Saturday, 12 March 2016

LAND FEATURES

TOP 10 LONGEST CAVES IN THE WORLD



1. Mammoth Cave System

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Location: Kentucky, USA

Total known Length:

627.6 KM
390  Miles

2.Jewel Cave

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Location: South Dakota, USA

Total known Length:

241.4 KM
150 Miles

3.Optimisticeskaja

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Location: Ukraine

Total known Length:

231.7 KM
144    Miles

4.Wind Cave 

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Location: South Dakota, USA

Total known Length:

218.8 Km
136 Miles

5.Sistema Sac Actun *

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Location: Mexico

Total known Length:

217.2 KM
135  Miles

6.Lechuguilla Cave

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Location: New Mexico, USA

Total known Length:

209.2 KM
130 Miles

7.Holloch

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Location: Switzerland 

Total known Length:

196.3 KM
122 Miles

8.Clear Water System

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Location: Malaysia

Total known Length:

188.2 KM
117 Miles

9.Fisher Ridge System

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Location: Kentucky, USA

Total known Length:

183.4 KM
114 Miles

10. Sistema Ox Bel Ha*

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Location: Mexico

Total known Length:

181.8 KM
113 Miles

*Under water Caves


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FLOWING WATER

TOP 10 LONGEST RIVERS

1.Amazon

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Location: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Approx.Length:

6800 KM
4250 Miles

2.Nile

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Location:Burundi, Dem, Rep. of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Approx.Length:

6695 KM
4160 Miles

3.Chang Jiang 

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Location: China

Approx.Length:

6300 KM
3915 Miles

4. Mississippi-Missouri

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Location: USA

Approx.Length:

6275 KM
3899 Miles

5.Yenisei-Angara-Selenga

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Location: Mongolia, Russia

Approx.Length:

5539 KM
3441 Miles

6.Huang He

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Location:China

Approx.Length:

5464 KM
3395 Miles

7.Ob-Irtysh

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Location: China, Kazakhstan, Russia

Approx.Length:

5410 KM
3362 Miles


8.Congo-Chambeshi

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Location: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Dem, Rep.of Congo, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia

Approx.Length:

4700 KM
2920 Miles

9. Amur-Argun

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Location: China, Mongolia, Russia

Approx.Length:

4444 KM
2761 Miles

10. Lena

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Location: Russia

Approx.Length:

4400 KM
2734 Miles

Sunday, 6 March 2016

TRAVEL & TOURISM

TOP 10 WORLD TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

1.Times Square


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Location: New York City, USA
Estimated Annual Visitors: 35,000,000

2.National Mall and Memorial Parks


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Location: Washington, DC, USA
Estimated Annual Visitors: 25,000,000

3.Magic Kingdom


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Location: Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, USA
Estimated Annual Visitors: 16,600,000


4. Trafalgar Square


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Location: London, UK
Estimated Annual Visitors: 15,000,000

5. Disneyland Park


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Location: Anaheim, California, USA
Estimated Annual Visitors: 14,700,000

6. Niagara Falls


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Location: Ontario/New York, Canada/USA
Estimated Annual Visitors: 14,000,000

7.Fisherman's Wharf and Golden Gate Bridge


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Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Estimated Annual Visitors: 13,000,000

8.Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea


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Location: Urayasu, Japan
Estimated Annual Visitors: 12,900,000

9. Notre Dame de Paris

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Location: Paris, France
Estimated Annual Visitors: 12,000,000

10. Disneyland Paris

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Location: Paris, France
Estimated Annual Visitors: 10,600,000

LAND ANIMALS

TOP 10 FASTEST MAMMALS



1. Cheetah(Acinonyx jubatus)


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Max Recorded Speed:
110 KM/H
62 MPH

2.Pronghorn antelope(Antilocapara americana)
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Max Recorded Speed:
86 KM/H
53 MPH

3.Grant's gazelle(Gazella granti)
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Max Recorded Speed:
82 KM/H
51 MPH

4.Blue wildebeest(Connochaetes taurines)
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Max Recorded Speed:
80 KM/H
50 MPH

5.Lion(Panthera leo)
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Max Recorded Speed:
80 KM/H
50 MPH

6.Springbok(Antidorcas marsupialis)
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Max Recorded Speed:
80 KM/H
50 MPH

7.Red fox(Vulpes vulpes)
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Max Recorded Speed:
77 KM/H
48 MPH

8.Thomsons's gazelle(Gazella thompsonii)
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Max Recorded Speed:
76 KM/H
47 MPH

9.Brown hare(Lepus capensis)
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Max Recorded Speed:
72 KM/H
45 MPH

10.Horse(Equus caballus)
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Max Recorded Speed:
72 KM/H
45 MPH



DEADLIEST ANIMALS

TOP 10 MOST VENOMOUS REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS


1. Indian Cobra

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Toxin: Peak V
Fatal Amount (MG): 0.009
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: South Asia


2.Black Mamba

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Toxin: Toxin 1
Fatal Amount (MG): 0.02
Type of venom: Neurotoxin(Dendrotoxin)
Found in: Saharan desert

3.Brown Snake

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Toxin: Texilotoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): 0.05
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: Australia and papua new guinea 

4.Inland Taipan

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Toxin: Paradotoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): 0.10
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: Australia

5.Poison Dart Frog


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Toxin: Batrachotoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): 0.11
Type of venom: Hemotoxin 
Found in: Central and South America

6.Krait

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Toxin: Bungarotoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): 0.50
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: South Asia

7.Black Widow Spider

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Toxin: Latrotoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): 1.0
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: North america , Australia

8.King cobra

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Toxin: Haditoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): 1.31
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: South Asia


9.Tiger Snake

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Toxin: Myotoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): Death in 30 minutes
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: Australia


10.Death Stalker Scorpion

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Toxin: Chlorotoxin
Fatal Amount (MG): Harmful to kids
Type of venom: Neurotoxin 
Found in: North Africa , Middle East