April 20. 2001

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April 20. 2001 World
Wonders By Moira and Kayla

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Great Barrier Reef
1)Its is located is the Pacific Ocean off the
northeastern coast of Australia. 2)It is more
then 1,250 miles (2,000 km)long. 3)It ranges from
10 to 100 miles (16to 160 km)away from the
shore. 4a)The ships name was Endeavor. 4b)On June
the 11,1770. 4c) It took 1 day. 4d)They had to
throw 50 tones of ship ballast,iron cannons,fire
wood and barrels overboard. 5)The surface-water
temperature is hight ranging from 70and 100(21
and 38)
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Grand Canyon
1)The Grand Canyon is found in the southwestern
portion of the Colorado plateau. 2)Its greatest
depth is more than a mile (some 6,000 feet(1,800
meters))below its rim. 3)In its general colour,
the canyon is red, but each stratum or group of
strata has a distinctive heuj-buffand gray,
delicate green and pink.Other colours are slate
gray and violet. 4)It would 600 jumps to go down
the Grand Canyon. 5)The Grand Canyon is
approximately 8,200 feet(2,500 meters) above sea
level, and the north rim is 1,200 feet (350
meters) higher then the south rim.
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Victoria Falls
1) It is found on the Zambezi river,bordering
Zambia and Zimbabwe. 2) The native Africans call
Victoria falls the Mosi-oa-tunya (the smoke that
thunders) 3)The maximum flow is 100
meters. 4)After 5 minutes 2730 million cubic
meters of water has fallen. 5)The falls hiss and
roar as if the falls are possessed,the water
rumbles and crashes like thunder.Vast clouds spew
billow out from the seething cauldron of its its
dark impenetrable.
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Meteor Crater
1) The meteor is 19 miles west of Windslow,
Arizona , U.S. in Canyon Diablo region. 2)It was
produced by a large meteorite in the rolling
plain and it made a big hole. 3)The dimensions of
the meteor is 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in diameter
and about 600 feet (180 m) above the plain. 4) It
would 3799.4m of fence. 5) The age of the meteor
crater is between 5,000 and 50,000 years.