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1. Great Barrier Reef
Consisting of more than 2,900 individual coral reefs and islands. It is located in the Coral Sea, along the northeast coast of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest among similar entities worldwide. Due to the enormous size of its clearly visible from space. In addition, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest ecosystem as a colony of coral polyps. Because of global warming, the Great Barrier Reef is threatened - it can cause so-called "bleaching" of corals.



2. Pyramids of Giza 24 century BC in Egypt



3. Stonehenge (UK) - the great mystery of antiquity. Ucheny all over the world is still "scratching" over the question - where did Stonehenge, when it was built and by whom.



4. Salar de Uyuni - a dried-up salt lake in the south of the desert plains of the Altiplano, Bolivia at an altitude of 3650 meters above sea level. It has an area of ​​10,588 square kilometers and is the largest saline in the world.



5. Grand Canyon (or the Grand Canyon) is the most famous attraction in Arizona and one of the most popular places among tourists in the United States.



6. Antelope Canyon (Arizona). Canyon got its name due to brown-red walls, resembling the skin of an antelope. Canyon is a naturally occurring giant cracks in the sandstone cliffs. For centuries, water and wind have formed in depressions on the red sandstone a few hundred meters, which formed the canyon. He is amazingly picturesque and attracts many tourists.



7. Easter Island - an island in the South Pacific, Chile
The giant stone statues moai still towering over the island. Now there are 887 stone sculptures. Tentatively they were made in the period between 1250-1500 years. How and where very tiny Rapa Nui people found unknown forces for lifting and erection of such giants it is still a mystery to the whole planet. Average size moai - 3-5 meters in height, width - 1, 6 meters. The highest statue of Paro (Paro) has a height of 9, 8 meters. The weight of such figures is measured in tons.



8. The reed flute cave - a landmark in the urban district of Guilin, China, is located in a picturesque area with karst formations. This is a natural limestone cave got its name because of the growing around her cane, from which the locals do themselves ancient wind instruments.



9. Great Wall
Construction of the Great Wall began in the 7th century BC and continued for many hundreds of years. Great Wall of China - has the greatest length of the ever built fortifications, which were built to prevent the invasion of the Mongol and Manchu conquerors. The total length of the Great Wall is about 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers)



10. Plitvice Lakes
Plitvice lakes - the oldest national park in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. Its terrain is unique to Europe - there are many picturesque lakes, waterfalls and caves, including those that are under the waterfalls, and in addition, absolutely unique fauna and flora.



11. Colored rocks Danks Zhangye (Zhangye Danxia Landform) - colorful rock formations Geological Park in Gansu Province, China. These rock formations - a unique type of petrographic geomorphology, which can be found only in China. Colored rocks consist of red sandstone and conglomerate of the Cretaceous period, mainly.



12. The Great Blue Hole - one of the geological wonders near the Yucatan Peninsula (territory of Belize in Central America), is a circular crater with a diameter of 305 m and 120 m deep



13. National Park "Redwood" in California
Here it is covered with redwoods, the planet of Endor Star Wars - it is here that took a considerable part of filming the final episode. The natural habitat of these giants - the Pacific coast of North America. Single copies redwoods reach a height of over 110 meters (35 floors!) - It is one of the tallest trees on Earth. Maximum age - more than three and a half thousand years.



14. Yellowstone National Park (USA)
Yellowstone National Park is a real home to wolves and grizzly bears, bison and elk and other wildlife. At this point, the world almost untouched natural ecosystems located in the temperate zone of the earth.



15. Bora Bora
Amazing island located in French Polynesia in the South Pacific, Bora Bora, is considered one of the most beautiful islands in the world. The crystal clear waters home to many unique creatures - the underwater world of remarkable diversity.



16. Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is considered to be a real gem of Muslim art in India and one of the users of the most popular World Heritage Sites. This alone should be reason enough to visit it and to see its arched walls and beautiful gardens.



Beautiful mountains in Zhangjiajie (China) - unearthly landscapes, fog settled on the sharp mountain peaks, rocks shine under the sun. The park is home to over 500 species of animals, including civet, monkeys, birds, and salamanders.



18. Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is the largest ever established places of worship and one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. The temple complex was built on the orders of the Cambodian king Suryavarman II in the early twelfth century as the church and the state capital at the same time. Symmetry and "harmony" of its design compared to the most famous monuments of ancient Greece and Rome.



19. Machu Picchu
Located at a height of almost eight thousand feet (2450 meters) above sea level in Peru, Machu Picchu is one of the most wonderful monuments in the world. It is often called a "city in the sky" or "city in the clouds." This city was built as a sacred mountain cabin great emperor Pachacutec Inca tribe.



20. Glacier National Park (USA)
The sky here is incredibly expressive, snow - perfect white, plants - all shades of green, the lines of mountains fantastically beautiful and pools are more like a huge mirror than on the water surface. Most importantly, this is one of those places where you can see the glaciers.



21. Pamukkale (Turkey) - a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. It consists of 17 geothermal springs with the water temperature from 35 to 100 ° C, ponds, terraces formed of travertine.



22. Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls, situated between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is (which is debatable), the largest waterfall in the world, its width is 5604 feet (1708 meters) and a height of up to 354 feet (108 meters).



23. Venice, Italy
Venice - a unique city on the water. There are no cars and bicycles, and the streets are replaced by water channels.



24. Lencois-Maranhenses (National Park) - National Park in the state of Maranhao, in northern Brazil, south-east of the Bay of San Jose, where the capital city of San Luis. This flat area is very low sea level, it is covered with the characteristic large sand dunes up to 40 meters. In the rainy season between the dunes formed by a plurality of lagoons.



25. Iceland
It was in Iceland you can see the incredible beauty of the aurora borealis



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