Top 10 Watery Wonders in the World
1. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe-Zambia
Victoria Falls can be found on the Zambezi African river, on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, being declared a natural monument in 1989 by UNESCO. It is one of the highest waterfalls in the world (the highest being the Angel Falls - Venezuela).
2. Canals of Venice, Italy
The canals of Venice are one of the world's most romantic places. The canals link almost 700 little islands, making Venice to look like a floating city. Once traveling to Venice, it is compulsory to glide down the 'canaletto' with the famous gondolas.
3. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world comprising approximately 3,000 reefs and 300 islands that stretch over 2600 km and covers an area of 344.400 km. The reef is located in the Coral Sea near the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia.
4. Li River, China
Guilin has the reputation of "the most beautiful city in the country", with even a popular saying, "jia tian xia Guilin Shanshui" which states that the landscape of Guilin is the most beautiful under heaven. High peaks, with bizarre karst formations (such as elephant trunk hill - an "elephant" huge limestone that dips its trunk to drink water), caves with stalactites and stalagmites lit in all colors, meandering lazy river besides cultural relics and clumps of bamboo and green hills are reflected in the crystal water, characteristics of the setting and some of the most popular images of China, appearing even on the banknotes modern.
5. Suez Canal, Egypt
Placed on the west of the Sinai Peninsula,it is a channel 163 km long and 300 m wide. Egypt is located between the towns of Port Said (BUR Sa'id) Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) Red Sea. The canal allows passage of ships in both directions between Europe and Asia without the necessity of surrounding West Africa, being an endless parade of supertankers, along this blue ribbon that cuts through barren desert.
6. Lake Como, Italy
Lake Como (in antiquity: Larius Lacus) is a lake located in Lombardy, northern Italy, at an altitude of 199 m, in a valley surrounded by mountains of granite and limestone. It lies at a distance of about 45 minutes of Milan. Its blue waters, has long been known as "the looking glass of Venus".
7. Lake Baikal, Russia
Lake Baikal is located in Southern Siberia (Russia). It is a freshwater lake (is the largest freshwater reserve in the world 23000 km³) and is the deepest lake in the world (1637 m). Although it is hard to imagine, the basin of South Siberia, with a surface area larger than Belgium, is comprising 10% of the world's fresh water reserves (excluding glaciers). Besides Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, can be considered the oldest in the 20-25 million years of existence (excluding the Caspian Sea and Lake Aral) and one of the "living museums" where about 800 animal species and 245 plant species live.
8. Nile River, Egypt
The Nile (Arabic: النيل ) is the longest river in the world. It rises in the mountains of Rwanda and Burundi, and flows into the Mediterranean Sea across African countries: Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Egypt. With a length of 6671 km, the Nile River is the longest river in the world, followed by Amazon with 6440 km. Some measurements of the Amazon from its source should be set to its length of 7200 km. When it flows into the Sea, it forms an 24,000 km² delta , in which 85% of Egypt's population lives.
9. Bora-Bora, South Pacific
Bora-Bora is a volcanic island in the atoll with the same name. Atoll Bora-Bora is located 225 km northwest of Tahiti. The main island has a length of 6.5 km and a width of 4 km. Atoll belongs to the French overseas collectivity, French Polynesia. Formed in the ocean eruptions have forced the lava to cross the ocean surface, once rose above the water about 1200 m and 5400 m underwater, widely suggested as the world's most beautiful island.
10. Dead Sea, Israel
Dead Sea (ים המלח in Hebrew ) Yam HaMelach respectively in Arabic "Salt Sea" (بحر الميت) is a lake (Sea Mainland) without leakage to the ocean. The only river that feeds is the Jordan River which is the natural border between Israel and Jordan West Jordan. It is known to be the lowest point on earth. In the caves that are in the northwestern sea near the settlement of Qumran, between 1947-1956 were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. About 900 manuscripts in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, were considered evidence of law enforcement of Moses by the faith Essene group, in the 2nd century BC.
