The Grand Canyon, United States Grand Canyon, USA
One of the deepest Canyon in the world. Located in Colorado, Arizona. Its length is 446 km, the width varies from 6 to 29km - a level plateau, and at the bottom - less than a kilometer. Depth - up to 1600 meters.
One of the natural wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia. This is the world's largest coral reef.
It includes 2,500 reefs - from the small area of less than a hectare, to large, occupying 100 sq. km Its total area - 348,698 square kilometers, larger than the area of the UK.
His aptly referred to as "paradise on earth", this beautiful city on the tip of the African continent, surrounded by huge mountains, makes a person feel a little grain of sand among the beautiful.
Taj Mahal in India is one of the wonders of the world and is one of the most beautiful mausoleums. Taj Mahal is a five-domed building height of 74 meters on a platform with four minarets at the corners (they are slightly tilted away from the tomb so that in case of destruction did not hurt her), to which adjoins a garden with fountains and swimming pool.
The walls are made of polished marble, translucent (brought to the construction of 300 km), inlaid with gems. Were used turquoise, agate, malachite, carnelian ... Marble has the peculiarity that in daylight it looks white in the early days it looks pink, and silver in the moonlight.
On the construction of the complex has been invited more than 20 000 artists from all over the empire, as well as masters of Central Asia, Persia and the Middle East. On the other bank of the river was located a building the twin black marble, but it has not been completed. Linking the two buildings had a bridge made of gray marble.
These are the beautiful mountain landscapes, lakes, canyons, waterfalls, glaciers and peaks, limestone caves. Included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites
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