Friday 23 December 2011

9 World's Largest Lake


1.       Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). 
Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water, with a surface area of ​​371,000 km ², and therefore has the characteristics possessed by the sea and lakes. Caspian Sea is often ranked as the world's largest lake, though it does not contain fresh water.






2.       Lake Superior
Lake Superior was the largest North American Great Lakes. He is the largest freshwater lake in the world in surface area with Lake Baikal in Siberia has a "volume" more. (Caspian Sea is much larger, but contains salt water). Lake Superior has a surface area of ​​82.000 km ² (32,000 square miles), larger than the Republic Koruna. She has a maximum length of 350 miles (563 km) and maximum width of 160 miles (257 km). Depth average is 489 feet (149 m) with a maximum depth of 1333 feet (406 m). Lake Superior contains 2935 cubic miles (12,232 cubic km) of water. Line the banks of this lake is 2730 miles (4393 ​​km) (including islands)

He limits of Ontario, Canada, and Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States. He is an important shipping route for iron ore and is part of the Great Lakes Water Street.

3.       Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe) is one of Africa's Great Lakes.

Lake Victoria has an area of ​​68,870 square kilometers, making it the largest lake in Africa, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second largest freshwater lake in the world's surface area. Because the shallow, the lake is included in order to-7 freshwater lakes in the volume, contains 2760 cubic kilometers of water. He is the source of the longest branch of the Nile, White Nile. The lake is located in a plateau in the western Great Rift Valley of Africa and arranged by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.

There are more than 3,000 islands in Lake Victoria, mostly uninhabited tida. This includes Ssese Islands in Uganda, a large group of islands in the northwest of the lake and became a popular tourist destination.

4.       Lake Huron
Lake Huron is one of the 5 Great Lakes United. Is that all three of the estuary. Such as Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior, the lake is also shared between the United States and Canada.

Lake Huron has a length of 200 miles (325 km) and deep as 750 feet (230 m). Many boats and ships passing by on Lake Huron, carrying goods such as iron ore.

Lake Huron limit the Canadian provinces of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. No major city on Lake Huron, but there are several small towns like Sarnia, Ontario and Bay City, Michigan.

Water flowing out of the Huron runs through the river that flowed before the Detroit, Michigan. Then the water is flowing into Lake Erie and then into the ocean.

5.       Lake Michigan 
     
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes in North America.

Has a surface area of ​​22,300 square miles (57,750 square km). 307 miles in length and breadth of 118 miles. Lake Michigan is the 5th largest lake in the world.

Bordered by the states of the United States: Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The largest city on Lake Michigan is Chicago.



6.       Aral Sea
     Aral Sea is a lake located in Central Asia. The lake is flanked by Kazakhstan (Aktobe and Kyzylorda Province) in the north and Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) in the south. The name of this lake can be roughly translated as "Sea Islands", which refers to more than 1,500 islands that ever existed in this lake.

Earlier this lake is one of the largest lake in the world, with an area of ​​68,000 km ² (26.300 sq mi). Unfortunately, the lake is shrinking since the 1960's because of the river that flows into the lake is diverted to other places in the Soviet Union irrigation projects. In 2007, only about 10% of the remaining lakes.
Animation shrinking Aral Sea.

The fishing industry had developed in this place, but this industry has been devastated by the shrinkage of the lake. Aral Sea region is also contaminated, resulting in the emergence of health problems. Shrinkage of the lake reported to cause changes in local climate. Summers become hotter and drier, while the winter lasts longer with cooler temperatures.

Kazakhstan is currently trying to save the North Aral Sea. Then the dam project completed in 2005. In 2008, the water level rises again. Salinity decreases, and the fish returned to emerge. However, the fate of the South Aral Sea is still bleak.

The shrinking Aral Sea has been dubbed as "one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet"

7.       Lake Tanganyika
      
Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa (3 ° 20 'to 8 ° 48' latitude and 29 ° 5 'to 31 ° 15' E). This lake is thought to be the second deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal in Siberia.

The lake is located in the Western Rift in the Great Rift Valley and surrounded by mountain walls of the canyon. This lake is the largest and deepest canyon lake in deepest Africa or number 2 in the world and save the largest freshwater reserves. Its length extends about 673 km in the North-South direction and an average width of 50 km. This lake covers an area of ​​32.900 km ², with a length of the edge line of 1.828 km and an average depth of 570 m with a maximum depth of 1.470 m (at the most northern basins) keep a backup of water with a volume estimated at 18.900 km ³. The temperature at the surface around 25 ° C and has an average pH of 8.4.

It lies in the tropics and its depth is very large to prevent the occurrence of 'turnover' of the mass of water, so water is located on the inside into what is known as 'fossil water' and are anoxic (lacking oxygen). Lake catchment area of ​​231.000 km ², with two main rivers flowing into lakes and several rivers and smaller streams and one major outflow of the River Lukuga.

The main water source comes from the River Ruzizi, entrance on the north by Lake Kivu, and Malagarasi River, which is the second largest river in Tanzania, entering through the east side of Lake Tanganyika.
Lake Tanganyika from aerial photographs, June 1985

The lake is located in the four countries - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia, with the division of territory to the DRC (45%) and Tanzania (41%) which is the largest part of this lake region.

8.       Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest lake in the world and the most (in content) bargaining water on Earth. This lake contains more than 20% of the world's fresh water and more than 90% of freshwater Russia. This lake is a world heritage site located in southern Siberia in Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and Buryatia on the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk. The name is derived from the word Tatar "Bai-Kul" - "rich lake". He is also known as the "Blue Eye of Siberia". In the Russian language, he called Байкал (Ozero Baykal, Озеро literally meaning Lake), and the Buryat and Mongolian language he called Dalai-Nor, or "Holy Sea". Bottom of Form
Coordinates                                       : 52 ° 45 'N 107 ° 15' E
The surface area of ​​                        : 31.494 km2 (19.569 mi ²)

9.       Great Bear Lake
      Great Bear Lake is a lake situated in Canada that has an area of ​​31,080 km2 and has a length of 373 km.

9 the world's highest waterfall


1.       Angel Falls or Salto Angel
Angel Falls or Salto Angel is a free-falling waterfall in the world's tallest with a height of 979 meters (3212 feet) with a fall without resistance about 807 meters (2647 feet). This waterfall is located on the Rio Caroni, Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

Although first seen at the beginning of the 20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known to the world until it was officially by American aviator James Crawford Angel in flight looking for gold mining site. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near the waterfall. The waterfall was named "Angel Falls" in memory of its discoverer, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indian tribes called this waterfall as "Auyan-tepui" ("Aiyan-tepui") which means "Devil Mountain".

Its official elevation is determined by the National Geographic Society in 1949. This waterfall is the most famous tourist attractions in Venezuela.

2.       Tugela Waterfall
     Tugela Falls is the second highest waterfall in the world. The total height reaches 948 meters. Situated in the Drakensberg (Dragon Mountains) precisely in the Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa. The water from this waterfall originating from the Tugela River.







3.       Utigord (Utigordsfoss)
     Utigord (Utigordsfoss) is a waterfall glacier, located in Norway which has a height 800 meters, this waterfall is the highest number three of the waterfalls in the world.















4.       Monge (Mongefoss)
     Monge (Mongefoss) waterfall located in Marstein, Norway, on the river that has kertinggian Mongebeck 774 meters, this waterfall is the highest number four of the waterfalls in the world.














 5.       Mutarazi (Mtarazi)
     Mutarazi (Mtarazi) is located garden waterfalls National Nyanga, Zimbabwe, on the river that has kertinggian Mutarazi 762 meters, this waterfall is the highest number five of the waterfalls in the world.














6.       Yosemite
     Yosemite waterfalls are located in Yosemite National Park, California, USA who has kertinggian 739 meters, this waterfall is the highest number six of the waterfalls in the world.














 
7.       Pieman
     Pieman is a waterfall located in the Alpine National Park, Victoria Australia Children who have kertinggian Pieman river 715 meters, this waterfall is the highest number seven of the waterfalls in the world.








8.       Espelands (Espelandsfoss)
 
     Pieman is a waterfall located in the Hardanger Fjord, Norway, on the river Opo who have kertinggian 703 meters, this waterfall is the highest number eight of waterfalls in the world.

 









9.     March Lower Valley (Østra Mardolafoss)



Pieman is a waterfall located in eikesdal, Norway, in the rapids Mardals who have kertinggian 655 meters, this waterfall is the highest number nine of all the waterfalls in the world.

Saturday 26 November 2011

9 the most beautiful island in the world

1.      Bali in Indonesia
Bali is the name of a province in Indonesia and also the name of the largest islands that are part of the province. In addition consists of the island of Bali, Bali Province is also made ​​up of islands surrounding a smaller, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan Island, the island of Nusa Island Ceningan and attack.
Bali lies between Java and Lombok Island. Denpasar is the provincial capital located on the southern island. The majority of Balinese are Hindu. In the world, Bali is famous as a tourist destination with a unique variety of art-culture, especially for Japanese and Australian tourists. Bali is also known as Thousand Island Island of the Gods and temples.

2.       Seychelles Island in Indian Ocean
Seychelles island is an island nation that includes an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean in the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 miles east of mainland Africa, northeast of Madagascar. Neighboring countries and territories are Mauritius and Reunion to the south, Comoro and Mayotte to the southwest, and the Maldives to the northeast. Seychelles, with an estimated population of 86,525, has the smallest population in Africa. Seychelles is part of the Mascarene Islands together with Mauritius, and Reunion.

3.       Maldives Island
Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives is an archipelago island contains coral reefs located in the Indian Ocean, south of the island of Lakshadweep, India. It is located about 700 miles or (435 miles) southwest of Sri Lanka. There are 26 coral gazetted as areas containing a total of 1.192 small islands. However, only about 200 islands are inhabited only by men. Name this country is derived from the "mountainous Islands" (malai in Tamil, meaning "mountain" and teevu on in Tamil meaning "island") it also probably means "a thousand islands". Some scholars believe that the name "Maldives" maladvipa taken from the Sanskrit word, means "arrangement of the islands," or from "mahila dvipa", meaning "island of women". There are those who believe the name means "palace" (from the Mahal in Arabic), following the introduction of Islam in 1153, the island became part of the Portuguese (1558), Netherlands (1654) and title of British colonial rule (1887). In 1965, Maldives declared its independence from Britain, and in 1968, the Sultanate was replaced by a Republic. However, over 38 years, Maldives has had only two presidents even though political restrictions have been relaxed recently.

4.       Bora Bora in Tahiti
Bora Bora is one of the islands in the archipelago of Tahiti, French Polynesia. One of the islands are surrounded by a lagoon blue, turquoise green around the main island, and in the middle of the island there are three volcanoes. Islands in Tahiti is mostly due to volcanic eruptions that occurred hundreds or thousands of years ago that ultimately formed the islands and lagoon-lagoon around it.





5.       Lanikai in hawaii
Lanikai Beach is a not so great, but it is a beach with the clearest, bluest water in Hawaii. Complete with a view of two small islands called Mokuluas in the distance.










6.       Fraser Island in Australia
Fraser Island is an island located along the southern coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Brisbane. Its length is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) and its width is approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi). It was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1992. The island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world at 1840 km². It is also Queensland's largest island, Australia's sixth largest island and the largest island on the East Coast of Australia.
The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths. It is made up of sand that has been accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the sediment which is carried on a strong offshore current northwards along the coast. Unlike many sand dunes, plant life is abundant due to the naturally occurring mycorrhizal fungi present in the sand, which release nutrients in a form that can be absorbed by the plants. Fraser Island is home to a small number of mammal species, as well as a diverse range of birds, reptiles and amphibians, including the occasional saltwater crocodile. The island is part of the Fraser Coast Region and protected in the Great Sandy National Park.
Fraser Island has been inhabited by humans for as much as 5,000 years. Explorer James Cook sailed by the island in May 1770. Matthew Flinders landed near the most northern point of the island in 1802. For a short period the island was known as Great Sandy Island. The island became known as Fraser due to the stories of a shipwreck survivor named Eliza Fraser. Today the island is a popular tourism destination. Its resident human population was 360 at the census of 2006.

7.       Saint Barthélemy
is an overseas collectivity of France. Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts (also, St. Barth's) in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao.The collectivity is one of four territories among the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean that comprise the French West Indies, along with Guadeloupe (200 km southeast), Martinique and Saint Martin. St. Barts lies c. 35 km southeast of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin, and north of St Kitts. Puerto Rico is 240 km to its west in the Lesser Antilles.
St. Barts, a volcanic island fully encircled by shallow reefs, has an area of 21 km² and a population of 8,823 (census 2008). Its capital is Gustavia, which also contains the main harbour to the island. It is the only Caribbean island which was a Swedish colony for any significant length of time; Guadeloupe was under Swedish rule only briefly, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Symbolism from the Swedish national arms, the Three Crowns, still appears in the island's coat of arms. The language, cuisine and culture, however, are distinctly French. The island is a popular tourist destination during the winter holiday season.

8.      Usedom: The Singing Island Germany
Though anchored to the German coast with bridges at both north and south ends (and a railway over the northern bridge), Usedom lies so far east that the eastern tip is actually part of Poland — you can walk down the beach from Ahlberg to the large commercial port of Swinoujscie. But it’s the German side that’s the tourist magnet, a beloved getaway since the early 19th century; Usedom has been nicknamed the “Bathtub of Berlin.” Usedom’s other nickname, “the singing island,” came about because the white sand of its 25-mile strand is so fine that it squeaks when you walk on it. A handful of nearby “wellness hotels” and thermal baths preserve old-world spa traditions. Landscaped garden promenades, open-air concert pavilions, and tree-lined side streets hark back to genteel seaside holiday traditions; each resort town also has a long pleasure pier extending into the Baltic, where you can still envision a parade of ladies with parasols and bustled dresses and gents in well-cut linen suits.

9.      Langkaw in Malaysia
Langkawi is one of the districts in the state of Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia. Langkawi Island were given tax-exempt status in 1987. Today, the island is rich with natural beauty and legends of the past has been to present ourselves as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malaysia. Langkawi is actually an island chain in which the island of Langkawi is the largest.