1. The Blue Hole of Belize
Great Blue Hole is an underwater sinkholes off the coast of Belize. The hole was located near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll within 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the mainland and Belize City. Hole is circular in shape, over 300 meters (984 feet) across and within 125 m (407 feet). The hole formed over the Quaternary glaciation events when sea levels are much lower - the analysis of stalactites discovery in Great Blue Hole shows that formation has occurred 153,000, 66,000, 60,000, and 15,000 years ago. As the ocean began to appear again, the caves were flooded. Great Blue Hole is part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System larger, as a World Heritage Site in the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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2. Deep-Sea Vents
Great Blue Hole is an underwater sinkholes off the coast of Belize. The hole was located near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll within 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the mainland and Belize City. Hole is circular in shape, over 300 meters (984 feet) across and within 125 m (407 feet). The hole formed over the Quaternary glaciation events when sea levels are much lower - the analysis of stalactites discovery in Great Blue Hole shows that formation has occurred 153,000, 66,000, 60,000, and 15,000 years ago. As the ocean began to appear again, the caves were flooded. Great Blue Hole is part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System larger, as a World Heritage Site in the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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2. Deep-Sea Vents
Also known as a black smoker or smoker black, ie expenditure activity and hot gases into the earth's surface due to volcanic activity. Regions Deep - Sea Vents very wild, he has bursts of hydrothermal chimney - black smoker chimneys were found at a depth of 16,000 feet or 4,877 meters. When the scientists cut the seabed under the Arctic ice, they discover a dozen new volcanoes.
3. Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Islands are an archipelagic consisting of 13 puau volcanoes and rocks located in the Pacific Ocean 1000 km west sekitaer Selatran America. Galapagos is one of the most active volcanoes in the area known as dunia.Galapagos endemisnya large number of species and research conducted that took Charles Darwin discovered the theory of natural selection.
In 1986 the surrounding oceans declared as marine reserves. UNESCO set the Galapagos as a World Heritage Site in 1978, which was extended in December 2001 to include the marine reserve area. Charles Darwin Foundation is dedicated to the maintenance of these islands was founded in Belgium in 1959.
Important species included within this island:
1. Land iguanas, Conolophus subcristatus
2. Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus (the only type of iguana that ate food from the sea)
3. Galapgos giant tortoise, Geochelone elephantopus, known as Gal pago in Spanish, is the name of the animal from which the islands.
4. 13 endemic bird species of finches.
5. Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus
6. Sea birds do not fly, Nannopterum harrisi
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4. Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef (English: Great Barrier Reef) is the world's largest collection of coral reefs which consists of approximately 3,000 reefs and 900 islands, which stretches 2,600 miles. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia. Most of these coral areas, including parts that are protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park).
The Great Barrier Reef (CDE) can be seen from outer space and is sometimes referred to as the largest single organism in the world. In fact, it is made up of millions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps (coral polyp). CDE been voted as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.
Wealth of biodiversity, waters are warm and clear, and the affordability of floating facilities called live aboards, the reef makes this a very popular tourist destination, especially for scuba divers. Many cities along the Queensland coast that offer tours to the coral sea every day. Several continental islands have also been turned into a resort.
5. Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest lake in the world and the largest (in content) bargaining water on Earth. This lake contains more than 20% of the world's fresh water and more than 90% of fresh water Russia. This lake is a world heritage site located in southern Siberia in Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and Buryatia to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk.Ketinggian surface 456 meters (1,496 feet) with a maximum depth of 1637 meters (5369 feet). This is where one-fifth of the fresh water on Earth, if the lake is dry to fill it back required water discharge in the world throughout the year. And, people who ride the boat across the lake to see the depth of the lake is 50 meters.
6. Northern Red Sea
Sea which limits continent of Africa and Asia, and includes sea with the highest salinity levels in the world. The water depths reaching 2,500 meters. An archaeological find some ancient chariot wreck and a train wreck of human thought is when chasing Moses pharaoh.
7. Palau
Republic of Palau (also spelled Belau) is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, 200 miles north of West Papua, 255 miles east of North Maluku, 500 miles east of North Sulawesi and 500 km east of the Philippines. The country became independent in 1994 from Pacific Islands Trust Territories who ruled the United States. Palau consists of eight main islands and at least 250 islands kecil.iga ocean currents that meet in Palau brings with marine life that is more diverse than the Caribbean Sea though. There are more than 1,000 species of fish and over 700 species of coral. If you can walk along the cliff diving Ngemelis Wall 60 feet, down about 1,000 feet until you see various species of coral reefs and a variety of colorful fish.
