Guaira Falls, Brazil-Paraguay border
Most people think of Niagara Falls is the largest in the world. Though Guaira Falls is the largest in the world by volume waterfall that reaches an average of 1.75 million cubic feet per-second. Compare with the Niagara Falls are only 70 000 cubic per-second. Sources located in the Guaira Falls the frontier of Brazil, Paraguay, the Parana river. In 1982, the water ternjun Guaira was built dams for power generation by the name of the Itaipu Dam is now the second largest dam in the world's largest electricity producer after Gorges Dam. Itaipu Dam supplies electricity to 90 percent of Paraguay, and 19 percent to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Iceberg B-15, Antarctica
Iceberg B-15 is the largest iceberg in recorded history. The extent of 3100 km, making it larger than Jamaica Pulai. This giant iceberg because the fault Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. Then in 2003, the iceberg B-15 is again split into several pieces, one of the largest so-called B-15a drift northward, then fell into a glacier in 2005, leaving a fault during an 8-km. This makes major changes to the map of Antarctica and requires to be revised (map).Most of drifting along the coast eventually foundered. In 2006, hurricanes in Alaska, the ocean waves passing menyebbakan to 13 500 km for 6 days to Antarctica, and the remaining fractions separated fractions became more and more. Nearly a decade passed, parts of the iceberg is still not completely liquid, the largest part is still considered sebagaii B-15a, with the vast field reached 1,700 km. The picture above is an iceberg called B-15a after drifting into the Drygalski Glacier (bottom), his final break up into several pieces
Don Juan Pond, Antarctica
Which places the highest salt content? Surely people would call the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is world famous for its salt content is very high. Based on the research, the high salt content of sea water could be a health therapy. No wonder that many around the Dead Sea spas built for therapy, particularly health and beauty therapies. But it turns out that the Dead Sea is not terasin in the world. It is precisely in the Antarctic is, rather Don Juan Pond, a lake with the highest salt content in the world.The comparison when juxtaposed with the sea in general, Don Juan Pond 18 times saltier than normal seawater, when compared to the Dead Sea, the Don Juan Pond 8 times more salty.This location is found by Lt Lt Don Roe and John Hickey, in 1961, when both are doing research in Antarctica. Don Juan Pond is also the name given by the researchers of this army, possibly merging the two names. Temperature in the pond-like generally in the Antarctic region, is quite low, with lows can reach -30 degrees Celsius. But never got frozen like other places in Antarctica.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of the lake with the same name. Precisely in the Gulf of Plenty, North Island of New Zealand. The uniqueness of the region is the number of pools of hot springs, especially Pohutu Geyser at Whakarewarewa, boiling mud and silt. The area was a unique and exciting, so much visited by tourists.
83-42, Greenland
Strange and unique. But 83-42 is believed to be the only area of land in the north. It's just a 'piece' size is about 35 mx 15 m and 4 m high. When viewed from above, like just a speck of land surrounded by broken shards of ice. Unique! When the north pole is covered by ice, but the ground is not. See the picture! The uniqueness is once again toppled the previous record yaknu ATOW 1996. 83-42 The uniqueness is found in 1998.
Socotra, Republic of Yemen
Socotra where the strangest and most unique in the world. Almost everything in there looks odd, starting from the tree and its environment, it's no wonder many are called Socotra is located in the Republic of Yemen as one of the alien nest in the world. It's very isolated, dry climates like no other. This anomaly could be the cause of plant life or anything on there grew strange. Call it a well-known plants such as Dragon's Blood Tree is strange, very unusual shape, looks like paying. This tree produces a red sap. There were animals native animals, like birds, spiders and other native animals. Not to mention also the coral rocks, which form is not common and only on the island. With all the strangeness content of the island, do not be surprised if Socotra, an island in the Arabian sea, into the World Heritage Heritage.
The Great Dune of Pyla, France
We know that Europe has no desert, sand dunes at best only mediocre. But this assumption is wrong. Europe has the unique dune Pyla, the length of 3 km, a width of 500 m and a height of 100 meters. These dunes are very steep part facing the forest. This place is famous for being the place paragliding activity. In addition to the uniqueness of the dunes, which is also amazing is the surrounding landscape from the heights where we can see the sea and the forest. Because the dunes are much higher than the forest, so that from the dunes we could see everything.
Meteor Crater, USA
Meteor Crater is a crater formed by meteorite. It is located about 43 miles (69 km) east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in northern Arizona desert of the United States. The place was called the Meteor Crater because it was close to the post office name. Meteor crater is supposedly formed since 50,000 years ago in the Pleistocene period when the local climate became cooler and wetter. At that time there was a vast grassland and forests, inhabited by woolly mammoths, giant sloth mashed, and camels. Maybe not in the area of human habitation. Meteorites that contains nickel and make a crater of 50 meters.
Mount Roraima, Venezuela, Brazil and Guyan
Mount Roraima is a beautiful wonderful place. This unique rock shaped like a hood for a table in the clouds. Height of 400 meters. The only way to reach the peak of the roof of the table it is to climb the ladder track is already provided the government of Venezuela. Another way suggested is not the usual rock climbers. Where rain falls almost every day, wash away the ivy plant on the roof. As a result, the roof of the mountain to be unique, because it is clean of any .. alias such as 'empty table'.
The Door To Hell, Turkmenistan
This place is probably all know, at least have read about or see pictures. It's no wonder because the phenomenon of nature in Turkmenistan is somewhat unique. People call this the 'Gate of Hell "because of the 70-meter wide crater it out fires continuously since last 35 years. Starting from 1971 in which the member's geologists to find mine gas. What happened next is a burst of fire from under a continuous, even swallowed all their equipment. The geologist is no one dared to go down into the crater poisonous. You can see it on Google Earth at 40 ° 15'8 "N 58 ° 26'23" E.
