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Most Tourism Place in our beautiful Planet

Part # 1

Over the years, nature has done a fine job of creating wonderful and exciting spectacles all over the planet for the likely adventure to discover and explore. This is a very minor list on earth that’s truly amazing sight to see.

1. Amazon Rain forest

South America

The Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia, the Amazon jungle or the Amazon Basin, encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), though the forest itself occupies some 5.5 million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres), located within nine nations.

The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests and comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume, with a total flow greater than the top ten rivers worldwide combined.

 It accounts for approximately one-fifth of the total world river flow and has the biggest drainage basin on the planet. Not a single bridge crosses the Amazon.

2. Angel Falls

Venezuela

Falls is the highest waterfall in the world, at 1,002 m, and is located in the Canaima National Park in Bolivar State, along Venezuela’s border with Brazil.

It is more than 19 times higher than Niagara Falls. The uninterrupted descent of water falls 807 m.

3. Bay of Fundy

Canada

The Bay of Fundy is renowned for having the highest tides on the planet (16.2 meters or 53 feet). One hundred billion tones of sea water flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy twice daily – more water than the combined flow of all the world’s fresh water rivers. Fundy’s extreme tides create a dynamic and diverse marine ecosystem.

The Bay of Fundy is renowned for its coastal rock formations, extreme tidal effects (vertical, horizontal, rapids and bores) and sustainable coastal development. It is also a critical international feeding ground for migratory birds, a vibrant habitat for rare and endangered Right whales, one of the world’s most significant plant and animal fossil discovery regions.

The Bay of Fundy is located between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on North America’s east coast.

4. Black Forest

 Germany

Black Forest (Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in southwester. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south

The highest peak is the mountain Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 meters. The region is almost rectangular with a length of 200 km and breadth of 60 km.

5. Cliffs of Moher

 Ireland

Located in county Clare, the Cliffs of Moher are amongst the most impressive places to see in Ireland.

The cliffs consist mainly of beds of Namurian shale and sandstone, with the oldest rocks being found at the bottom of the cliffs.

One can see 300 million year old river channels cutting through the base of the cliffs. There are many animals living on the cliffs, most of them birds.

6. Sundarbans Forest

Bangladesh & India

The Sundarbans delta, at the mouth of the Ganges river, is the largest mangrove forest in the world, spreading across parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India.

The Sundarbans features a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests.

The area is known for its wide range of fauna, with the Royal Bengal tiger being the most famous, but also including many birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes.

7. Halong Bay

Vietnam

Halong Bay is located in Quáng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The bay has a 120 kilometer long coastline and is approximately 1,553 square kilometers in size with 1969 islets.

Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves, other support floating villages of fishermen, who ply the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks.

Another specific feature of Halong Bay is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands, for example, Dau Be island has six enclosed lakes. All these island lakes occupy drowned dolines within fengcong karst.

8. The Dead Sea

Jordan, Palestine & Israel

The Dead Sea is a salt lake between the West Bank/Palestine/Israel to the west and Jordan to the east.

At 420 meters below sea level, its shores are the lowest point on Earth that is on dry land. With 30 percent salinity, it is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean.

9. The Great Barrier Reef

Australia & Papua New Guinea

The Great Barrier Reef is the planet’s largest coral reef system, with some 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 km.

Approximately area is 344,400 square km. It is the biggest single structure made by living creatures and can be seen from outer space.

10. Kilimanjaro

Tanzania

With its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawensi, and Shira, Mount Kilimanjaro is an inactive strato-volcano in north-eastern Tanzania

It is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, rising 4,600 m from its base, and includes the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters

There are major far from too many amazing spectacles of nature on this beautiful planet. In next article, try to introduce more!