Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Most Uniques Lakes

BOILING LAKE(DOMINICA)
 
The boiling lake is situated in Morne Trois Pitons National Park.The lake is filled with bubbling greyish-blue water that is usually covered in a cloud of vapor.The lake is approximately 200ft (63m) across.

                                          Five-Flower Lake

Five Flower Lake or Mirror lake is located in China.The lake is a shallow multicolored lake whose bottom is filled with fallen tree trunk.The reason why the lake is called Five Flower Lake because the water in the lake contains calcium carbonate as well as hydrophytes with different colors presents a versicolor sight, azure blue, blackish green and light yellow, etc.The water is so clear that you can see the tree trunks clearly.

                                            Plitvice Lakes

  Plitvice Lakes is a national park in Croatia.It is among the most beautiful sights in Europe. The park was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1979, in recognition of its "outstanding natural beauty and undisturbed production of travertine through chemical and biological action".

                                                                        Dead sea

The dead sea is a salt lake situated  between Israel and the West bank.The Dead sea is the lowest place on the earth(1,300 feet below the sea level.).It is the world's  second saltiest body of water.It is 8.6 times saltier than the other oceans.It is also one of the world's first health resort.People with skin disorders have found relief from treatments using the sea's natural resources. 

                                     Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is situated in south-east Siberia.Lake Baikal is the oldest and deepest(1,700m) lake in the world.The lake is more than 25 million years old.It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals

                                                   

                                

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