World's Best: Natural Wonders

Travel to ten fabulous world locales and explore their legends, history, flora and fauna, and ecosystems, as well as study up on tourist opportunities. Visit the Ngorongoro Crater of Africa, the largest of its kind; scale Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world; paddle on Lake Baikal, Siberia, the oldest, deepest lake in the world; gaze at Ayers Rock in the Australian Outback; ride a skimboat through the Florida Everglades; feel the dryness of the Sahara Desert of N. Africa; snorkel the Great Barrier Reef of Australia; help save the Amazon rain forest; and look down into the Grand Canyon, the "most visited natural wonder on the planet."

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Grades: 6-8, 9-12   |   Copyright: 2000