Himalaya is a mountain ranges in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
Himalaya is a place where the highest mountains in the world, such as Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga, is located. Etymologically, Himalaya means "abode of snow" in Sanskrit (from Hima "snow", and aalaya "residence").
Himalaya extends along the five countries - Pakistan, India, China, Bhutan and Nepal. He is the source of the world's two major river systems - the Indus and Ganga-Brahmaputra River. Approximately 750 million people live in the area around the flow of water from the Himalayas, including Bangladesh.
2. Levanto
Levanto is a town in Regione Liguria, Italy. The city is located on the Italian Riviera and has a small beach popular. The origin of this city can be traced to the Middle Ages, and there are ruins of city walls. Frazione city consists of Lizza, Lavaggiorosso, Dosso, Groppo, Montale, Vignana, Lerici, Pastine, Chiesanuova, Fontona, Legnaro, Fossato, and Ridarolo.
Some parts of the Cinque Terre Levanto entrance, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.
There are several interesting buildings in this city, like the castle, in Sant'Andrea Chiesa, Chiesa Santa Maria della Costa, Villa Agnelli, Piazza della Loggia, Piazza Cavour, etc.. A number of festivals held in this city, such as the Festa San Giacomo, Festa del Mare, Festa Nostra Signora della Guardia in, and the Sagra del Gattafin.
Since December 31, 2004, the city has a population of 5665 souls and the total area reached 38 km ².
3. Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu ("Old Mountain" in Quechua language, often also called "the lost Inca City") is a site of pre-Columbian Inca ruins located in the mountainous region at an altitude of about 2350 m above sea level. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km northwest of Cusco.
Is the symbol of the most famous Incan Empire. Built in circa 1450, but abandoned a hundred years later, when the Spaniards conquered Inca Empire. This site was forgotten by the international community, but not by the local community. This site re-discovered by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham III university who discovered it back in tahun1911. Since then, Machu Picchu became a tourist attraction that attracts local and foreign tourists.
4. Petra
Petra is a city founded by chiseling stone walls in Jordan. Petra comes from the Greek meaning 'stone'. Petra is the symbol and protection techniques.
This word refers to the city building made of stones in the Wadi Araba, a valley bercadas in Jordan. The city was founded by digging and carving the rocks as high as 40 meters.
Petra was the capital of the Nabatean kingdom. Founded nine years before Christ until the year-40 AD by King Aretas IV as the city that are difficult to penetrate the enemy and secure from natural disasters such as sandstorms.
Petra Nabatean tribes to build irrigation systems are incredibly complex. There is a tunnel of water and water chambers that deliver clean water to the city, thus preventing sudden flooding. They also have hydraulic technology to lift water.
There is also a theater that can accommodate 4,000 people. Today, the Palace Tomb Hellenistis which has 42 meters high impressive still standing there.
5. Arctic
There are many definitions of the Arctic region. The limit is usually in the northern arctic circle (66 ° 33'U), which is the limit of the midnight sun and polar night. Another definition is based on climate and ecology, such as 10 ° C (50 ° F) isoterma (isotherm) in July, which is also related to the treeline in most of the Arctic. Socially and politically, the Arctic region includes the northern region of the eight Arctic countries, although the definition of natural science is regarded as an area wilayan subarktik.
The Arctic is an ocean wide and covered by ice, surrounded by a few trees, frozen ground, there are also organisms that live on the ice, fish and marine mammals, birds and some human community.
Arctic comes from the Greek word for bear.
6. Angels Falls
Although first seen at the beginning of the 20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known to the world until it was officially by the American aviator, James Crawford Angel in flight looking for the location of gold mines. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near the waterfall. The waterfall was named "Angel Falls" in memory of its discoverer, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indian tribe called the waterfall as "Auyan-tepui" ("Aiyan-tepui") which means "mountain devil".
Its official elevation is determined by the National Geographic Society in 1949. This waterfall is the most famous tourist attractions in Venezuela.
7. Andes Mountains
Andes Mountain Range consists mainly of two large mountains of the Cordillera Oriental and Cordillera Occidental, often separated by the deep depression, which then came a series of minor mountains, such as the Cordillera de la Costa, Chile. Cordillera de la Costa starts from the southern tip of the continent and continues to the north, parallel to the beach, split into several islands in the beginning and subsequently forming the western boundary of the central valley of Chile. To the north, the circuit on the coast continues as a series of hills or isolated hills along the Pacific Ocean to reach Venezuela, by always form a valley in the western part of the circuit.
The highest mountain in the Andes is a menjulan Aconcagua 6962 m above sea level. Peak of Chimborazo in Ecuador is the point on the surface of the earth farthest from the center of the earth because of the bubble equator (equatorial bulge). Andes Himalaya can not be matched in terms of height, but surpass them in terms of width and a longer doubling of him.
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