Landmarks of the world

Zion is a national park in the United States, spread over an area of 593 km2. The main feature of the park is the Zion Canyon, which is 25 km long and up to 900 meters deep in places. The canyon was formed by the action of the Virginia River, which eroded the sandstone. The canyon was discovered by...

Death Valley is a national park in the United States, covering an area of 13,518 km2. The National Park contains 3 huge valleys: Salina, Panamint and Death Valley. It has the driest climate of any national park in the United States. Before the formation of the national park, gold mining was mainly ...

Joshua Tree is a national park in the United States, founded in 1994 on an area of 3196 km2. The main purpose of creating the park was to preserve the poor but extremely interesting flora of the desert, which can hardly bear all the hardships of dry and salty land. For example, in the Imperial Valle...

Denali is a US national park in Alaska, spread over an area of 25,000 km2. The park is home to America's highest point, Mount McKinley (6,193 meters), named after U.S. President William McKinley. The mountain is constantly growing, which is why this area is prone to earthquakes. The Athabaskan India...

Tarangire is a national park of Tanzania in the Manyara region, spread over an area of 2,600 km2. The Manyara region borders on another region of Arusha, which has a famous national park of the same name. The park was also named after the river, which dries up almost completely during a drought. Ta...

The Serengeti is a national park in Tanzania, spread over a vast area of 14,763 km2. On the north side, the park is adjacent to the Kenyan Masai Mara Nature Reserve, and on the southeastern side to the Ngorongoro Nature Reserve. The name of the park translates from the Maasai language as "endless pl...

Ruaha is a national park in Tanzania on the banks of the Ruaha River, spread over an area of 10,300 km2. According to this indicator, Ruaha National Park surpasses only the Serengeti. Ruaha is located 128 km from the city of Iringa. A huge part of the park's territory is occupied by forests of miomb...

Mikumi is a national park in Tanzania on the banks of the Ruaha River. Mikumi is one of the most famous national parks in the country, spread over an area of 3,220 km2. It was founded in 1964 and its popularity is only gaining momentum every year, because there is something to see here: picturesque ...

Glacier Bay is a national park in Alaska, near the city of Juneau. The park's territory is colossal - 13,287 km2, the majority of the land is occupied by protected forests. There are 9 glaciers and 4 large icebergs in Glacier Bay Park. The nature of Glacier Bay is amazing - surrounded by snow-cappe...

Bryce Canyon is a national park in the United States, located in Utah on an area of 145 km2. The main feature of the national park is Bryce Canyon. Although it is called a canyon, it is actually an amphitheater of gigantic dimensions. Bryce Canyon is interesting for its geological formations called ...