The unique world is a world full of mystery and strangeness. It is this oddity that creates the amazing 'unique world'. Earth, where humans and other creatures live is shrouded in many mysteries. In various parts of the world, it turns out that there are places that are amazing, strange, and full of mystery. Let alone the place, the contents are sometimes strange.
Do you remember Predatory Plants When You Eat? Of course, this incident is difficult for us to find because it only occurs in certain places. This article will discuss the unique world, namely the unique and strange places in the world.
1. Guaira Falls, a Unique World on the Brazil-Paraguay Border
This unique world is called Guaira Falls, which is the largest waterfall in the world. During this time, many people think Niagara Falls is the largest in the world. In fact, Guaira Falls is the largest in the world because the volume of the waterfall reaches an average of 1,750,000 cubic per second. Meanwhile, Niagara Falls is only 70,000 cubic per second.
This unique world of waterfalls is located on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, and its water source comes from the Parana River. In 1982, around Guaira Falls a dam called Itaipu Dam was built to generate electricity.
Currently, Itaipu Dam is the second largest dam producing electricity in the world after the Gorges Dam. The dam supplies 90% of electricity to Paraguay and 19% to Brazil (including Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo).
2. Iceberg B-15, Unique World in Antarctica
The second unique world is located in Antarctica, namely the B-15 iceberg. in historical records, this mountain is the largest iceberg in the world with an area of 3,100 km, wider than the island of Jamaica. This giant iceberg was formed by the Ross Ice Shelf fault in March 2000.
In 2003, the Iceberg B-15 split into several pieces. One of the largest pieces (named B-15a) drifted northward causing it to disintegrate into the glacier leaving only an 8 km long fault. Some of the pieces were carried away along the coast and eventually ran aground. This resulted in major changes to the map of Antarctica so the map had to be revised. This is also what makes the author make Iceberg a unique world.
In 2006, a hurricane in Alaska caused ocean waves to travel up to 13,500 km into Antarctica over six days. In addition, it also separates the remaining fractions that become more and more in number. After almost a decade, these parts of the iceberg have not completely melted.
There is still the largest part with an area of up to 1,700 km which is still part of the B-15a. This piece eventually splits into several pieces. That's the second unique world. Now, let's move on to position three.
3. Don Juan Pond, Unique World in Antarctica
The third unique world is still in Antarctica, namely Don Juan Pond. Don Juan Pond is a lake with the highest salt content in the world. During this time, we often hear the question: where is the place with the highest salt content? Most people would definitely answer the Dead Sea.
The Dead Sea is known throughout the world for having a very high salt content. Based on research results, sea water with high salt content can be used as health therapy. It is not surprising that in this place there are many spas for health and beauty therapies.
Even so, the Dead Sea is not the saltiest place in the world. The correct answer is Don Juan Pond in Antarctica. If we compare it to seawater in general, Don Juan Pond is 18 times saltier. When compared to the Dead Sea, Don Juan Pond is eight times saltier. There is nothing wrong if the author includes it as a unique world.
This unique world in the form of a lake was discovered by Lt Don Roe and Lt John Hickey in 1961. At that time, both of them were conducting research in Antarctica. They also named this lake as Don Juan Pond. The temperature in this pool is quite low with the minimum temperature reaching -30 degrees Celsius, but it never freezes like most places in Antarctica.
4. Rotorua, New Zealand's Unique World
The fourth unique world is called Rotorua. Rotorua is a city on the southern coast of Lake Rotorua or more precisely in the Bay of Plenty, North Island of New Zealand. This place is unique in that there are many hot spring pools (especially Pohutu Geyser in Whakarewarewa) and boiling mud. Because of this uniqueness, Rotorua is visited by many tourists.
5. 83-42, Unique World in Greenland
This unique and strange world named 83-42, is a piece of land in the northern part of Greenland and the only piece of land that is not covered in ice. It measures only 35m x 15m with a height of 4m. When viewed from above, this place looks like a speck of land surrounded by ice fragments. When the north pole is covered with ice, this land is not covered with ice at all.
6. Socotra, a Unique World in Yemen
Socotra is the strangest and most unique place in the world because almost everything there looks strange, for example the shape of the tree and its environment. Therefore, many people refer to this place as one of the most alien nests in the world.
Socotra is a very isolated place and the climate is dry. This is what makes plants and other objects grow strangely, such as the strange and unique Dragon's Blood Tree plant. The shape is very unique and resembles an umbrella and produces red sap.
There also live native animals, such as birds, spiders, and other native animals. In addition, there are also corals with strange shapes and are only found in that place. It is these oddities that make Socotra included in the Heritage of the World.
7. Pyla Sand Dunes, Unique World in France
Europe has been known as a continent that has no desert. This assumption turned out to be wrong. Pyla is a unique sand dune in Europe, specifically in France and is the seventh unique world in this article. The dune is 3 km long, 500 m wide and 100 m high. The level of steepness is also very high.
This unique world in the form of sand dunes is famous as a place for paragliding activities and the scenery around it is amazing. In this unique place, we can all see the sea and the forest because the dunes are higher than the forest so we can see everything. So nothing is impossible in this unique world.