WORLD's DEEPEST SURFACE OCEAN

MARIANA TRENCH, PACIFIC OCEAN

11.03 Kms (6.85 mi)

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The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans. It's located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometers (1,580 mi) long but has an average width of only 69 kilometers (43 mi). It reaches a maximum-known depth of 10.911 km (10,911 ± 40 m) or 6.831 mi (36,069 ± 131 ft) at the Challenger Deep, a small slot-shaped valley in its floor, at its southern end, although some unrepeated measurements place the deepest portion at 11.03 kilometers (6.85 mi).

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WORLD's BIGGEST LAVA LAKE

NYIRAGONGO CRATER, AFRICA

The permanent lava lake of the Nyiragongo Crater is the biggest lava lake in the world with an estimated 282 million cubic feet of lava. The volcano’s rim lies 11,380 feet above the ground. At 1,300 feet deep, the lava lake has created one of the many wonders of the African continent. !!!!!!!

WORLD's LARGEST SINGLE BLOOM FLOWERS

RAFFLESIA ARNOLDII

Upto 11 kg (24 lb)

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Flowers of plants in the genus Rafflesia (family Rafflesiaceae) emit an odor similar to that of decaying meat. This odor attracts the flies that pollinate the plant. The latter point earning it the nickname of "corpse flower". The world's largest single bloom is R. arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to up to 11 kg (24 lb). R. arnoldii is a parasitic plant on Tetrastigma vine, which grows only in primary rainforests with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It does not photosynthesize, but rather uses the host plant to obtain water and nutrients.

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WORLD's OLDEST INDOOR THERMAL POOL

BARLANGFURDO CAVE BATH, HUNGARY

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The Cave Bath is a thermal bath in a natural cave in Miskolctapolca, city of Miskolc, Hungary.
The thermal water (temperature: 30°C/86°F) is reputed to reduce joint pain, and since it has a lower salt content than most thermal waters (around 1000 mg/liter), people can bathe in it for much longer, practically an unlimited amount of time. The Cave Bath can be visited all year long, except for January.
The cave and the thermal spring have been known since ancient times, but Tapolca became a popular bathing place only after the Ottoman occupation of Hungary (16th-17th century) the development of Tapolca into a bathing place was the idea of the abbot in 1711.  In 1837 the new abbot of Görömböly had the buildings restored and expanded. He also had the first indoor pool (though still outside the cave) built, but only for wealthy guests.

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WORLD's TEN MOST BEAUTIFUL LAKES

MOST BEAUTIFUL LAKES

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10. Malawi Lake
Lake Malawi is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system. This lake, the third largest in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world

9. Medicine Lake
Medicine Lake is located at Jasper national park in Canada. It is located approximately 12 miles southeast of the townsite of Jasper, Alberta. Medicine Lake is approximately 4.3 miles long and is a relatively shallow lake.

8. Alpine Lake Colorado
The Gunnison National Forest covers 1,665,121 acres of land and is located a little west of central Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. There are fifty-four developed campgrounds of which twenty-six met the selection criteria.

7. Tahoe Lake
Tahoe Lake is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America

6. Lake Louise
Lake Louise is a lake in Alberta, Canada. The glacial lake is located in Banff National Park, 3.1 mi from the hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway.

5. Moraine Lake
Moraine Lake is a glacially-fed lake in Banff National Park, 8.7 mi outside the Village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks.

4. Upper Arrow Lake British Columbia
The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, are widenings of the Columbia River. The lakes are situated between the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashee Mountains to the west. Beachland is fairly rare

3. Maligne Lake, Canada
Maligne Lake is a lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It is famed for the colour of its water, the surrounding peaks, the three glaciers visible from the lake and Spirit Island, one of the most photographed locations in the world.

2. Plitvice Lake
Plitvice lake are oldest national park in Southeast Europe located in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register among the first natural sites worldwide.

1. Edith Lake
And the #1: Edith Lake! Edith Lake is a small Alpine Lake located in the Idaho United States. It’s positioned at Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

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WORLD's MOST EXPENSIVE GEMSTONE

JADEITE
$3+ Million per Carat

Jadeite is a pyroxene mineral, usually of apple green, emerald green, bluish green or leek green in color. It has a Mohs hardness of about 6.5 to 7.0 depending on the composition. The mineral is dense, with a specific gravity of about 3.4.

WORLD's MOST EXPENSIVE AND RARE DIAMOND

KOH-I-NOOR
(UNESTIMATED, PRICELESS)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN	:	INDIA
CURRENT OWER	:	THE BRITISH CROWN
WEIGHT	:	186 1/16 CARATS (37.21 g)
COLOR	:	FINEST WHITE

The Koh-i-Noor, the meaning of which is "Mountain of Light" in Urdu. It is a 105.6 metric carats diamond, weighing 21.6 grammes in the most recent cut state, and once the largest known diamond. The Koh-i Nur is believed to have originated in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India together with its double, the Darya-ye Noor (the "Sea of Light"). The diamond has belonged to various Hindu, Rajput, Mughal, Iranian, Afghan, Sikh and British rulers who fought bitterly over it and seized it as a spoil of war time and time again.

Legend has it that the diamond originally belonged to the Dhruvin Chavdas. The diamond probably came from the Kollur mines, near the village in the present-day Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The first confirmed historical mention of the Koh-i Noor by an identifiable name dates from 1526. Bābur mentions in his memoirs, the Bābur-Nāmah, that the stone had belonged to an unnamed Raja of Gwalior, who was compelled to yield his prized possession in 1294 to 'Alā'uddīn Khiljī. It was then owned by the Tughlaq dynasty and Lodī dynasty, and finally came into the possession of Bābur himself in 1526. He called the stone 'the Diamond of Bābur' at the time, although it had been called by other names before he seized it from Ibrāhīm Lodī.

Taken from India to England

Ranjīt Singh was crowned ruler of the Punjab region. However, after his death in 1839 the British administrators did not execute his will. On 29 March 1849, the British raised their flag on the citadel of Lahore and the Punjab was formally proclaimed part of the British Empire in India.

In due course the Governor-General received the Koh-i-Noor from Login, who had been appointed Governor of the Citadel, the Royal Fort at Lahore, with the Royal Treasury, which Login valued at almost £1,000,000 (£81.6 million as of 2013), excluding the Koh-i Noor, on 6 April 1848, under a receipt dated 7 December 1849, in the presence of the members of the Board of Administration —the local resident H.M. Lawrence, C.C. Mansel, John Lawrence, younger brother of H.M. Lawrence, and of Sir Henry Elliot, Secretary to the Government of India. The jewel was then sent to England in the care of John Lawrence, and C.C. Mansel for presentation to Queen Victoria, sailing from Bombay in the paddle sloop HMS Medea under strict security arrangements.

 

WORLD's BIGGEST TREE

GENERAL SHERMAN TREE, US

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The General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth. The General Sherman Tree is neither the tallest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to the Hyperion tree, a Coast redwood), nor is it the widest (both the largest cypress and largest baobab have a greater diameter), nor is it the oldest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to the Methuselah tree, a Great Basin bristlecone pine). With a height of 83.8 metres (275 ft), a diameter of 7.7 metres (25 ft), an estimated bole volume of 1,487 cubic metres (52,513 cu ft), and an estimated age of 2,300–2,700 years, it is among the tallest, widest and longest-lived of all trees on the planet.

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WORLD's LARGEST NATURAL MIRRORS

SALAR DE UYUNI, BOLIVIA

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Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat at 4,085 square miles. It is located in southwest Bolivia.I can understand tourists who go to this indescribable beauty. Looking at such a landscape, it is difficult to believe that this place is on Earth.

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