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Newly Released List of the Seven Wonders of Nature

The Amazon Rainforest in South America

(Pic: Tourismthworld)

Quick Facts: 

• Basin encompasses 1.7 billion acres (7 million sq km)
• 1.4 billion acres (500,000 sq km) are covered by rainforest
• Rainforest covers parts of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French

Vietnam's Halong Bay

 (source: News7wonders)

Quick Facts:

• located in Quáng Ninh province, Vietnam.
• Thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes.
• The bay has a 120 kilometre long coastline
• Approximately 1,553 square kilometres in size with 1969 islets.
• 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks. 
• An abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands.

Komodo Islands, Indonesia

(Source:Newsb7)
Quick Facts:

• Includes the three larger islands Komodo, Rinca and Padar, and smaller ones,
• A total area of 1,817 square kilometers (603 square kilometers of it land).
• National park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon.
• Islands of the national park are of volcanic origin.

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines

(Source: Cavinti Diaspora)

Quick Facts:

• located about 50 km north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
• It features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river.
• It winds through a cave before flowing directly into the South China Sea.
• It includes major formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and several large chambers.
• Reputed to be the world's longest underground river.
• At the mouth of the cave, a clear lagoon is framed by ancient trees growing right to the water's edge.
• Monkeys, large monitor lizards, and squirrels find their niche on the beach near the cave.

Table Mountain, South Africa

(Source: Cape Town Info)

Quick Facts:

• Located in Cape Town, South Africa
• Only natural site on the planet to have a constellation of stars named after it - Mensa, meaning “the table.”
• The flat-topped mountain has withstood six million years of erosion
• Hosts the richest, yet smallest floral kingdom on earth with over 1,470 floral species.
• Numerous rare and endangered species.
• Unique flat-topped peaks which reach 1,086 m above sea level.

Jeju Island



Quick Facts:

• A volcanic island, 130 km from the southern coast of Korea.
• The largest island and smallest province in Korea,
• A surface area of 1,846 sqkm.
• A central feature of Jeju is Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea and a dormant volcano, which rises 1,950 m above sea level.
• 360 satellite volcanoes are around the main volcano.

Iguazua Falls

(Source: news7wonders)

Quick Facts:

• In Iguazu River, one of the world's largest waterfalls.
• Extend over 2,700 m (nearly 2 miles) in a semi-circular shape.
• Of the 275 falls that collectively make up Iguassu Falls, "Devil's Throat" is the tallest at 80 m in height.
• On the border between the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones,
• Surrounded by two National Parks (BR/ARG).
• Parks are subtropical rainforests that are host to hundreds of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna.