Yasuni Forest
Possibly the most biodiverse area in the world. In this rainforest, the diversity of reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, birds, mammals, and vascular plants (with 2,700 – 4,000 species of plants per hectare) reaches their maximum for Western Hemisphere and often – world. Uncontacted tribes live in the forest. Endangered and affected by oil extraction.
Caverne Patate
The longest cave in Mauritius, 1 140 m long. It is adorned with stalactites and stalagmites. The cave is known since the 18th century and here have been found bones of extinct animals. Legends about the treasure hidden in it.
Kaive Oak (Senci Oak)
Tree with the largest girth in Latvia and Baltic states – at 1.3 m height this oak (Quercus robur) has a circumference of 10.55 m (2019).
Gorham’s Cave
One of four caves in Gorham’s Cave complex. Cave has formed in Jurassic limestone and has an 18 m thick layer of sediments that contain very important finds including the latest find of Neanderthals who lived here 60 – 24 thousand years ago when the sea was far away from the cave and the area was rich with resources. This is the last known settlement of Neanderthals in the world. The time of their habitation includes an incision of eight lines, made at least 39,000 years ago, most likely made by Neanderthals – the oldest known abstract drawing in the world. 23 thousand years ago here started to live modern humans, who left some paintings on the walls of the cave. Phoenicians and Carthaginians used this cave as their shrine, leaving offerings here.
Rokeb di Firmihin – forest of Dragon’s blood trees
The best and last forest of some of the most unusual looking trees in the world – Dragon’s Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari).
Top 10 largest trees in the world
Wondermondo 🢖 Lists and articles 🢖 Top 10 largest trees in the world Publication Top 10 largest trees in the world In short This is a list of the 10 largest – in fact, stoutest – known species of trees in the world. These trees have the largest circumference of their trunks. This list is not final and from […]
Swartwater Tree
One of the largest trees in South Africa – an enormous baobab (Adansonia digitata). Circumference – 24.55 m, height 28.4 m.
Arbol del Tule (Árbol del Tule)
One of the stoutest trees on Earth, Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum). Girth 36.2 m, diameter 11.62 m, height 35.4 m. Discounting the buttresses of the trunk the diameter – 9.38 m. Volume 750 m³. Age estimated to be 1,400 – 1,600 years. Sacred Zapotec tree.
General Grant Tree
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.)), the second largest tree in the world. Height 81.5 m, girth at breast height 27.8 m, volume 1,320 m3. This beautiful tree is declared as a National Shrine, a memorial to those who died in the war.
Boole Tree
Giant sequoia of enormous size. Height 81.9 m, girth at the breast height 24.3 m, volume 1,203 m³.
