Tuesday 19 January 2016

10 BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES IN WORLD

1) KHAO SAM ROI YOT NATIONAL PARK


Located in coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, it is the first marine national park of Thailand. Khao Sam Roi Yot means " The mountain with three hundred peaks " and refers to a series of limestone hills along the Gulf of Thailand with highest one at 605 meter above the sea level.

2) THE DEAD SEA


The Dead Sea is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are 459 metres below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land.

3) VENICE, ITALY


Venice is a city in northeastern Italy sited on group of 118 small island separated by canals and linked by bridges.

4) LONG HENG RICE TERRACE


Longsheng rice terrace are located in longseng country, about 100 kilometres from Guilin. The terraced fields are build along the slope winding from the riverside uo to the mountain top, between 600m to 800m above sea level.

5) HA LONG BAY


Ha Long Bay features thousands of limestone and isles in various size and shapes. Ha long bay is a home to 14 endemic flora species and 60 endemic fauna species.

6) VICTORIA FALLS


Victoria Falls is a waterfall in southern Africa on Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

7) HORSETAIL FALLS


Horsetail fall located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that falls in the winter and early spring.

8) FINGAL'S CAVE


Fingal's cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. In all these cases, cooling on the upper and lower surfaces of the solidified lava resulted in contraction and fracturing, starting in a blocky tetragonal pattern and transitioning to a regular hexagonal fracture pattern with fractures perpendicular to the cooling surfaces.

9) WAITOMO GLOWWORM CAVES


The waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a caves at Waitomo  on the North Island of New Zealand, known for its population of glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa. This species is found exclusively in New Zealand.

10) ROCKY MOUNTAIN, ALIEN LAKE


Located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains on the North Saskatchewan River, the rare phenomenon occurs each winter in the man-made lake. Ice bubbles occur during the months of November and March when the lake is completely frozen over, the plant on the lake bed release methane gas, which freeze as it comes closer to the lake surfaces.

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