List of CNN Version 7 Wonders of the World


Grand Canyon




Grand Canyon is a cliff-steep ravine, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. This gulf is one
of the Seven Wonders of the World and mostly located in National Parks Grand Canyon, one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt is one of the main support area
Grand Canyon, visiting on several occasions to hunt mountain lion and enjoy the incredible scenery.

This gap, created by the Colorado River cutting a strait during millions of years, length of approximately 446 km, with width ranging from 6 to 29 km and with a depth of more than 1,600 m. Almost from 2000 million years of Earth history has been truncated by the Colorado River and its layers upon layers of river sediment as the Colorado Plateau began lifted.

Grand Canyon was first seen by Europeans in 1540, García López de Cárdenas from Spain. The first scientific expedition to the canyon U.S. is led by Major John Wesley Powell in the late 1870s. Powell pointed to the sedimentary rocks exposed in the gap as "leaves in great story book ". However, long before that time, this region has inhabited by Native Americans who built a residence in walls of this chasm.


Great Barrier Reef/Karang Penghalang Besar



Great Barrier Reef is a collection of coral reefs The world's largest consisting of approximately 3,000 reefs and 900 island, which stretches 2,600 km. These reefs are located in the Sea Coral, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia. most areas of this reef-protected part Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park).

Great Barrier Reef (CDE) can be seen from outer space and sometimes referred to as the largest single organism in the world. In fact, it was formed from millions of tiny organisms, known as polyps coral (coral polyp). CDE was chosen as one site UNESCO World Heritage in 1981.

Biodiversitasnya riches, its waters are warm and clear, and keterjangkauannya of floating facility called the live aboards, make this reef became a very popular tourism destination, especially for scuba divers. Many cities along the coast Queensland coast which offers tours to the coral sea this every day. Several continental islands have also been changed into resort.

Mount Everest




Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world (if measured from the sea face.) Summit ridge marks the boundary between Nepal and Tibet peak in Tibet. This mountain has altitude of approximately 8850 m. This mountain gets the name of the language English from the name of Sir George Everest. This name given by Sir
Andrew Waugh, the surveyor-general British India, the successor Everest. Everest is one of the Seven Summits in the Main world.


Air Terjun Victoria





Victoria Waterfalls is one of the waterfalls most spectacular in the world. This waterfall is located on the Zambezi River, which at present forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Water This waterfall has a width of approximately 1 mile (1.6 km), with a height 128M (420 feet).

David Livingstone, Scottish explorer, visited this lake in 1855 and named it in the name of Queen Victoria, while its local name is Mosi-oa-Tunya, "thundering smoke." This waterfall is part of two national parks, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia and Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe, as well as Heritage Site UNESCO world. This waterfall is a major tourist attraction in Africam South.


Northern Lights




One of the wonders of the world is the Northern Lights or also called Aurora Borealis. Kejaiban light
These colors are formed by interaction between the Earth's magnetic field with solar particles.


Volkano Paricutín



Paricutín volcano, is a volcanocontained in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. Before 1943, mountain
This volcano is not there, but suddenly there is volcanic activity resulted in the people around there to flee, the young mountain continue to grow higher, a day to 50 meters and current activities can be said to stop, the height of the mountain reaches 336  meters.


Pelabuhan Rio de Janeiro




Rio de Janeiro (meaning "January River" in the language Portuguese) is the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil section tenggara.Kota has an area of ​​1256 km ² and a population of approximately 6,150,000 million people (2004). The city is called the port city. About 10 million people live in the metropolitan area of ​​Rio de Janeiro Kingdom, which is currently the fourth largest city in the world.
Location of the port of Rio de Janeiro is unique is right in the end mouth of the river between the sea and rivers meeting, in addition to the port city The city also has a geographical location and views are very beautiful. Between the Mountain and the beach is very close distance, so we can see very beautiful scenery. Brazil discovered and colonized by Portuguese in 1565 so that the culture, language, habits, as well portugal food refers to the state, which were the spiritual bond between the two states.
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