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Lord Howe Island Group
These islands are outstanding examples of isolated oceanic islands, created by volcanic activity more than 2,000 metres below the seafloor, with spectacular topography and home to numerous endemic species, especially birds.
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.
Mount Huangshan
Huangshan is known as "China's most beautiful mountain" and for a long time in Chinese history it was celebrated through art and literature (for example in the mid-16th century Shanshui style). Today it still holds the same allure for pilgrims, poets, painters and photographers, and is renowned for its stunning scenery, made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging from a sea of clouds.
Grand Canyon National Park
The Grand Canyon was carved by the Colorado River and is nearly 1,500 meters deep. It is the most spectacular canyon in the world. It is located in Arizona and runs through the Grand Canyon National Park. Its horizontal layers recreate the geological history of the Grand Canyon. In the past 2 billion years, humans have also had prehistoric traces of adapting to extremely harsh environments during their evolution.