SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF
THE WORLD
GRAND CANYON
United States: 277 miles long, 1 mile deep, 18 miles
wide.
VICTORIA FALLS
• Located on the
Zambezi River in
Africa
• 328 foot drop into the
Batoka Gorge
• First European to see
the falls, David
Livingstone, named
the falls for his Queen
NORTHERN LIGHTS
 Aka Aurora
Borealis/Australis/
Polaris
 Charged Particles
 Excited gas molecules
 Reaction to Solar
Wind
PARICUTIN
 Newest Mountain!
 February 20, 1943
 First Day = 25 feet
 Second Day = 164`
 First Week = 460`
 First Year = 1,100`
 Present = 1,350`
GREAT BARRIER REEF
 Located off East Coast
of Australia
 Largest deposit of
coral
 1250 miles long
EVEREST
 Highest peak
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approximately 29,028`
Sir Edmund Hillary and
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
first reached its summit on
May 29, 1953
Thousands attempted
700 succeeded
150 have died trying
RIO DE JANERIO
o Aka River of January
o Portuguese 1st to see
the bay in 1502
o Sugar Loaf Mountain
juts 1,325` from the
bay
TO BE CONTINUED…
WITH THE OTHER WONDERS OF
THE WORLD INCLUDING
WONDERFUL PHYSICAL,
MANMADE, AND HUMAN
WONDERS!!!