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4) Great Lakes
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The Great Lakes contain about 6 quadrillion gallons (23 quadrillion liters) of fresh water. That is enough to cover the entire United States with water 9.5 feet (2.9 meters) deep. Discover more in Great Lakes, one of the titles in the Natural Wonders of the World series
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The Mississippi River is the largest river in North America. It is 2,340 miles (3,766 kilometers) long. That is as long as 322,000 school buses parked end to end. Discover more in Mississippi River, one of the titles in the Natural Wonders of the World series.
8) Mauna Loa
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Mauna Loa rises more than 13,000 feet (4,962 meters) above the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest volcano on Earth. Discover more in Mauna Loa, one of the titles in the Natural Wonders of the World series. This series
leads young readers on a fascinating tour of some of the world's greatest geographical features.
9) Suez Canal
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The Suez Canal was created to improve international trade. Approximately 18,000 ships pass through the canal every year. Find out more in Suez Canal, a title in the Structural Wonders of the World series. These books identify some of the world's best-know structures, exploring their history, the people respondible for their creation, and the science behind their construction.
10) Mount Everest
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Explore the past, present, and future of Mount Everest. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and engaging infographics help readers learn all about this natural wonder and how to protect it long into the future.
12) Niagara Falls
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Explore the past, present, and future of Niagara Falls. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and engaging infographics help readers learn all about this natural wonder and how to protect it long into the future.
14) Victoria Falls
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At more than 5,500 feet (1,700 meters) wide and 355 feet (108 m) high, Victoria Falls is the largest curtain of falling water in the world. It is so large that at times its spray is visible 30 miles (50 kilometers) away. Discover more in Victoria Falls, one of the titles in the Natural Wonders of the World series.
15) Palm Islands
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The Palm Islands are transforming the coast off Dubai. Two of the three islands are being developed to look like palm trees when viewed from the air.
16) The Everglades
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Everglades National Park was the first national park dedicated to protecting wildlife. It is the only subtropical preserve in North America and the only everglade in the world. Find out more in Everglades, one of the titles
in the National Parks series.
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Take a journey around our planet and visit some little known but amazing places. Be ready to be surprised.Travel to a spooky sea cave filled with natural blue luminous light. See gigantic stone arches and balancing rocks that seem to defy gravity.Visit the world's most photographed mountain, one of the most dangerous to climb. See the largest salt flat in the world, flat as a pancake and is so white that it is blinding.View a single tree that has...
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What are the tallest, wettest, driest, hottest, deepest places in the Natural World? The widest river? The tallest living thing?The tallest mountain on Earth is as tall as 20 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of one another. Where is it?How deep is the deepest ocean?What is driest place on Earth - where almost no rain has been seen for the last 500 years? And where is the wettest place?What is the coldest temperature ever recorded, so cold that...
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The Statue of Liberty pays homage to what is best about America, but it was the idea of two Frenchmen who lived under the harsh rule of Emperor Napoleon III. Edouard Laboulaye and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi wanted to remind their countrymen that tyranny is not inevitable, that citizens have rights which no government can take from them. It took two decades of planning, fundraising, and building for their dreams to cross the ocean And now the statue...
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