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FREETHE WONDERS OF NATURE EBOOK Jane Werner Watson,Eloise Wilkin | 24 pages | 01 Sep 2010 | Random House USA Inc | 9780375854866 | English | New York, United States Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife | National Museum & Acquarium By Alisa Mala on October 3 in Geography. When thinking of the wonders of the world, the Great Pyramids or the Colosseum may spring into mind. While unmistakeably incredulous, the list below describes the wonders that Mother Nature created at its own will to enchant and put humans in awe at the mere sight of these wonders. Located in the Himalayas and straddling the border between Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world measured from the sea level. It has an altitude of 29, ft 8, m. Before the Great Trigonometrical Survey, launched by the British inthe Andes were believed to be the range with the highest mountains in the world. The surveyors, however, despite the challenging conditions of their feat, succeeded in making an accurate topographical map of the Indian subcontinent, coming to a conclusion that the Himalayas were higher. Above 26, feet in Mount The Wonders of Nature is the so-called "death zone" where people have unfortunately died, due to a number of different causes: avalanches, rockslides, blizzards, falls, altitude sickness, freezing temperatures, exhaustion, or combinations thereof. Conditions there are extreme and does not support human or any other The Wonders of Nature. The only living creatures that have been found at 22, feet are the Himalayan jumping spiders, the yellow-billed choughs at 26, feetand migrating bar-headed geese, since the environment and permanent snow at 20, feet and beyond does not even support the heartiest algae The Wonders of Nature mosses.
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