The Avenue of the Baobabs is a dirt road lined with the strange Baobab trees in the Menabe region of Madagascar. A dirt road, 260 metres long lined with 20-25 Baobab trees, the Avenue of the Baobabs creates an extremely striking landscape that is probably not seen anywhere else in the world. These strange exquisite […]
Five Flower Lake is a beautiful lake located in the Jiuzhai valley, in China. Pride of the Jiuzhai valley, this incredible lake is considered a holy lake amongst the locals. Only 5 metres in depth, the lake is vividly coloured because of the calcium carbonate and hydrophytes present in the water, making its colours range
Volcanic mountains are made up of lava, ash and cinders, which pour out from within the Earth and gather at the surface. When the ash and lava cools, it forms a cone-shaped mountain. The usual volcano rock has a large hole or crater at the top of it. Some of the most famous volcanic mountains
The Godafoss Waterfall is one of the most breathtaking waterfalls located in the Bárdardalur district, in North-central Iceland. Godafoss means ‘Waterfalls of the Gods’ in Icelandic. And true to its name, the waterfall ‘falls’ from a height of 12 metres. The waterfall is on a glacial river and falls over a width of 30 metres.
Caño Cristales is a Columbian River located in Meta, Columbia. Known popularly as ‘Liquid Rainbow’ or ‘The River of Five Colours’, Caño Cristales is renowned the world over for its striking colours. Considered the most beautiful river in the world, the riverbed in the summer and autumn months varies from yellow and green to blue,
Ani is a ruined medieval city situated in the province of Kars, in Turkey. Famously known as the ‘City of a 1001-Churches’, Ani was strategically located on many trade routes; as a result of which many religious buildings and palaces were built here. Almost all the structures were built of local volcanic basalt, a tufa
Faults refer to the cracks on the Earth’s crust. Sometimes some internal forces of the underground earth inflict a huge pressure on the Earth’s crust. This pressure pulls apart some part of the Earth’s crust. Due to which some parts of the Earth are pushed upward and the adjoining parts collapse. These movements move the
Canon Beach is a city located in Clatsop County, in Oregon, the United States of America. Known primarily for its world-famous landmark, the Haystack Rock, which stands tall on the beach at 235 feet, Canon Beach has been a tourist destination. The city has a rich history, with its name first being mentioned in the
Dome Mountains are formed when a hot layer of molten magma pushes up the surface of the Earth but doesn’t crack through it. Slowly, the magma cools down and hardens into rocks. These mountains are not so high as folded mountains. Domes are flat, dissected surfaces which are sloping gradually towards the surrounding basins. The
Fold Mountains are the most common type of mountains in the world. They are formed where two or more Earth’s tectonic plates are pushed together. At the region where the collision takes place, the boundaries of the plates are compressed together moving the rocks and debris outwards giving rise to outcropped landform on the surface
The Yuyuantan Park is one of the major urban parks located in Beijing, China. Also known as the ‘Jade Deep Lake Park’, the Yuyuantan Park covers 137 hectares area with 61 hectares covered by water. The scenic Yuyuantan is a calm pond situated within the park and literally means the jade deep pond. The pond
A mountain formation starts when two tectonic plates collide. The colliding plates either subduct or uplift. Subduction means sliding of the oceanic crust below the continental crust. And uplift means upward movement of crust due to the movements of tectonic plates. Mountain formation started several million years ago when the continents were forming. During that
Pontrieux is a small village located in the northwest region of France. One of the 22 small cities that form a part of the Character Brittany, Pontrieux is known to have been inhabited since ancient times. The word Pontrieux means, ‘Bridge over the Trieux’. Destroyed and rebuilt numerous times over the years, Pontrieux was always
The Nohkalikai Fall is the tallest plunge waterfall near Cherrapunji, in India. These incredible falls get their name from a local legend. Literally meaning ‘Jump of Ka Likai’, the falls were named after a lady by the name of ‘Likai’ who had jumped off a cliff near the falls. The falls themselves are 1115 feet
The Amazonia or the Amazon Rainforest is a moist broadleaf jungle that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. Spread over a vast area that covers nine nations, the Amazon Rainforest encompasses 70,00,000 sq.km of which 55,00,000 sq.km is covered by the rainforest. This vast area represents more than half of the planet’s