1. Mount Everest
Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, and the highest point of the earth. Mount Everest attracts many highly experienced mountaineers as well as
capable climbers willing to hire professional guides. While not posing
substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest
presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather and wind.
2. Bangkok
Bangkok, capital of Thailand, located on the Chao Phraya Delta. The city
is a center of politics, economy, culture and education from Thailand. Bangkok's rapid growth amidst little urban planning and regulation has
resulted in a haphazard cityscape and inadequate infrastructure systems.
Limited roads, despite an extensive expressway network, together with substantial private car usage, have resulted in chronic and crippling traffic congestion.
3. Cherrapunji
Cherrapunji is a subdivisional town in the East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It is credited as being the second wettest place on Earth.It is the traditional capital of a hima(Khasi tribal chieftainship constituting a petty state) known as Sohra or Churra. The word "cherrapunji" means 'land of oranges'. Despite perennial
rainfall, Cherrapunji faces an acute water shortage and the inhabitants
often have to trek for miles to obtain potable water.
4. Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China
in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states
against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by
various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as
early as the 7th century BC these, later joined together and made bigger, stronger, and unified are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall.
5. Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India
and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's
heritage". Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Islamic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Indian architectural styles.
6. Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. Located on the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, the combined falls form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world, with a vertical drop of more than 165 feet (50 m). Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean.
7. Maldives
Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean consisting of a double chain of twenty-six atolls, oriented north-south, that lie between Minicoy Island (the southernmost part of Lakshadweep, India) and the Chagos Archipelago. The Maldives is an archipelago, which
consists of 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean. The most well known for
beautiful scenery: white beaches, swaying palm trees, colorful corals
and abundant sunshine. 80 percent of the average height of the Maldives
is less than one meter. If rising sea levels continue to change the
global climate, this beautiful paradise might disappear under the sea
sooner or later.
8. Komodo Island
Komodo Island in Indonesia is most famous for the clarity of the sea and tropical marine life is diverse, so be the Mecca of divers around the world. The island is particularly notable as the natural habitat of the Komodo Dragon, the largest lizard on earth and consequently named after the island. The inhabitants of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and who have mixed with Bugis from Sulawesi. The population are primarily adherents of Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu congregations.
9. Hokkaido
Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectures. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaido is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city. There are about 1,200 Red-crowned cranes living in the city of Kushiro Wetland Hokkaido, Japan. It is a paradise for rare breeding birds. large-scale hunting by human beings and rising sea levels, the Kushiro wetlands reduced year on year. And habitat of Red-crowned cranes are also much reduced.
10. Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and the largest island of Asia. It is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. About 50 percent of the island is covered by primitive forests. And a variety of rare species live in this mysterious tropical forests. however, excessive logging, oil palm plantation expansion and construction of roads, causing shrinking of tropical forests. Global climate change also resulted in the extinction of local flora and spread of malaria. High temperatures and dry also increases the danger of forest fires.
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