Natural Wonders

NATURAL
WONDERS

By Guillermo Romeo Chicas Ganuza

Building Vocabulary & Grammar

Read the following flashcards about the world's most
impressive wonders of nature.

01

A

The Amazon River

The Amazon River is not only the longest
river in the world, but it is also the most

abundant. It is 7020 kilometers long.

The river originates in the Andes Mountains of Peru and travels through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Brazil before dumping into the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon carries a fifth of the water in the planet's rivers.

Caspian Sea

The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea – a name that hints at a past

when it was contiguous with the ocean around 11 million years ago.

This massive saline lake, which is nearly the same size as Japan, borders five

countries: Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Iran.

The surface area is 371,000 km² and has a maximum depth of 1,025 meters.

Nevados Ojos del Salado Volcano

Nevados Ojos del Salado

volcano on the Chile/Argentina

border is the world's highest
volcano above sea level, but it
rises only about 2,000 m above

its base.

The broad summit of Mauna
Loa shield volcano is 2,700 m
lower than Nevados Ojos del
Salado, but it's height above
base is almost 10 times that of

the Andean volcano.

Located in the narrow basin of Death Valley -

around 280 feet below sea level - Furnace

Creek is enveloped by tall and steep

mountain ranges.

Furnace Creek holds the current record for
the hottest temperature ever recorded, with

average highs rising to 47°C (116.6° F) in

summer, making it the hottest place on Earth.

Furnace Creek, USA

Oymyakon,
Russia

The coldest city on Earth. Winter

temperatures in Oymyakon, Russia,

average minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit

(minus 50 degrees Celsius). The

remote village is generally considered

the coldest inhabited area on Earth.

Angel Falls

Angel Falls is a waterfall in

Venezuela. It is the world's tallest

uninterrupted waterfall, with a

height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a

plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft).

The waterfall drops over the edge of

the Auyán-tepui mountain in the

Parque Nacional Canaima, a

UNESCO World Heritage site in the

Gran Sabana region of Estado

Bolívar.

References

Encyclopedia Britannica. (1998). Amazon River | Facts, History, Location, Length, Animals, & Map.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Amazon-River/Physiography-of-the-river-course

Global Volcanism Program. 2022. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.0.0; 1 Nov 2022). Smithsonian

Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=highestvolcano

Wikipedia contributors. (2022). Angel Falls. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Falls

Routley, N. (2021). The World’s 25 Largest Lakes, Side by Side. Visual Capitalist.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-25-largest-lakes/

Bonaccorso, N. (2022). Breathtaking Photos of the Coldest City in the World. The Weather Channel.

https://weather.com/travel/news/breathtaking-photos-coldest-city-world-20140128

Twinkl. (n.d.). The Hottest Place on Earth. t.ly/taIs