This document provides summaries of natural wonders from 15 different countries. It discusses landmarks like the Skillful Brown Glacier in Argentina, the red ant in Byelorussia, Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, Sugarloaf Mountain in Brazil, the Danube River in Bulgaria, the Andes Mountains in Chile, the giant panda in China, coffee and jaguars in Colombia, tobacco in Cuba, Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador, the Iberian lynx in Spain, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Wieliczka salt mines in Poland, the capybara in Uruguay, and Angel Falls in Venezuela. The document concludes that the salt mines are the most amazing of the wonders discussed
2. Names: Soledad Gallego Belando and Katherine
Rodriguez
Group: B1IC
Index:
1- Argentina
The Skillful Brown glacier
2- Byelorussia
The red ant
3- Bolivia
Lake Titicaca
4- Brazil
Bread of Sugar
3. 5- Bulgaria
Rio Danube
6- Chile
Mountain chain of the Andes
7- China
I bear Panda
8- Colombia
Coffee-tree (Arabic Coffea) and Jaguar (Panthera onca)
9- Cuba
Tobacco
10- Ecuador
Volcano Cotopaxi
11- España
The Iberian lynx
12- Peru
Machu Picchu
13- Poland
4. Soult Mines of Wieliczka
14- Uruguay
Capibara
15- Venezuela
Cataract of the Angel
Introduction:
5. In this work we have decided to write about natives nature wonders of some
countries all over the world .You will get information about many interesting
things that are in there..
Argentina: The Skillful Brown glacier
The Skillful Brown glacier , is one of the famous attraction that the Argentina
has. It is located in the Arm South of the Argentine Lake . It is about five
kilometres long to sixty high .. It is one of the most spectacular glaciers of the
world , it is considered quot; the eighth marvel .The Glacier is situated in a zone of
forests and mountains inside the National Park . “The Glacier” is in Santa Cruz
province in the Argentina Republic.
It is known all over the world by the abrupt and gradual breaks . Depending on
the moment that is dealing the frontal part of the glacier, which when it comes
to the coast does not allow the step of the waters of the Rich Arm and
produces an aquatic difference of 20 meters, originating the filtration that
culminates in the awaited detachment of ice. Emotions and indescribable
sensations arise in the moment that you see the detachment begins in this so
powerful natural mass of frozen water. It is possible to observe closely the
detachment of blocks of different sizes , you can listen to the uproar and your
body vibrates with this abrupt movement and then you will be able to see
how the floes continue to float.
Byelorussia: The red ant
6. The red ant (Formic rufa) are recognized for her quot;waistquot; formed by a narrow
segment, or segments, between the thorax and the abdomen. The females and
the males have wings when they leave the nest, but later, they lose them.
Bolivia: Lake Titicaca
The lake Titicaca is the biggest second lake in South America and the highest
navigable lake of the world. It is between the Peruvian and Bolivian altiplane at
approximately 3.800 msnm.. It’s maximum depth is estimated at about 360 m..
These measures increase in the epoch of rains..
The Titicaca lake is the biggest and highest endorheic lake in the world. The
most out-standing thing is that almost all the endorheics lakes are salty but
exceptionally , the Titicaca lake has sweet water.
Brazil: Bread of Sugar
The Bread of Sugar (in Portuguese, Pão de Açúcar) is a beak placed in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, in the mouth of Guanabara's Bay on a peninsula that stands out
in the Atlantic Ocean. It is 396 meters high (1.299 feets ) above on the level of
7. the sea. His name in Portuguese does not refer to the bread, it has to be with its
similarity to the mounds of sugar that, during the XVI and XVII century, were
sent to Europe.
This beak is the only one of several monolithic knobs of granite that rise arises
directly out of the edge of the sea in Rio de Janeiro. A teleferico of crystal
artesonado (called quot; bondinho of the Bread of Sugar quot; in the popular Portuguese)
with capacity for 75 passengers, it crosses a route of 1.400 meters between the
knobs of Babylonia and Hooker every five minutes. The line of the original
teleférico was constructed in 1912..
Bulgaria: Rio Danube
Danube is the European longest second river, after the Volga. It is born in the
Black Jungle of Germany from the union of two small rivers, the Brigach and
the Breg, flowing towards the southeast 2.888 km up to the Black Sea in
Romania, where it forms the delta of the Danube, a region of marshes and
slightly populated marshes, though of great ecological value. This length of the
Danube includes 49 km of the Breg river , which is the longest of both currents
which confluence in Donaueschingen giving origin to the Danube.
Chile: Mountain chain of the Andes
It is a mountain range chain of South America , that spreads almost parallel to
the Pacific coast , from the end of Ovens up to the proximities of Panama. The
Andes is one of the biggest mountainous systems of the world.
8. The chain is 7.240 km long, 241 km wide and an average of 3.660 m high.
From his final tightening to the south of Chile, the Andes spread in parallel
chains over Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. In Venezuela it
divides in three different chains. Along his extension, the mountain range spreads
along the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
China: I bear Panda
The Bear Bulging or Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal that
lives in mountainous regions to the east of the Tibet and to the Southwest of
China, in mountainous regions up to 3500 meters high.
The Panda is the national animal of the Popular Republic of China. Also a Panda
was adopted as pet of the Olympic Games 2008 with sedate in Pekín, which
they called Jing Jing.. It is one of the endangered species, though one finds
protected and guarded the copies that live at liberty and in captivity. From 1961,
the bear panda has been the symbol that represents the Protection of the Nature.
9. Colombia: Coffee-tree (Arabic Coffea) and Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The highest quality and the best coffee comes from Coffee Arabica trees Coffee
Arabica. These are the unique trees that are cultivated in Colombia. Arabic Coffee has
diverse varieties of trees that grow in different climates and regions.. You can
find differents varieties of this coffee in Colombia like Typica, Commonly,
Bourbon, Caturra, Colombia and Maragogipe.
Arabic Coffee produces the grains of the best quality, low in caffeine and
acidity. The grains of Arabic grow better in high lands, and it is the type of
coffee that Colombia cultivates exclusively.
The jaguar:
The jaguar is t he biggest feline of America, and the only one representative of
the Panthera kind there (Nowell and Jackson 1996). It is the third species of the
biggest feline of the world. It is in addition the major predator in the sylvan
zones where he lives close to the caiman.
The jaguar has to be had in consideration since it has been practically eliminated
from great part of the dry zones of the north , as well as from the zones of
bushes and pastizal of Argentina and in the whole Uruguay.
10. Cuba: Tobacco
The Cuban tobacco, elite product of the economy in most of The Antilles,
encloses in his green leaves and singular aroma a history of more than five
centuries that him the only stamp of distinction .
Though it is cultivated at present in almost all the provinces of the country, the
best lands for this activity in the island are located in the western territory of
Pinegrove of the Rio - especially “ Vueltabajo's territory”-, considered the cradle of
the best tobacco in the world.
Ecuador: Volcano Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is a volcano in Ecuador, and with 5.897 meters it is the second one
higher place of the country (the highest is the Chimborazo) and one of the
highest active volcanoes of the world (the highest active volcano is the Ojos of
the Salty one in the border between Chile and the Argentina) . It is 50 km to the
south of Quito.
The last eruption was in 1877 and 1904, and it registered some activity in 1942.
11. España: The Iberian lynx
The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is considered to be like the most threatened
carnivorous animal in Europe and the most threatened feline in the World. Of
all the mammals of the Iberian Peninsula it is the one that, besides being an
endemic species of our peninsula, suffers it a major threat of extinction
worldwide.
The Iberian lynx is a feline of much bigger than than a domestic cat. He, is
characterized by his robust aspect, his long legs and his tail cuts with a black
tassel at the end and that it is in the habit of keeping raised beating her in
moments of danger or excitation .
His coloration changes of dun to greyish
with the flanks specked with black.
The Iberian lynx is exclusively in zones
very restricted of Spain and Portugal.
The principal habitat of the Iberian lynx it
is constituted by the areas of Mediterranean
forest well preserved, isolated of the human
activity and with abundant bushes.
In most cases, he lives in a solitary and
nomadic way, proving to be more sociable
in the epoch of zeal.
Perú: Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is the contemporary name that nomes after a former stone Andean
settlement Inca built principally in the middle of the 15th century in the rocky
promontory that joins the mountains Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu in the
oriental slope of the Central Andes, to the south of Peru. It’s original name would
have been Picchu.
Machu Picchu is considered to be at the same time a masterpiece of architecture
and engineering. its peculiar architectural and landscape characteristics, and the
veil of mystery that has been around , have turned it into one of the most
popular tourist destinations of the planet.
12. Poland: Soult Mines of Wieliczka
It Is one of the most ancient active mines of salt of the world.
They have been exploited without interruption from the 13th century, and still
nowadays they continue to produce table salt. These mines include a tourist tour
of 3,5 kilometres that contains statues of mythical and historical prominent
figures, is made by the miners in the salt rock. Even the crystals of the
chandeliers are done of salt. Also there are cameras and chapels excavated in
the salt, an underground lake and exhibitions that illustrate the history of the
mining industry of the salt. There comes approximately 800.000 visitors a year.
During the Second World war, the Germans used the mines as store of war.
Uruguay: Capibara
Characteristics: I weigh: 50 kg. Length: Between (Among) 1 and 1 ' 3 m. Height: 50
cm. Longevity: Between 8 and 10 years. In captivity 12 years.Habitat: Rivers, marshes;
in zones of dense vegetation. Distribution: South America. Customs: gregarious
Species. Nourishment: Herbivorous (water plants, gramíneas of bank, pastures, maize,
banana, etc). Reproduction: Gestation 119 days. I divide between 2 and 8 babies.
“The Capibara” is the biggest rodent of the world.
The capibara is a gregarious mammal. He forms groups from 8 to 10 members
constituted by a dominant male , subordinated males and females.
The capibara can swim very well and he is capable of remaining under the
water up to 5 minutes. The female and the gland has sebaceous that serves him
to mark the territory in the snout .
When a capibara detects some danger , it emits a hiss to alert the rest and they go
to the water.
13. Venezuela: Cataract of the Angel
Cataract of the Angel is the highest cataract of the world. It is 979 meters high , and
a water fall of 807 meters high Its name comes from the Pemón, indigenous
dialect .They baptized the place as Kerepakupai-merú, which would mean quot;
water fall up to the deepest site quot;.
It is in the National Park called “ Canaima”.
14. Conclusions:
The world has many things and places that people do not know that exist .It is a
pity that not every one takes care of that as it should be..
The previous information about nature wonders, gives the idea of every place or thing
we are dealing with..
We could say that all the nature wonders are very amazing and interesting but
We like the mines of salt in Poland the most . It is unbelievable that from salt
people could make so many things like for example a chandelier or to carve in
statues of famous and mythical prominent figures.
I would like to invite you to investigate about this interesting topic.
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http:// www. losglaciares. com/ es/ parque/ gpmoreno. html
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