Aouk Underground River
Amazing system of more than 6 km long underground passages with one of the most powerful underground rivers in the world. System has three tiankengs.
Top 10 waterfalls of the world
Wondermondo 🢖 Lists and articles 🢖 Top 10 waterfalls of the world Publication Top 10 waterfalls of the world In short Here are listed 10 most impressive waterfalls of the world. Map of the sites What is needed for a truly great waterfall? Lists like this are subjective – the magnificence and attractiveness of waterfalls cannot be measured and […]
Jog Falls (Gersoppa Falls)
The most impressive waterfall in India – Sharavati River here falls 253 meters. Width of the waterfall reaches 580 m during the monsoons – then it is one of the world’s most impressive waterfalls.
Niagara Falls
The most popular waterfall in the world is 51 meters high and 1203 meters wide. The shape of the waterfall and its proportions have become somewhat synonymous with the word “waterfall”.
Epupa Falls
Group of picturesque waterfalls in approximately 490 m wide front, formed by Kunene River. The tallest single drop is 37 m high. Picturesque groves of large baobabs next to the falls. Endemic species of fish.
Merelani Hills – the only find of tanzanite
World’s only find of tanzanite – unusual, deep blue gemstone.
Sireneviy Kamen – the only find of charoite
The only find of beautiful, pink mineral – charoite. In this locality are found numerous other very rare and unique minerals.
Hypersaline lakes beneath the Devon Ice Cap
Two very unusual lakes under the thick ice of Devon Island. These lakes, most likely, are hypersaline and not freezing at the temperature that is constantly below -10.5°C.
Blue garnets of Bekily
The only commercial find of blue garnets in the world, a pyrope-spessartine with vanadium content. Some of these stones have a color change effect – from blue in daylight to red in artificial light.
Chocolate Hills
Unique geomorphological phenomenon – 1,200 – 1,700 similar grass-covered conical hills that form a unique landscape. The height of each hill – 40 – 120 m. During the dry periods, hills turn brown. Formed from coral limestone that has been uplifted and eroded. Hills contain numerous caves.
