Top 5 Natural Wonders of the World

1. Passage 5 Top 5 Natural Wonders of the World

2. Mt. Everest, which straddles the border between China and Nepal, is the world’s highest mountain. China ▼ Nepal

3. It measures 29,029 feet (8844.43 meters). • The mountain is still growing! • Geological forces push it up a few millimeters each year.

4. Tenzing Norgay a Sherpa Sir Edmund Hillary • They first reached the peak’s summit in 1953.

5. Since then more than 1,000 people have reached the top – and at least 100 have died trying.

6. Why climb Everest? “Because it is there.” -- George Mallory, a Briton, part of the first expedition

7. Welcome to Grand Canyon!

8. Arizona ▲ • The Colorado River flows through the canyon. The river created several other canyons, but the Grand Canyon in Arizona is the most beautiful.

9. Visitors to the Grand Canyon admire its breathtaking colors, rock formations and cliffs. No picture can adequately capture its beauty.

10. The canyon is 277 miles long and anywhere from 4 to 18 miles wide, rim to rim. • A national park protects the canyon’s most spectacular section.

11. Visitors can either hike or ride a mule from the rim to the canyon floor 5,280 feet below.

12. Great Barrier Reef

13. The Great Barrier Reef extends 1, 200 miles along Australia’s northeast coast through the Coral Sea. • It is the largest coral formation in the world and is visible from space! • Actually, it is not one reef but a chain of thousands.

14. More than 10,000 species live on the Great Barrier Reef. • These reef inhabitants include more than 1,500 kinds of fish and 200 kinds of birds.

15. The beauty of the reef also attracts thousands of human visitors each year. • They dive, snorkel or see the reef by glass-bottom boat.

16. Mosi oa Tunya

17. Victoria Falls stretch across the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia. ● ●

18. Locals call the falls “Most oa Tunya”, or “The Smoke that Thunders.” • The roar of the water can be heard long before the mist from the falls comes into view.

19. During peak flood season, the falls form the largest curtain of falling water in the world. • The mile-wide falls plunge 330 feet over a cliff into a narrow gorge.

20. From February to May, nearly 120 million gallons of water a minute make the plunge into the gorge.

22. The Amazon Rain Forest covers more than a billion acres of northern South America. • If this rain forest were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world!

23. Some scientists call the area the “lungs of our planet”. • The area produces more than 20% of the world’s oxygen.

24. Millions of animal and plant species live in the Amazon, including one third of the world’s bird species!

25. A visit to the Amazon, or any of these natural wonders, is an experience you will treasure for a life time.

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27. Top 5 Natural Wonders of the World

28. Mt. Everest, which straddles the border between China and Nepal, is the world’s highest mountain. China ▼ Napel

29. China ▼ Napel

30. It measures 29,029 feet/8844.43 meters. • The mountain is still growing! • Geological forces push it up a few millimeters each year.

32. Tenzing Norgay a Sherpa Sir Edmund Hillary • They first reached the peak’s summit in 1953.

33. Tenzing Norgay a Sherpa Sir Edmund Hillary

34. Since then more than 1,000 people have reached the top – and at least 100 have died trying.

36. Why climb Everest? “Because it is there.” -- George Mallory, a Briton, part of the first expedition

37. Why?

38. Welcome to Grand Canyon!

39. Arizona ▲ • The Colorado River flows through the canyon. The river created several other canyons, but the Grand Canyon in Arizona is the most beautiful.

40. Arizona ▲

41. Visitors to the Grand Canyon admire its breathtaking colors, rock formations and cliffs. No picture can adequately capture its beauty.

43. The canyon is 277 miles long and anywhere from 4 to 18 miles wide, rim to rim. • A national park protects the canyon’s most spectacular section.

45. Visitors can either hike or ride a mule from the rim to the canyon floor 5,280 feet below.

47. Great Barrier Reef

48. The Great Barrier Reef extends 1, 200 miles along Australia’s northeast coast through the Coral Sea. • It is the largest coral formation in the world and is visible from space! • Actually, it is not one reef but a chain of thousands.

50. More than 10,000 species live on the Great Barrier Reef. • These reef inhabitants include more than 1,500 kinds of fish and 200 kinds of birds.