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The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spring in Iceland on the Reykjavik Peninsula. The area was formed by volcanoes and is covered with lava rock, due to the lack of density of which water from the sea goes deep into the rocks, forming huge reservoirs with hot salt water. In 1976, a geothermal plant was...

Zhangjiajie is a national park of China, established in 1982 on an area of 13,000 km2 in the Wulingyuan Mountains. These places are known for the fact that the unique landscapes here have become the prototype for the soaring mountains in James Cameron's film Avatar. The peaks of the Wulingyuan moun...

Freycinet is a national park in the eastern part of Tasmania, located on the peninsula of the same name and Schouten Island. The peninsula is about 22 km long and 6.5 km wide. The Tasman Sea washes the territory from the east, and Great Oyster Bay from the west. In 1642, a Dutch navigator, Abel Tas...

Zuid-Kennemerland is a national park of the Netherlands, spread over an area of 38 km2, near the city of Haarlem. It was founded to protect the sand dunes near the North Sea. The National Park owns a sandy beach by the sea. Behind the beach there are sand dunes, which cover the interior from the co...

De Hoge Veluwe is a national park in the Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. The park's holdings are small, only 55 km2, but nevertheless the nature is quite interesting. There are such types of landforms as: sands, huge territories overgrown with heather, swamps, coniferous forests. The sand...

Keukenhof is the royal flower park in the Netherlands, and it is also sometimes called the Garden of Europe. A garden is being built in a town called Liss. The park is famous for the fact that almost 5 million tulips of more than a hundred varieties have been planted on 32 hectares. Keukenhof Park ...

New York's Central Park is one of America's most famous landmarks, located on Manhattan Island. The size of the park is simply huge - it is 4 km long and 800 meters wide and covers almost 3.5 km2. It is visited by over 25 million tourists annually. It is sometimes referred to as the "lungs of Manhat...

The Petrified Forest is set up as a park area in the US state of Arizona between Navajo and Holbrook. All the elements of this park are petrified trees made of semi–precious stones. In the 20th century, the park was awarded the national title. Petrified Forest got its name due to the fossils of tree...

Chapada Diamantina is a famous national reserve belonging to Brazil. It is located in the state of Bahia and covers a total area of 1,520 km2. Translated, the name of the park sounds like "diamond plateau" for the reason that these jewels were actually discovered here. This area ranks first among Br...

Lens Maranensis is a national park in Brazil, located in the state of Maranhão. This area is not much above sea level and is covered with sand, which in some places reaches up to 40 meters. During the rainy season, numerous lagoons appear between the sand dunes. The entire reserve covers an area of ...