Subterranean River. It Has Been Managed by The City Government of Puerto Princesa Since 1992

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Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is a protected area of the Philippines. The
park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the western coast of the island of Palawan, about 80
kilometres (50 mi) north of the city center of Puerto Princesa, and contains the Puerto Princesa
Subterranean River. It has been managed by the City Government of Puerto Princesa since 1992.
It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, and voted as a New7Wonders of
Nature in 2012. It also became a Ramsar Wetland Site in 2012.
The river is also called 'Puerto Princesa Underground River'. It is bordered by St. Paul Bay to the
north and the Babuyan River to the east. The entrance to the subterranean river is a short hike or boat
ride from the town Sabang.
In 2010, a group of environmentalists and geologists discovered that the underground river has a
second floor, which means that there are small waterfalls inside the cave. They also found a cave dome
measuring 300 m (980 ft) above the underground river, rock formations, large bats, a deep water hole in
the river, more river channels, and another deep cave, as well as marine creatures and more. Deeper
areas of the underground river are almost impossible to explore due to oxygen deprivation.

The Amazon rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist


broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South
America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2 (2,700,000 sq mi), of which
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5,500,000 km  (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to
nine nations.
The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed
by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana,
Suriname and French Guiana. Four nations have "Amazonas" as the name of one of their first-level
administrative regions and France uses the name "Guiana Amazonian Park" for its rainforest protected
area. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest
and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees
divided into 16,000 species.

Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine


province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they make up the largest waterfall in the
world. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the heart of
the city of Curitiba. For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil; however, most of the falls are on
the Argentine side. Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the boundary
between Argentina and Brazil.
The name "Iguazú" comes from the Guarani or Tupi words "y" [ɨ], meaning "water", and
"ûasú "[waˈsu], meaning "big". Legend has it that a deity planned to marry a beautiful woman named
Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the
waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. The first European to record the existence of the
falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541.

Komodo National Park (Indonesian: Taman Nasional Komodo) is a national


park in Indonesia located within the Lesser Sunda Islands in the border region between the provinces
of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. The park includes the three larger
islands Komodo, Padar and Rinca, and 26 smaller ones, with a total area of 1,733 km2 (603 km2 of it
land). The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard.
Later it was dedicated to protecting other species, including marine species. In 1991 the national park
was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Komodo National Park has been selected as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. The waters
surrounding Komodo island contain rich marine biodiversity. Komodo islands is also a part of the Coral
Triangle, which contains some of the richest marine biodiversity on Earth.

Jeju Island is an island in the Jeju Province of South Korea. The island lies in the Korea Strait,
below the Korean Peninsula, south of the South Jeolla Province. The island contains the natural world
heritage site, Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes.  Jeju has a moderate climate; even in winter, the
temperature rarely falls below 0 °C (32 °F). Jeju is a popular holiday destination and a sizable portion of
the economy relies on tourism and economic activity from its civil/naval base.

It's known for its beach resorts and volcanic landscape of craters and cavelike lava tubes.
Hallasan Mountain, a dormant volcano, features hiking trails, a crater lake at the 1,950m summit and
nearby Gwaneumsa Temple. The Geomunoreum Lava Tube System includes 7km-long Manjanggul
Cave, created centuries ago when Hallasan was still active.

Table Mountain (Khoekhoe: Huri ‡oaxa, lit. 'mountain rising from the sea'; Afrikaans: Tafelberg) is


a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It
is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top.  The mountain
forms part of the Table Mountain National Park, and formerly part of the lands ranged by Khoe-
speaking clans, such as the !Uriǁʼaes (the "High Clan"). It is home to a large array of fauna and flora, most
of which is endemic.
Hạ Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh
Province, Vietnam. The name Hạ Long means "descending dragon". Administratively, the bay belongs
to Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả city, and is a part of Vân Đồn District. The bay features thousands of
limestone karsts and isles in various shapes and sizes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which
includes Bai Tu Long Bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà Island to the southwest. These larger zones share
a similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.
Hạ Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2 (600 sq mi), including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of
which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 (129 sq mi) with a high density of 775
islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions
and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of
the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity,
including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem. Hạ Long Bay is home to 14
endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species.

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