Nuria Cano Sierra

Clara Herrero Sánchez

Paula Fernández Muñoz

María Pardeza Aguilar

Okinawa is the fifth largest island in Japan. It is roughly 640 kilometres south

from the rest of Japan.

The island's population is known as the longest-lived people in the world,

together with the Sardinians whose island is located in the Mediterranean Sea.

The southern end of the island consists of uplifted coral reef whereas the

northern half has proportionally more igneous rock.

In the forests of Yanbaru, there are a small number of Yanbaru Kuina (also

known as the Okinawa Rail), a small flightless bird that is near extinction.

The island's subtropical climate supports a dense northern forest and a rainy

season occurring in the late spring.

Moeraki is a small fishing village on

the east coast of the South Island of

New Zealand. It was once the

location of a whaling station.

In the 1870s, local interests

believed it could become the main

port for the north Otago area and a

railway line, the Moeraki Branch,

was built to the settlement and

opened in 1877.

The village is best known for the

nearby Moeraki Boulders. 'Moeraki'

is usually translated as 'sleepy sky'.

Since then Moeraki has been a

fishing village, farming centre and

coastal resort.

·In South America, it is generally regarded as the second longest river in the world.

·The Amazon river has a series of important river systems in Colombia, Ecuador and

Peru.

·The total volumen of water discharging from the Amazon river in a year is about

6,591 cubic kilometer.

·In its upper stretches, above the confluence of the Rio Negro, the Amazon is called

Solimões in Brazil; however, in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador.

Socotra Archipielago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa.

The site is of universal importance because of its biodiversity with rich and distintc flora and fauna.

The site also support globally significant populations of land and sea birds, including a number of threatened species.

The marine life of Socotra is also very diverse. The marine nature sanctuaries included in the property encompass the most important elements of marine biodiversity.

All component areas of the property have legal protection.

Blood Falls is an outflow of an iron-oxide saltwater, flowing from the tongue of

the Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in East

Antarctica.

Poorly soluble ferric oxides are deposited at the surface of ice and oxidized in

contact with atmospheric oxygen

Chemical and microbial analyses indicate that a rare subglacial ecosystem of

bacteria developed that metabolizes sulfate and ferric ions.

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It is world-famous for the so called Cave of the crystals, discovered in 2000,

in that they find enormous crystals of selenite of up to 10 meters of length

and a meter of width.

It was discovered accidentally when the mines were explored in search of

minerals as lead principally.

The cave of the crystals is only in the world and its appearance is temporary

since during millions of years. It was formed with the help of water that

temporarily has been drained by a special system.

It is necessary to mention that it is to 300 meters of depth approximately

Atlantis is a fictional island first mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeud and

Critias, written in c. 360 BC .

According to Plato, Atlantis was a land and sea power situated "in front of the

Pillars of Hercules" that had conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa

9,000 years before the time of the Athenian lawgiver Solon, i.e. in the 10th

millennium BC. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the

ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune.“

The possible existence of Atlantis was discussed throughout classical antiquity.

Cocos island is an uninhabited island off the

shore of Costa Rica. It constitutes the 11th

district of Puntarenas Canton of the

province of Puntarenas. It is one of the

National Parks of Costa Rica. It is located in

the Pacific Ocean.

Surrounded by deep waters with counter-

currents, Cocos Island is admired by scuba

divers for its populations of Hammerhead

sharks, rays, dolphins and other large

marine species. The extremely wet climate

and oceanic character give Cocos an

ecological character.

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia.

Uluru is sacred to the Anangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The area around the formation is home to a plethora of springs, waterholes, rock caves, and ancient paintings.

Uluru is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

46 species of native mammals are known to have been living near Uluru.

The bat population of the park comprises at least seven species that depend on day roosting sites within caves and crevices of Uluru and Kata Tjuta.

Plants are an important part of Uluru, and there are ceremonies for each of the major plant foods. Many plants are associated with ancestral beings.

Temperature extremes in the park have been recorded at 46 °C (115 °F) during the summer and −5 °C (23 °F) during winter nights.

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Machu Picchu is a Inca civilization. It is located in the Cusco Region, in Peru.

It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Sacred Valley which is 80

kilometres.

Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the

Inca emperor Pachacuti. Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is

perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.

The Incas built the estate around 1450, but abandoned it a century later at

the time of the Spanish Conquest. Although known locally, it was unknown to

the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by

the American historian Hiram Bingham.

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It is an amazing natural lake located in British Colombia, Canada. Its name

derives from its impressive structure and condition, which gives it that way.

This phenomenon occurs in summer, when due to high temperatures, the

water evaporates, leaving these strange furrows in the sand.

One of the most characteristic feature is the range of colours, resulting from

the high concentration of different types of minerals, which include

magnesium sulfate, silver and, even, titanium.

It is believed that the clay of this region, can cure certain diseases and pains.

In fact, this resource was used in World War II.

The Bermuda Triangle is an undefined

region in the western part of the North

Atlantic Ocean, where a number of

aircraft and ships are said to have

disappeared under mysterious

circumstances. Popular culture has

attributed various disappearances to the

paranormal activity by extraterrestrial

beings.

Charles Berlitz, author of various books on

anomalous phenomena, lists several

theories attributing the losses in the

Triangle to anomalous or unexplained

forces.

Triangle writers have used a number of supernatural concepts to explain the

events. One explanation pins the blame on leftover technology from the mythical

lost continent of Atlantis. Sometimes connected to the Atlantis story is the

submerged rock formation known as the Bimini Road off the island of Bimini in the

Bahamas, which is in the Triangle by some definitions.

Other writers attribute the events to UFOs. Encounters of the Third Kind, which

features the lost Flight 19 aircrews as alien abductees.