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Mount Everest
Location: Himalayas, Asia Brief Description: Earth's highest mountain above sea level.
Great Barrier Reef
Location: Queensland, Australia Brief Description: The world's largest coral reef system.
Grand Canyon
Location: Arizona, USA Brief Description: A colossal canyon carved by the Colorado River.
Sahara Desert
Location: Northern Africa Brief Description: The world's largest hot desert.
Amazon Rainforest
Location: South America Brief Description: The largest tropical rainforest in the world.
Victoria Falls
Location: Border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa Brief Description: One of the largest and most famous waterfalls in the world.
Aurora Borealis
Location: Arctic and Antarctic regions Brief Description: A natural light display in the Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions.
Dead Sea
Location: Border of Jordan, Israel, and Palestine Brief Description: A salt lake whose banks are the lowest point on land.
Galapagos Islands
Location: Ecuador, South America Brief Description: An archipelago known for diverse plant and animal species.
Uluru
Location: Northern Territory, Australia Brief Description: A massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory's arid "Red Centre".
Banff National Park
Location: Alberta, Canada Brief Description: Canada's oldest national park, known for its mountainous terrain and turquoise colored lakes.
Yellowstone National Park
Location: Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, USA Brief Description: The first national park in the U.S. and widely held to be the first national park in the world.
Iguazu Falls
Location: Border of Argentina and Brazil, South America Brief Description: One of the great natural wonders of the world, famous for its impressive waterfalls and surrounding rainforest.
Antelope Canyon
Location: Arizona, USA Brief Description: A slot canyon known for its wave-like structure and light beams shining down in the midday sun.
Ha Long Bay
Location: Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam Brief Description: A UNESCO World Heritage site known for its emerald waters and thousands of towering limestone islands topped with rainforests.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Location: Tanzania, Africa Brief Description: The highest mountain in Africa and one of the continent's magnificent sights.
Great Wall of China
Location: Northern China Brief Description: An ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length.
Serengeti National Park
Location: Tanzania, Africa Brief Description: Known for its massive annual migration of wildebeest and zebra.
Niagara Falls
Location: Border of Ontario (Canada) and New York (USA) Brief Description: Famous group of massive waterfalls known for their power and beauty.
Angel Falls
Location: Canaima National Park, Venezuela Brief Description: The world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters and a plunge of 807 meters.
Baikal Lake
Location: Siberia, Russia Brief Description: The world's deepest and oldest freshwater lake, containing around 20% of the world's unfrozen freshwater reserve.
Everglades National Park
Location: Florida, USA Brief Description: The largest tropical wilderness of any kind in the U.S., and the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River.
Komodo Island
Location: East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia Brief Description: Part of the Komodo National Park and famous for being the habitat of the Komodo dragons.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Location: Hunan Province, China Brief Description: Noted for its quartz-sandstone pillars and peaks across the park, and its Wulingyuan scenic area.
Table Mountain
Location: Cape Town, South Africa Brief Description: A flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town.
Jeju Island
Location: Jeju Province, South Korea Brief Description: Known for its beach resorts, volcanic landscape of craters and cave-like lava tubes, and the tall Hallasan mountain.
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Location: Croatia, Europe Brief Description: Known for a chain of 16 terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls, and extending into a limestone canyon.
Pantanal
Location: Brazil, South America Brief Description: The world's largest tropical wetland area and a world-renowned location for wildlife viewing.
Valley of Flowers National Park
Location: Uttarakhand, India Brief Description: Famous for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora.
Mount Fuji
Location: Honshu Island, Japan Brief Description: An active stratovolcano and the highest mountain in Japan, renowned for its symmetry and beauty.
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