SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

GRAND CANYON

United States: 277 miles long, 1 mile deep, 18 miles wide.

VICTORIA FALLS

Located on the Zambezi River in Africa

328 foot drop into the Batoka Gorge

First European to see the falls, David Livingstone, named the falls for his Queen

NORTHERN LIGHTS

Aka Aurora

Borealis/Australis/

PolarisCharged ParticlesExcited gas moleculesReaction to Solar

PARICUTIN

Newest Mountain! February 20, 1943 First Day = 25 feet Second Day = 164` First Week = 460` First Year = 1,100` Present = 1,350`

GREAT BARRIER REEF Located off East Coast

of Australia Largest deposit of

coral 1250 miles long

EVEREST

Highest peak approximately 29,028`

Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay first reached its summit on May 29, 1953

Thousands attempted 700 succeeded 150 have died trying

RIO DE JANERIO

o Aka River of Januaryo Portuguese 1st to see

the bay in 1502o Sugar Loaf Mountain

juts 1,325` from the bay

TO BE CONTINUED…

WITH THE OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD INCLUDING WONDERFUL PHYSICAL, MANMADE, AND HUMAN

WONDERS!!!

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