The world · Curated directory
Natural wonders: volcanoes, mountains, waterfalls and more
Eight lists of the places the planet made: its volcanoes and mountains, waterfalls, lakes and rivers, deserts, caves and canyons. Each one chosen by machine from open data and ranked by how much of the world has written about it.
- Lists
- 8
- Entries
- 215
- Photographed
- 213
The lists
Each one ranked by how much of the world has written about its entries, and filtered for what it is really about.
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Mountains
Mount Everest · Mont Blanc · Aconcagua
30 mountains
Photo: Mount_Everest_as_seen_from_Drukair2.jpg : shrimpo1967 derivative work: Papa Lima Whiskey 2 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 2.0
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Waterfalls
Niagara Falls · Victoria Falls · Iguazu Falls
25 waterfalls
Photo: Robert F. Tobler, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Lakes
Caspian Sea · Lake Baikal · Dead Sea
30 lakes
Photo: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain
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Deserts
Sahara · Gobi Desert · Kalahari Desert
25 deserts
Photo: Project Apollo Archive, Public domain
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Caves
Ajanta Caves · Hang Sơn Đoòng · Cave of Altamira
25 caves
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Soman assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5
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Canyons and gorges
Grand Canyon · Quebrada de Humahuaca · Antelope Canyon
20 canyons and gorges
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
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More in The world
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- World HeritageThe World Heritage places and sites the world has written most about: cultural, natural and mixed.
- MuseumsThe museums and galleries the world has written most about, worldwide.
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