The empire of water exit

The river Amazon

The river basin of Amazon, has an area almost equal to Australia.

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is a beautiful place for about 1400 kinds of fish and mollusks.

The Amazing sea life and underwater views make Australia’s Barrier Reef one of the most beautiful natural miracles in the world. Some parts of the Reef are 500 000 years old.

Iguazu Falls

The powerful cascade Iguazu consists of 275 separate waterfalls, divided by rocky islands.

Only two South American rivers, the Amazon and the Orinoco, are more powerful than the river Iguazu, which feeds waterfalls.

In the Guaraní language, Iguazu means “big water”.

At the beginning of our century Brazil and Argentina created national parks on the banks of the waterfall. They did it to protect the rich fauna of the tropical and subtropical regions.

Nile

For so long the Nile was regarded as the longest river on Earth. Now it’s known that the longest river is the Amazon.

Red sea

The Red Sea is the inland sea of the Indian Ocean , located between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa in a tectonic depression. It is one of the warmest and saltiest seas.

The river Gang

India's main river is formed on the hillside at the confluence of two Himalayan rivers:the Bagirathi Ganga to the west and the Alaknanda Ganga to the east.

Ross Ice Shelf

Ross Ice Shelf really fills up a huge bay, which crashes into the Antarctic continent.

In 1820 the researchers of the British Royal Navy watched the Antarctic Peninsula from a distance. The first hunters landed there the following year. Some years later after sealers came whalers. Ross Ice Shelf is the largest Ice Shelf in Antarctic

Ross Ice Shelf was an enormous obstacle for explorers. The fossilized remains of plants and animals were found there by the scientists. This suggests that Antarctica was a part of the continent of Gondwana. By the way, conducting research in Antarctica, they found that in the ozone layer of the atmosphere there is a hole.