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Canaima National Park
Canaima National Park is located in southeastern Venezuela, near the borders of Guyana and Brazil, and covers an area of 3 million hectares. About 65% of the park is covered by table mountain (tepui) landforms. The table mountain landforms constitute a unique biogeological entity and are of great geological significance. Steep cliffs and waterfalls, including the world's highest waterfall (1,000 meters), create a spectacular landscape.
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Over thousands of years, water flowing through limestone and chalk deposited travertine barriers and formed natural dams, which in turn created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These geological processes continue today. The forests within the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.
Beijing Shuanglongxia Natural Scenic Area
Shuanglongxia Natural Scenic Area is a newly developed scenic area in the west of Beijing. It is located in the green mountains and green valleys 2.5 kilometers south of Huo Village, Zhaitang Town, Mentougou District. The main image of Shuanglongxia Natural Scenic Area can be summarized in six sentences: Ten miles of streams, hundreds of pools and waterfalls, thousands of acres of red apricots, and a vast forest of green mountains and green valleys. It is a paradise on earth. The mountains are like the sea, and the peaks are majestic and beautiful. It is known as "Little Jiuzhaigou" and "Hundred Waterfalls". The main attractions are: Train Battle, 1040 meters Yulong Lake, 1020 meters First Waterfall, 308 meters Shuanglong Water Play, 203 meters Xiao Jiuzhaigou Entrance, 447 meters Wild Kiwi Forest (200 years), 482 meters Xianjuliu, Wild Kiwi (300 years), 460 meters Second Waterfall. In addition, the specialty of Huo Village, the big red apricots, can be picked at the end of June and the beginning of July every year. Around September 10th, there are 3,000 walnut trees for picking. After the "October" holiday, the red leaves all over the mountains are the most fascinating. The scenic area is rich in water resources, the climate in the small watershed is warm and humid, the forests are lush, and the animal and plant species are rich. The vegetation coverage rate of the entire scenic area reaches 95%. The highest peak, Laolongwo, is 1,646 meters above sea level, forming two large waterfalls above 29 meters and nearly 100 small waterfalls below a few meters. The Tianhe, the pool, the green valley, and the red rock form a beautiful scene. In spring, the mountain flowers are in full bloom and the fragrance is fragrant; in summer, the valley is cool, the streams are gurgling, and the springs are flowing. The ice-skinned green trees in the shade complement each other. The ancient poplars, ancient willows, century-old kiwis, and mountain grapes cover the sky and are entangled in the middle, just like a tropical rainforest; in the golden autumn season, the weather is clear and refreshing, and the red leaves on the mountain are even more beautiful against the blue sky and white clouds. In winter, the ice waterfall is as white as jade and magnificent, which makes people linger. Here, you can also experience thrilling primitive forest and other mountain adventures; take a unique forest train, travel in the mountains, and the fragrance of flowers is refreshing, like a fairyland. The main scenic spots that can be appreciated are: Yulong Lake, Qingyou Lake, Sit and Listen to the Double Qin, Fairy Bay, the First Waterfall (29.7 meters high and 5 meters wide), Thousand Frog Bees, Seven Sound Waterfall, Double Dragons Entering the Water, Little Jiuzhaigou, Qinyutan, 300-year-old wild kiwi fruit, Fairy Bay, Double Dragons Playing with Turtle, Frog Stone, 200-year-old wild kiwi fruit, Fairy Willow, Songxian Pine, the Second Waterfall (30 meters high and 10 meters wide), and the primeval forest. In the valley from the first waterfall to the second waterfall, along the streams and mountain paths, vines, shrubs, and trees are entangled and intertwined, forming a natural plant corridor of about five kilometers long, which is lush and green, and is called "Tengluo Valley", a great wonder of Shuanglong Gorge. The scenic area can be summarized as: "Ten miles of streams, hundreds of pools of waterfalls, thousands of acres of red apricots, and thousands of hectares of forests." It can be said that the green mountains and valleys, the peaks and ridges are majestic and handsome. In summer, the mountain flowers are everywhere, and the gurgling streams are a beautiful northern beauty, so it is also called "Little Jiuzhaigou".
Škocjan Caves
This unique limestone cave system consists of collapsed sinkholes, underground passages about 6 km long and more than 200 m deep, several waterfalls and one of the largest known underground chambers. Located in the Kras region (literally meaning karst), the site is one of the most famous sites in the world for studying karst phenomena.
Nahanni National Park
The park is located along the South Nahanni River, one of North America's most spectacular wild rivers, and features deep canyons and huge waterfalls, as well as a unique limestone cave system. The park is also home to boreal forest animals such as wolves, grizzly bears, and caribou. The park's alpine environment is home to white bighorn sheep and wild goats.
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Located in northern Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou covers an area of 72,000 hectares and is over 4,800 meters above sea level. It is composed of a series of diverse forest ecosystems. Jiuzhaigou is a scenic area with a series of narrow conical karst landforms and spectacular waterfalls as its most striking feature. The valley is also home to about 140 bird species and several endangered plant and animal species, including the giant panda and Sichuan takin.
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
The Geirangerfjord and the Nærøyfjord are located in southwestern Norway, northeast of Bergen, 120 km apart. They are part of the western Norwegian fjord landscape, stretching from Stavanger in the south to Andalsnes, 500 km northeast. The two fjords are among the longest and deepest in the world and are considered the quintessential fjord landscape, as well as among the most beautiful in the world. Their unique natural beauty derives from their narrow, steep crystalline rock walls, which rise 1,400 metres from the Norwegian Sea and extend to 500 metres below sea level. The steep rock walls of the fjords feature numerous waterfalls, and free-flowing rivers flow through deciduous and coniferous forests to glacial lakes, glaciers and rugged mountains. The landscape features a range of natural phenomena, both terrestrial and marine, such as submarine moraines and marine mammals.
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
The Okapi Game Reserve is located in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and occupies one fifth of the Ituri Forest. The reserve and forest are located in the Congo River Basin, one of the largest water systems in Africa. The reserve is home to endangered primates and birds, and is home to approximately 5,000 okapis, with an estimated 30,000 in the wild. The reserve also features some spectacular scenery, including waterfalls on the Ituri and Epulu rivers. The reserve is inhabited by the traditional nomadic Mbuti pygmy people and Efe hunters.
Ivindo National Park
Located on the equator in northern Gabon, the site covers nearly 300,000 hectares of mostly pristine conditions surrounded by a picturesque network of blackwater rivers. The site features rapids and waterfalls surrounded by intact rainforest, creating a landscape of great aesthetic value. The site’s aquatic habitats host endemic freshwater fish species, 13 of which are threatened, at least seven species of Podostemaceae river grasses, and each waterfall may have micro-endemic aquatic plants. Many of the fish species at the site have not yet been described, and parts of the site have barely been surveyed. The critically endangered slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) has found sanctuary in Ivindo National Park, which also contains biogeographically unique native forests of the Caesalpinioideae species, with high conservation value, supporting, for example, a wide variety of butterflies and flagship mammals and birds at risk, such as the critically endangered forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), endangered chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), as well as the vulnerable grey-necked rock grouse (Picathartes oreas), mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), leopard (Panthera pardus), African golden cat (Caracal aurata) and three species of pangolins (Manidae spp.).
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is located in central California. It features "hanging" valleys, numerous waterfalls, cirques, smooth domes, moraines and U-shaped valleys, and a variety of granite landforms formed by glacial action. There is also a wide variety of flora and fauna at altitudes between 600 and 4,000 meters.
Kyoto's first waterfall scenic area
The first waterfall in Beijing is located in Liukeyu, Shicheng Township, Miyun District, Beijing, 103 kilometers away from Beijing and 3 kilometers north of Heilongtan. It is formed by the spring water of Yunmeng Mountain, with a drop of 62.5 meters and a slope of 85 degrees. It is the waterfall with the largest flow in the suburbs of Beijing. When you walk into the canyon, you can hear the sound of the waterfall before you see it. The water cascades down from the cliff, and the clouds are filled with mist. From a distance, it looks like a jade pillar supporting the sky, majestic and spectacular. Looking closely, silver flowers splash, like white mist gushing into the air. When the sun shines, it presents a colorful rainbow, which is as beautiful as a painting, forming mottled colors. The pool under the waterfall is large and strange, and unfathomable. Literati and poets sang poems in praise: "The Yunmeng waterfall is embroidered with colorful brocade, and the waterfall falls straight down with two white feet. The waterfall champion in Beijing is admired by everyone, and Chang'e never returns to the palace after seeing it."
Iguaçu National Park
Together with Argentina's Iguazú National Park, the park is home to one of the world's largest and most spectacular waterfalls, stretching some 2,700 meters. It is home to many rare and endangered plant and animal species, including giant otters and giant anteaters. The mist from the waterfalls encourages the growth of lush vegetation.
Iguazu National Park
The semicircular waterfall at the center of the site is about 80 meters high and 2,700 meters in diameter, located on the basalt line on the border between Argentina and Brazil. It consists of many waterfalls and splashes, making it one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The surrounding subtropical rainforest has more than 2,000 species of vascular plants and is home to wildlife typical of the region: tapirs, giant anteaters, howler monkeys, ocelots, jaguars and caimans.
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
One of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, the Zambezi River is more than 2 kilometres wide here, plunging through a series of basalt gorges, stirring up a rainbow of mist visible for more than 20 kilometres away.