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Showing posts with label waterfall. Show all posts
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Air plunge Moramo (Sulawesi) with Niagara Falls (U.S.)


The attractions of the world Indonesia is now in the second.
panjanag vacation, you can travel to indosesia sights and enjoy the beauty of the world in one country.
Now in Indonesia you can enjoy the many sights from the Sahara desert, flower Sakura, desert landscapes typical of Africa to Europe. You do not have far to go abroad to enjoy all of it because everything there is in Indonesia. This time sepaku88.blogspot.com will write some tourist attractions in Indonesia are no less beautiful to the world-famous attractions.
Here are the resorts that we try to compare with some of the sights in the world:

2.Air plunge Moramo (Sulawesi) with Niagara Falls (U.S.)
Moramo is a seven storey beautiful waterfall located in the district Konawe East, Southeast Sulawesi.
This waterfall though not as big as Niagara, but its beauty is not inferior to Niagara Falls is located on the border of the United States and Canada. With waterfalls Moramo smaller than Niagara, we can enjoy waterfalls Moramo closer and could bathe in the waterfall while it can not be done in Niagara where the water is very swift.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Angel Waterfall in venezuela



Waterfall Salto Angel or Angel is a free-falling waterfall the highest in the world with a height of 979 meters (3212 feet) with no barriers fall around 807 meters (2647 feet). This waterfall is located in the Rio Caroni, Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

Although first seen in the early 20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known officially the world until discovered by American aviator, James Crawford Angel in flight looking for the gold mine site. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near a waterfall. This waterfall is called "Waterfalls Angel" in memory of its discoverer, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indians called this waterfall as "Auyan-tepui" ("Aiyan-tepui") which means "Mountain of Satan".

Official altitude is determined by the National Geographic Society in 1949. This waterfall is the most famous tourist attractions in Venezuela.

source : id.wikipedia.org

Niagara Falls in America


Niagara Falls is a large waterfall on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The waterfall is 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York, 75 miles (120 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Falls consists of two major sections separated by Goat Island: Horseshoe Falls, on the Canadian and American Falls on the border of the United States. Bridal Veil Falls smaller also located on the American side, separated from the main falls by Luna Island. Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara escarpment on the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

Although not very high, Niagara Falls is very wide. More than six million cubic feet (168,000 m³) of water fall on the top line every minute in high flow, and almost 4 million cubic feet (110,000 m³) on average. This is the most powerful waterfall in North America.

Niagara Falls is renowned both for its beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial and industrial have used a challenge for the servants of the fallen since the 1800s.

The peak number of visitors occur in the summer, when the Niagara Falls attraction both day and night. From the Canadian side, floodlights illuminate both sides of the waterfall for a few hours after dark (until midnight). Number of visitors in 2008 expected to reach 20 million and in 2009, the annual rate is expected to top 28 million tourists a year. The oldest and most famous tourist attractions in Niagara Falls is a yacht Maid of the Mist, named for an ancient Indian myth Ongiara, which has been carrying passengers into the whirlpool below the Falls since 1846. Cruise ships operate from boat docks on both sides of the waterfall.


source: kaskus.us

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