju is Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea and a
dormant volcano, which rises 1,950 m above sea level. 360 satellite volcanoes
are around the main volcano.
5.)
Komodo, Indonesia
The Komodo
dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large
species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores,
Gili Motang and Gili Dasami. A member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae),
it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3
metres (9.8 ft) in rare cases and weighing up to around 70 kilograms (150 lb).
Their unusual size has been attributed to island gigantism, since there are no
other carnivorous animals to fill the niche on the islands where they live. However,
recent research suggests that the large size of Komodo dragons may be better
understood as representative of a relict population of very large varanid
lizards that once lived across Indonesia and Australia, most of which, along
with other megafauna, died out after the Pleistocene. Fossils very similar to
V. komodoensis have been found in Australia dating to greater than 3.8 million
years ago, and its body size remained stable on Flores, one of the handful of
Indonesian islands where it is currently found, over the last 900,000 years,
"a time marked by major faunal turnovers, extinction of the island's megafauna,
and the arrival of early hominids by 880 ka .
6.)
Puerto Princesa Underground River
(Puerto
Princesa Sungai Bawah Tanah)
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
National Park is located about 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of the city
centre of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
The river also called Puerto Princesa Underground River. The national
park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the northern coast of the
island. It is bordered by St. Paul Bay to the north and the Babuyan River to
the east. The City Government of Puerto Princesa has managed the National Park
since 1992. It is
also known as St. Paul's Subterranean River National Park, or St. Paul
Underground River. The entrance to the Subterranean River is a short hike from
the town of Sabang.
7.) Table Mountain
Table Mountain (Indonesian:
Mount the table) is a mountain whose top is flat like a table. The mountain is included
in the area of Table Mountain National Park is located in the city of Cape Town,
South Africa, and is one of the leading tourist attraction in the city.
