Transcript Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is a very big canyon in Arizona, United States.

Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a very big canyon in Arizona, United States. It is a
national park of the United States. It is formed by the Colorado River. It
is considered by many people to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of
the World. For 2 billion years the Colorado River has carved the Grand
Canyon. The Grand Canyon is over 1 mile deep in some places and is
over 350 km long. Many people come from around the world to visit the
Grand Canyon. People can also take trips floating on the Colorado River
in boats and rafts. Some people like to hike in the Grand Canyon. The
land on the north side of the Grand Canyon is called the North Rim. The
land on the south side of the Grand Canyon is called the South Rim.
There are trails leading from the North Rim and the South Rim to the
bottom of the canyon. These trails lead to a place at the bottom of the
canyon called Phantom Ranch. Phantom Ranch has a campground and
cabins where hikers can spend the night. Some people also ride mules into
the Grand Canyon. Most people who visit the Grand Canyon drive in
cars to the South Rim and just look at the canyon from the rim and take
pictures.
Grand Canyon gallery
by Maciej Matuszewski
Masai Mara
The Masai Mara is a large reserve in south-west Kenya. It
covers about 1530 km2. The Sand,Talek & Mara are the major
river in the reserve.
It is famouse for it's animals a big population of Big Cats,
game, zebra, giraffe, Thomson's gazelle etc.
We can also find there: hippopotamuses, elephants, lions
& the population of cheetah & black rhinos, which are
threatened nowadays. Over 450 species of birds live there.
The Great Emigration
Every year from July to October the Great Migration of
animals can be observed in the Masai Mara. It is one of the
most impressive natural events in the world. A lot of zebras
and Thomson's gazelles migrate there in search of food.
Masai Mara is losing animals species very fast. The most
endangeretd species are: giraffes, impalas, warthogs, topis &
water-bucks.
By Daria Matlakowska
Timanfaya
Timanfaya is a natural
park. It is situated on a
beautiful volcanic island
Lanzarote witch is a part of
Canary Islands. In years
1730 to 1736 there were a
lot of volcanic eruptions
there. In those time
everyday during six years
from about three hundred
craters flowed about 48
million cubic meters of
lava. Timanfaya is about 51
square kilometres.
Timanfaya
Even now, you can feel the Timanfaya
volcanic island nature because stones
located a few centimetres under the
ground are up to 100 degrees and at a
depth of 10 meters temperature
reaches 600 degrees. One of the most
important people who lived on
Lanzarote was Cesar Manrique. He
was a Spanish painter, carver and
architect and he has got a very strong
impact on the present appearance of
the island.
On the picture you can see a logo
of Timanfaya made by Cesar
Manrique.
by Jakub Pierzchała
Yellowstone
National park
About park
• Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed
into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national
park located primarily in theU.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends
into Montana and Idaho. The Yellowstone was the first national park in the
world, and is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features,
especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular features in the park. It
has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is dominant.
• Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468 square miles (8,980 km2),
comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges.Yellowstone Lake is one
of the largest high-altitude lakes in North America and is centered over
theYellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent. The caldera
is considered an active volcano; it has erupted with tremendous force several
times in the last two million years. Half of the world's geothermal features are
in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism. Lava flows and rocks from
volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone. The park is the
centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining, nearly
intact ecosystem in the Earth's northern temperate zone.
Yellowstone in past and today
• Indigenous Americans have lived in the Yellowstone region
for at least 11,000 years. The region was bypassed during
the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 1800s. Aside
from visits by mountain men during the early to mid-1800s,
organized exploration did not begin until the late 1860s.
The U.S. Army was commissioned to oversee the park just
after its establishment. In 1917, administration of the park
was transferred to the National Park Service, which had
been created the previous year. Hundreds of structures have
been built and are protected for their architectural and
historical significance, and researchers have examined more
than 1,000 archaeological sites.
By Mateusz Rachubik
Tsaratanana
Volcanic massif
Tsaratanana - volcanic massif in northern
Madagascar. The maximum height 2876 m
(Maromokotro - an extinct volcano, the highest peak
of the island). In the highest, the western part, a
nature reserve. Equatorial humid climate of the
mountain. Annual rainfall exceeds 2000 mm. Dense
network of streams with radial layout. The lower
parts of slopes are covered with tropical forests to
mountain communities above, there are shrubby
heather and scrub.
By Paweł Głuszak
The Amazon Basin is the part of South
America drained by the Amazon River and
its tributaries. The basin is located mainly (40%)
in Brazil, but also stretches into Peru and several
other countries. The South American rain forest
of the Amazon is the largest in the world, covering
about 8,235,430 km2 with dense tropical forest. For
centuries, this has protected the area and the
animals residing in it.
Not all of the plants and animals that live
in the Amazon Basin are known because of its huge
unexplored areas. No one knows how many species
of fish there are in the river. Plant growth is dense
because of the heavy rainfall. One tropical fruit tree
that is native to the Amazon is the abiu. There are
thousands of plants, all in different colors, sizes, and
shapes. Also, there are many vines and huge trees
that give shade when the weather is hot.
By Magda Rybojad
SAHARA
The Sahara ("The Greatest Desert") is the world's largest
desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometres, it covers most
of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United
States or the continent of Europe. The desert stretches
from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean
coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. To the south,
it is limited by the Sahel: a belt of semi-arid tropical
savanna that comprises the northern region of central and
western Sub-Saharan Africa.
General characteristics of the landscape of the Sahara
Sahara, on the landscape consists of rocky desert which after some time
due to weathering of rocks formed gravel and sandy desert. Often you
can meet grooves made by the river called uedami, and large deposits of
salt called embedded. Location of water are called oasis. On the plots
are grown wheat, millet, barley, and gardens can be found peach trees,
orange, lemon and palm, without whom can not do any oasis. One of
the biggest problems of the inhabitants of the oasis is highly salinated
water, because farmers have to dehydrate the field orf salt water, and
use this channel. Main mineral wealth is oil and natural gas.
By Ewa Rybojad
By Jakub Figiel
Titicaca lake
Lake Titicaca is a lake located
on the border of Peru and Bolivia.
It sits 3,812 m (12,500 ft) above
sea level, making it one of the highest
commercially navigable lakes
in the world. By volume of water,
it is also the largest lake in South
America.
Islands on the lake:
• There are lots of islands
on this lake:
• Uros (a group of floating islands), everythink is made by reed
there, and people life on these islands.
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Amantaní
Taquile
Isla del Sol
Isla de la Luna
Suriqui
The most popular island is Isla del Sol. There are lots of relics.
By Wojciech Bartoszek
Cango Caves
The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of
the Swartberg range near the town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape
Province of South Africa. The principal cave is one of the country's finest,
best known and most popular tourist caves and attracts many visitors from
overseas. Although the extensive system of tunnels and chambers go on
for over four kilometers, only about a quarter of this is open to visitors,
who may proceed into the cave only in groups supervised by a guide. Tours
are conducted at regular intervals on most days - there is a "Standard
Tour" which takes an hour and an "Adventure Tour" which takes an hour
and a half. The "Adventure Tour" consists of crawling through narrow
passages and climbing up steep rock formations guided by small lights.
The caves contain spectacular halls and grand limestone formations (on
both tours) as well as some rather small passages on the Adventure Tour.
Gallery
Filip rynkiewicz
Tsitsikamma
National Park
Tsitsikamma
• The Tsitsikamma National Park is a coastal reserve
on the Garden Route in South Africa. It is well
known for indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and
the Otter Trail. On 6 March 2009 it was
amalgamated with the Wilderness National Park and
various other areas of land to form the Garden
Route National Park.
• The park covers an 80 km long stretch of coastline.
Nature's Valley is at the western end of the park, and
the main accommodation is at Storms River Mouth.
Near the park is the Bloukrans Bridge, the world's
highest bungee jump at 216m.
By Ignacy Bogusz