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Thursday, January 29, 2009

A Little Geography Lesson and Tour

I was asked to name the Seven Natural
Wonders of the World recently. I was embarrassed
to realize that I couldn't! In fact,
I thought Niagra Falls was one of them and it
is not! Not only that, I only could name
two of the seven! So, I thought I'd do a little
geography lesson ...for myself...
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1. The Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge
carved by the Colorado River in the United States state of Arizona.
2. The Great Barrier Reef
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The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world,
composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands.
The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of
Queensland in northeast Australia.
3. Mount Everest
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Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth. (29,029 ft)
The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia,
is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.
4. The Aurora Borealis
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Auroras, sometimes called the northern and southern (polar) lights, are natural light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the polar regions. The aurora borealis is also called the northern polar lights, as it is only visible in the sky from the Northern Hemisphere.

5. Victoria Falls

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The Victoria Falls is a waterfall situated in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls are, by some measures, the most enormous waterfall in the world, as well as being among the most unusual in form, and having arguably the most diverse and easily seen wildlife of any major waterfall site.

6. The Paricutin Volcano

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Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. Eruptions happened between 1943 and 1952.

7. The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

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The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, or Guanabara Bay, is known as one of the most beautiful natural harbors. Rio de Janeiro Harbour is located in Brazil on the south-western shore of Guanabara Bay. The bay is surrounded by the city of Rio, the second largest city and former capital of Brazil, along a strip of land between the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. The world famous statue of Jesus stands on the top of Corcovado Peak. The harbor was formed by the Atlantic Ocean, which wore out the soil and rocks along the coast.

And since I've only seen one of these...the Grand Canyon.... (and that was from an airplane window!).... I guess I have a bit of traveling to do!

Anybody want to come along? :)

23 comments:

  1. Wouldn't it be fun to just plan it out to go to one a month? We could study all about it and then meet somewhere and all go together. I think it would be so much fun, but unfortunately, I wouldn't have the time or money. (Especially the money), but isn't it fun to think about doing it? I love the pictures of them.

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  2. I'm packing my suitcase, let's go! Very fun post... like you, I only knew two. I think I'll head off to Brazil first and after that I must squeeze in some time with the auroras!

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  3. Betsy, I want you to know that I plan to re-visit this post and study it tomorrow! We played Trivial Pursuit (NOT a favorite of mine) New Year's Eve with friends and I was absolutely APPALLED at the information that I NO LONGER have available in this brain of mine!
    So! I will be studying your geography lesson!

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  4. MG ~ it sounds like a plan...let's go!

    Jill ~ I can completely relate! Ask me anything about child rearing or domestic related topics and I'm right on it...other than that, the old brain has gotten a little rusty!

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  5. Betsy, you've got me beat. I haven't seen any of these. I have seen Niagra Falls. It was pretty impressive too. I'd never heard of the Paricutin Volcano at all. Count me in on the sightseeing!

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  6. This is a great post.. I like the theme, 7 Wonders, 7 Ways to be warm... I will be looking for 7 tomorrow. I was surprised by #7 and never even heard of #6 but the first 5 I knew. I also have seen none of them, but my sister has seen Victoria Falls which she says is amazing, and the Grand Canyon.

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  7. What a significant and useful post!
    Of the seven, I have only seen two, The Grand Canyon and The Harbor of Rio.
    Beautiful, stunning pictures!;)

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  8. I'd love to come along! I haven't seen ANY of those :( I always get confused when asked to list them, because it seems there are so many different lists: ancient wonders, natural wonders, etc. I enjoyed the tour ...
    Susan

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  9. You've seen one of these, makes you luckier than me. For me, I can't carry my head high yet;) But mostly into world cities to explore:)

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  10. I'll go everywhere but Mount Everest with you. Too bad Niagara Falls wasn't on the list. Then I could say I've been to one of them.

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  11. the only one i could name was the grand canyon. it is also the only one i've visited. it was fun to see these sight and learn about them.

    and, yes, my suitcase is packed as well. when do we shove off, girlfriend?

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  12. Would love to go see all of these!!! Great post Betsy!

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  13. That would be a fun trip! I wouldn't have been able to name them all had someone asked me!

    Manuela

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  14. am packing my bag after I type this...seriously Betsy I could not have named more than a couple ...thanks for the beautiful lesson!

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  15. Betsy, I tagged you over on my blog if you want to play along.

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  16. There must be a difference between the 'Natural Wonders' and the 7 wonders! I seem to remember different wonders than you have posted. Hey, I got an idea.....why don't you look those up and see if it's different?....I'm to lazy to!!! Have a good weekend.

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  17. I followed you from Patty's blog (Old Lady Lincoln). I like your blog! This post reminded me of a book I just HAD to have and has disappeared somewhere. Now I want to go find it after seeing this post. It was on The Wonders of The World.

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  18. Strider ~ yes, I think there are more lists...one is man made wonders...which includes the pyramids of Egypt...I'll have to do another post of those some time!

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  19. Brenda ~ Hi and welcome! Sounds like a really interesting book!

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  20. What a great post. I thoroughly enjoyed my geography lesson. Thanks!

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  21. I'd like to jump along. I have to admit I only knew half of these.

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  22. Mmm ~ yes, please come! And good for you knowing half of them! I'm impressed!

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  23. this is a wonderful post, and I so enjoyed reading it. I've been to the Grand Canyon and that's about it. I need to get moving, Cindy

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