The natural wonders of the world
The top 3 according to 45 votes from people: Amazon rainforest · Komodo National Park · Grand Canyon. (Updated Aug 9, 2020.)
The seven chosen in New7Wonders' worldwide vote (2011) plus the seven classic natural wonders popularised by CNN in 1997. Fourteen places; vote for the real top ten.
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Top 10
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Amazon rainforest
The planet's largest tropical rainforest, spread across nine countries; a New 7 Wonder of Nature since 2011.
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2
Komodo National Park
Indonesian islands home to the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard; a New 7 Wonder of Nature since 2011.
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3
Grand Canyon
The Colorado River's canyon in Arizona, up to 1.8 km deep.
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Ha Long Bay
More than 1,600 limestone islets in northern Vietnam; a New 7 Wonder of Nature since 2011.
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5
Iguazu Falls
About 275 falls on the border between Argentina and Brazil; chosen in 2011 as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
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Harbour of Rio de Janeiro
Guanabara Bay, with Sugarloaf Mountain and Corcovado.
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Victoria Falls
On the Zambezi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe: 'the smoke that thunders'.
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Puerto Princesa Underground River
A navigable river running through a cave on the Philippine island of Palawan; a New 7 Wonder of Nature since 2011.
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9
Great Barrier Reef
The world's largest coral reef system, off the coast of Australia; visible from space.
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Table Mountain
The flat-topped mountain, over 1,000 metres high, that looms over Cape Town; a New 7 Wonder of Nature since 2011.
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Jeju Island
South Korea's volcanic island, home to Mount Hallasan; a New 7 Wonder of Nature since 2011.
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Parícutin volcano
The Mexican volcano that was born in a cornfield in Michoacán in 1943, in front of a farmer.
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13
Auroras (northern and southern lights)
The northern and southern lights, produced when the solar wind hits the atmosphere.
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14
Mount Everest
The world's highest mountain, at 8,849 metres, on the Nepal-China border.
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Comments (1)
Las cataratas del Iguazú desde la Garganta del Diablo, lo más impresionante que he visto.