10 most impressive natural wonders

The highest waterfall in the world, endless salt flats, bright orange sand dunes, and many other amazing places can be found on our planet.

We invite you to see 10 places of extraordinary beauty, some of which you have probably never heard of.

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1. Salar Uyuni or Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt desert in the world - located in Bolivia. It is located at an altitude of 3,653 meters above sea level. About 40 thousand years ago, the Uyuni salt marsh was part of the large Minchin Lake. As a result of climatic changes, the lake began to dry up, and after it, only the lakes Uru-Uru and Poopo and two salt deserts remained: Salar de Coipasa and Uyuni.

2. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef. It is located off the coast of Australia and is the largest natural object on Earth, which consists of billions of tiny living organisms and which is visible even from space.

3. Canadian Rockies - mountains in the west of Canada - are part of the Pacific Cordillera. Their beauty impressed the staff of the World Organization of UNESCO so much that four protected areas of the Canadian Rockies were inscribed on the World Heritage List of cultural and natural sites.

4. Atacama - foggy desert in South America - located in northern Chile. This is the driest desert in the world, in some areas precipitation falls only once every few decades. And local residents use a tricky device to collect water - "fog eliminators" - fog condenses along its walls and flows into a barrel, about 18 liters of water can be collected per day.

5. Milford Sound or Piopiotahi is a bay on the South Island in New Zealand, the formation of which began during the Ice Age. The famous English writer - Rudyard Kipling - called this place "the eighth wonder of the world."

6. The Grand Canyon in the USA - the deepest canyon in the world - was formed over ten million years. In it, you can find traces of 4 geological eras of our planet. It is believed that the rock carvings found in the Grand Canyon were made by the Indians about 3 thousand years ago. This site is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. About 4 million tourists visit it every year.

7. Angel - the highest waterfall in the world - is located in the rainforests of Venezuela. Its waters flow from the slopes of Mount Auyantepui. The height of the waterfall is so great - more than 800m - that before reaching the surface of the earth, it turns into fog.

8. Plitvice Lakes is a very picturesque place in Croatia, which consists of 16 large lakes, 140 waterfalls, and 20 caves. On the territory of the Plitvice National Park, there is a coniferous and beech forest preserved from ancient times, which has an amazing ability to self-heal. This unique place on Earth is one of the few where new waterfalls appear every year.

9. The Lake District or Lake District is a reserve in the county of Cumbria in the northwestern part of England, which stretches for 55 kilometers in width. Picturesque lakes and mountain landscapes have made this place one of the most popular holiday areas in the UK.

10. The Namib Desert is located mainly in Namibia in southwestern Africa off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Its area is more than one hundred thousand square kilometers and is almost uninhabited. Namib, translated from the language of the Nama people, means "a place where there is nothing." This is the oldest desert in the world, which has existed for about 80 million years, i.e. It was formed during the time of the dinosaurs.