Sunday, 22 March 2015

NATURAL WONDERS ATTRACTION OF NORTH AMERICA

As we know that "The North America" is the third largest continent of the world.It is surrounded by the Arctic ocean in the north, the Pacific ocean in the west,the Atlantic ocean in the east and Isthmus of Panama in the south which connects the North America with the South America.It has an area of 24709000sqkm, including Greenland and the Caribbean island.

The Rocky mountains located towards the east make up the greater part of the western cordillera.This is also the highest mountain range in the cordillera.In west Alaska range, Coast range,Cascade range,Sierra Nevada and Sierra madre.Mt.Mcknley is the highest mountain peak of North America.

In North America there is Great Lakes,and very famous Niagara Falls is located between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.During the Ice Age the entire canadian shied was covered under thick ice sheet.
There is lake superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world.
There is different  species of animals are present.
Like Reindeer,Raccon,Beaver,etc.

Coffee ,cocoa and banana,groundnuts,soyabeans,oilseeds,
sugarcane and much more are produced in the north America.Canada is famous for its Lumber jacks.If you are like to do adventures and to see adventures thing and see the beauty of these things you should visit there.
 
Grand Canyon


The Grand canyon lies in the state of Arizona,in USA . It has been carved out over millions of years by colorado river and its tributaries . It is 446 km long ,upto 29km wide and has an average depth of nearly one km (its deepest point is 1.8km).It is a very famous ,fabulous,beautiful wonder world wide It is a treasure trove for geologist who study the ancient rocks preserved here.People do adventures thing like Rafting.


Meteor Crater

 
The Meteor Crater Lies in the Arizona Desert ,In the USA. It is 1200 M in diameter and is 170m deep.It looks like a huge hole in the ground .It is also called the 'Barringer Crater' after Daniel Barringer Who was the first to suggest That it may have been Formed by a meteorite impact ,about 50000 years ago.Meteors crater is very famous world wide .

 

Paricutin Volcano

  
Paricutin volcano is situated in Mexico ,the Paricutin Volcano virtually grew from a cornfield .In 1943,the ground in a farmer's cornfield cracked and lava started oozing out. The lava flow continued over the next few years and the volcano kept growing bigger in size, attaining a final height of over 400m in 1952. There has been no lava flow since then. This volcano has helped volcanologists study and understand the life cycle of a volcano.This image is of that time when volcano erupted.


Old Faithful


The Old Faithful is a geyser in the Yellowstone National Park, in USA. every 65 to 90 minutes, it spouts boiling water to the sky. The average height of an eruption is 44 m and each one lasts for about 1.5 to 5 minutes. The geyser is called so because of the predictable nature of its eruption.tourist only come here to  see old faiths .


 -These all are the great wonders of North America .People really visit to see these wonders .so that they  know the power of nature and we should know what happens if we disturb them.And it has some story behind them or some secrets which is beyond the power of humans.But we should respect them and do  not disturb them.In last make the environment healthy.


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