15 Most Attractive Natural Wonders of the World !!!!!
Milford Sound

One of New Zealand's best-known tourist attractions, Milford
Sound
attracts about 500,000 visitors each year, and features rocky cliffs,
cascading waterfalls and dense forests.
Angel Falls

The highest waterfall in the world, Angel Falls is located in
Venezuela,
along the border with Brazil. The waterfall boasts a height of
more than 3,200 feet.
Vesuvius

It is the only volcano on Europe's mainland to have eruped in the
past 100 years, but Italy's Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in 79
AD. The explosion and its aftermath destroyed the city of Pompeii.
Halong
Bay

Because of its abundance of precipitation, most of the islands of
Halong Bay are uninhabited. Located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam, it features
thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes.
El
Yunque

Puerto Rico's 28,000-acre El Yunque National Forest is the only
tropical rain forest in the United States National Forest System.
Grand
Canyon

This well-known and frequently visited U.S. National Park runs a
mile deep, averages 10 miles wide and was carved out over the past 6 million
years.
Mud volcanoes

It is estimated that 300 of the planet's estimated 700 mud
volcanoes are found in Gobustan, Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea. In Azerbaijan,
eruptions are driven from a deep mud reservoir which is connected to the surface
even during dormant periods, when seeping water still shows a deep
origin.
Puerto Princesa Underground River

The subterranean river, located in the Philippines, is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site and winds about 5 miles into the South China
Sea
Amazon

This 1.7 billion-acre jungle makes up more than half of the
rainforests remaining on the planet. The Amazon is situated in nine countries:
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and
Venezuela.
Cliffs of Moher

One of the most visited tourist sites of Ireland, the vertical
Cliffs of Moher tower 650 feet high and plunge abruptly into the churning
Atlantic Ocean.
Matterhorn

At 14,690 feet, the Matterhorn is not even the highest mountain in
Switzerland, but it is one of the world's most photogenic, rising up on four
elegant faces to a craggy peak along the Swiss-Italian border.
Komodo
Island

Indonesia's Komodo National Park was founded in 1980 to protect
the endangered Komodo dragon. Attacks on humans by Komodo dragons are rare, but
the animals have a fearsome reputation because their sharp teeth and poisonous
saliva can kill a person within days of a bite.
Sundarbans

The Sundarbans delta, located in Bangladesh and West Bengal,
India, is home to the largest mangrove forest on the planet. "Sundarban"
literally means "beautiful jungle" or "beautiful forest" in the Bengali
language.
Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro National Park was inscribed to UNESCO's World Heritage
List in 1987. Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest peak in Africa, rising 19,340
feet in the air.
Red Sea Reef

The Red Sea Reef stretches over 1,240 miles along the coast of
Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea. There are more than 1,100 species of fish that call
this Red Sea Reef home and nearly 10% of these are exclusive to this region. The
reef features include abundant aquatic life, platforms, lagoons, and cylinders.
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