The Seven

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The Seven
Natural
WONDERS
Of the World
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Can you name the seven most common?

• Grand Canyon
• Great Barrier Reef
• Mount Everest
• Northern Lights
• Paricutin
• Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
• Victoria Falls
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GRAND CANYON

• Located in Arizona
• Carved out by the Colorado River
• More than one mile deep
• ¼ to 18 miles wide at its widest point

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GREAT BARRIER REEF

• Located in Australia
• Worlds largest coral reef
• Approximately 1250 miles in length
• Dying from coral bleaching

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MOUNT EVEREST

• Located in the Himalaya Mountain Range
• Between Tibet and Nepal
• Peak is over 29,000 feet above sea level
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NORTHERN LIGHTS

• Also known as Aurora Borealis
• Best viewed from North
• Caused by Solar winds and reaction from Earths
  atmosphere
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PARICUTIN

• Located in Mexico
• Fastest growing volcano in history
• Elevation grew to 10,000 feet in nine years
• Called Volcano from a cornfield

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RIO DE JANEIROHarbor

• Located in Brazil
• River of January
• First Europeans (Portuguese) discovered in 1502
• Home of the Tupi Indians

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VICTORIA FALLS

• Located in Zimbabwe
• Nicknamed
• Mosi oa tunya
• Means Smoke that thunders
• Drops more than 320 feet

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Sources

• www.ce.eng.usf.edu
• www.cnn.com
• www..ipl.org
• http//libraryquest.org
• www.tripspot.com
• http//wikipedia.org/
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